Meridiana: Adventure of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa, By Jules Verne, Translated from the French. With Numerous Illustrations, Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1874, frontispiece with 47 additional full page interior illustrations, decorative brick cloth, ads on the verso of title page, five titles including this one, with eight pages of ads in rear, 232 pp, 8 x 5.5”, 8vo. 

In as-is condition. Spine split, darkened with loss of head. Tail crushed. A great candidate for restoration, if desired. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and corners. End papers clean and bright. Light toning throughout text with minor instance of foxing and light age stain. Loose signatures 59-70 pp, 91-104 pp. Split at mid-gutter. Binding shaken. Please see photos. 

First American Edition. Myers printing A, with two titles listed on the t.p. verso, but in a variant binding cloth. Octavo (19.5cm). In brick red cloth, titled in gold on front and on spine; yellow endpapers; one-page ad on verso of title page and 2pp of ads at rear; viii, 232, [ii]pp; 48 full-page illustrations. 

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