The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1959

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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1959

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jul 12, 2023, 8:07 pm

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1959

A PICTORIAL REVIEW


No. 1046 of 1500 copies
Signed and illustrated by Edward A Wilson with 32 pochoir hand-coloured plates.
Introduced by Ray Bradbury.
Translated from the French by W. H. G. Kingston.
Page tops stained green.
Plain white endpapers.
Bound in blue linen buckram with wrap around blocked image in brown, gilt on black spine label.
Green slipcase with spine label.
28.2x18.5cm.
568 pages
US$85

Balloonists crash onto an uncharted island and have to survive.









































































Map of the Mysterious Island created by “stuff” in 2007 from descriptions in the text and available on Flickr.



An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.

2PartTimeBookAddict
jul 12, 2023, 9:58 pm

Very nice. On my wishlist radar.

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