1890 Rare Book - Among the Cannibals and The Mysterious Document by Jules VerneAuthor: Jules Verne. Illustrated by Henry Austin. Title: Among the Cannibals. Containing The Mysterious Document, On the Track, and Among the CannibalsPublisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited [Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E. C.; New York and Melbourne], [circa 1890s]. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 25" x 5. 25". Pages: viii 179, 179, 188 pages + publishers catalog. Binding: Attractive and very good original pictorial green cloth binding

The book: Rare early 17th-century edition of the works of Suetonius including The Life of the Caesars although a more common English title is The Lives of the Twelve Caesars or simply The Twelve Caesars— The Twelve Caesars

His work often focused on wildlife and nature

Estimate: (USD 500– USD 600)

Father Gentili

The book: This is the landmark 1930 First trade one volume edition of Moby Dick by Herman Melville

and received a first-rate education in his craft

He specialized in figurative scenes

and the graceful illustrations by Maria L

Rear board plain green cloth (hinges fine

and often poignant moral undercurrents

he believes that he's been transported into a fairy tale

The book: A rare and beautifully preserved first edition of "The Fairy Alphabet as Used by Merlin