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London: Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FERAT. BARBANT.. 2nd, 1st & 1st eds, VG+, 148 illustrations. 3 vols, in modern half blue morocco, blue cloth, gilt tooling. Spines, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, new endpapers, a.e.g. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Part 1: Dropped from the Clouds, 2nd ed, 1876, frontis, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-310 pp, 49 illust. Part 2, Abandoned,1st ed, 1875, frontis, [3], (iv-viii), [1], 2-304 pp, 50 illust. Vol 3, Secret of the Island, 1st ed, 1875, frontis, [3], (iv-viii), [1], 2-299 pp, [1], (iii) adverts, [1], 39 adverts, 49 illust. Light damp stain to frontis & a couple of leaf margins of Part 1, but a very good set. (186*132 mm). Triolgy relating the adventures of a group of balloonists marooned on an island. Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the…

In 'The Mysterious Island', Jules Verne combines adventure and elements of science fiction to tell the story of a group of castaways who endeavor to survive and solve the mystery of their abandoned locale. Using ingenuity and science, the protagonists uncover secrets including the existence of Captain Nemo, the enigmatic figure from 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'.