1900 Rare Book - JULES VERNE, Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Containing The English at the North Pole and The Ice Desert.(Description) Author: Jules Verne. Title: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Containing 'The English at the North Pole' and 'The Ice Desert'. Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., no date (circa 1900). (Complete 2 parts in one volume). Language: Text in English. Size: 8 " X 5. 5 ". Pages: Volume one has 248 pages & volume two has 223 pages. Binding: Very good decorated original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed as

notably in works by Verne and Dumas

and he spent the last year of his life in Florence

Craik) (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet

but unfortunately in their original form they are far too long — and often too erotic — for children

This was a cruel alternative

and his Letters

Grace Edith Marion James

The Deerhound and the Wolf Dog

Illustrations: Complete with all 27 wonderful color plates by Beatrix Potter (printed on one side of paper)

Balnibarbi

and use of symmetry

innovative storytelling