New York to Brest in Seven Hours by Andre Laurie (First Edition)
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New York to Brest in Seven Hours by Andre Laurie (First Edition)
$200.00 USD
New York to Brest in Seven Hours by Andre Laurie (First Edition)
Authors: Andre Laurie
Location: London
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Limited
Date: 1890
Edition: First Edition
Features: First Edition, early printing without 32 pages of ads. Title page dated 1890. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering; Brown, blue, and black pictorial design; yellow endpapers. 302 pp +22 illustrations, including frontispiece. Science-fiction novel describing the construction of a submarine pipeline to transport oil from the United States to France. This novel inspired Jules Verne's short story, "An Express of the Future," postulating pneumatic tubes that would propel a vehicle under the Atlantic from France to America.
Book Condition: Very Good-: A firm copy with moderate wear to spine edges and corners. Mild spine lean. Mild rubbing to rear panel and tanning to spine. Front hinge starting. In clear protective cover.
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Authors: Andre Laurie
Location: London
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Limited
Date: 1890
Edition: First Edition
Features: First Edition, early printing without 32 pages of ads. Title page dated 1890. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering; Brown, blue, and black pictorial design; yellow endpapers. 302 pp +22 illustrations, including frontispiece. Science-fiction novel describing the construction of a submarine pipeline to transport oil from the United States to France. This novel inspired Jules Verne's short story, "An Express of the Future," postulating pneumatic tubes that would propel a vehicle under the Atlantic from France to America.
Book Condition: Very Good-: A firm copy with moderate wear to spine edges and corners. Mild spine lean. Mild rubbing to rear panel and tanning to spine. Front hinge starting. In clear protective cover.
HCX23857-1