The Mysterious Island Trilogy: Dropped From The Clouds, Abandoned, The Secret of the Island

Author: Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905)Year: 1875-1876Publisher: Scribner, Armstrong and CompanyPlace: New York Description: 3 volumes. Dropped From The Clouds: viii-[9]-310+[2 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Abandoned: viii+304+[8 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. The Secret of the Island: viii+299+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original polisher's cloth with beveled terra cotta cloth boards with an bright unfaded gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. Dropped From The Clouds is in green cloth; Abandoned bound in blue cloth; The Secret of the Island bound in original brown cloth. Translated by W. H. G. Kingston. (Gallagher, Mistichelli Eerde A33) First American editions.The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains