Verne, Jules.

An Antarctic Mystery.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1899. First American edition. Hardcover. Verne was a fan of the writings of E.A. Poe and wrote this novel as a sequel to Poe's "The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym", which was published in 1838. First published in English in 1898. While the English edition is dated 1898, and presumed to precede, this copy has a pencil gift inscription dated '"Melly Christmas 1898" (sic).

8vo, frontispiece, 336pp, 17pp b&w illustrations. Original green cloth stamped in silver & black, a damp mark lower right quadrant of the front board, a small ink spot at the spine. Good + overall. Item #22390

Price: $450.00