DUMAS, Alexandre. Doctor Basilius. A new edn. George Routledge & Sons. [1866?]
3pp ads preceding half title. Orig. royal blue patterned cloth, spine blocked & lettered in gilt. Later owner's inscription on leading f.e.p.
¶The date of the first edition of L'île de Feu in French is uncertain. Topp cites a 3-volume Bruxelles edition, dated 1859?. The first edition published in France was 1870, and this is the earliest edition listed in the Bibliothèque Nationale. First English edition, 1860, Routledge, Warne & Routledge (Railway Library. no. 206), under the present title. Topp, vol. I, p.172. Scarce.
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