LE GÉANT DE L'AZUR. Paris: Collection Hetzel, n.d. [1904]. Large octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-330 [331] [332: blank], 25 illustrations, most full page, by George Roux, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in blue, black and gold, spine panel stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, a.e.g., blue coated endpapers. First edition. Part of Hetzel's "Les Romans d'Aventures" series which published fantastic adventure novels between 1884 and 1905, mostly novels by André Laurie, an occasional collaborator with Jules Verne. This novel is an adventure story in the Vernian mode featuring a giant airplane. One gathering slightly pulled, a bright, nearly fine copy. A lovely copy and uncommon thus. (#157234).
Price: $350.00
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