THE GIANT RAFT (PART I) EIGHT HUNDRED LEAGUES ON THE AMAZON ... Translated by W. J. Gordon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 and 745 Broadway, 1881. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii] viii [1] 2-244 [245-260: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, 43 inserted plates with illustrations by L. Benett, inserted folding map, publisher's pictorial brown bevel-edged cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold. First U.S. hardcover edition. The first part of THE GIANT RAFT. A translation (by W. J. Gordon) of LA JANGADA: HUIT CENTS LIEUES SUR L'AMAZONE (1881), an adventure novel narrating an 800-league voyage down the Amazon River on a giant raft 1000 feet long and 60 feet wide comprising a floating village and a crew of eighty. The Scribner edition utilized the plates of the 1881 Sampson Low edition. Myers 28. Taves and Michaluk V022. Just a hint of rubbing at head and tail of spine panel and corners, a fine, bright copy. (#173604).
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