Salvage from the Cynthia.

VERNE, Jules [Gabriel] (1828-1905), and LAURIE, André [pseudonym of Paschal GROUSSET] (1844-1909), [EVANS, I.O., translator].

London: Arco Publications, 1964. [Adventure] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the white and blue dust-jacket, originally priced at 12/6. Price-clipped jacket lightly toned to spine with a few marks. Near fine. A young man, rescued from a shipwreck as a baby, sets out on his own voyage to discover his origins. First published in French in 1885, and originally translated into English that year as 'The Wreck of the Cynthia.'. Item #57479

Price: £65.00