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A floating city / The Blockade Raiders / Adventures...

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A floating city / The Blockade Raiders / Adventures of 3 Russians and 3 Englishmen by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, 1873 (1874 for the hardback). Large double in-8°. Publisher's full azure blue percaline binding "à l'obus" of the 2nd type. Gilded edges. Blue endpapers. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. Original illustrated editions and first double cardboard. Second spine discreetly restored at the foot. Nevertheless, here is a very nice copy, well pinched, almost free of foxing and, moreover, rare in this magnificent blue!