THE GIANT RAFT Part I. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Part II. The Cryptogram

Two volumes formatted as one. First edition thus, the uniform illustrated edition in one volume, complete and with the 79 illustrations and the two maps as called for. With 79 fine engraved plates by French illustrator Léon Benett and with 2 fold-out maps of the Amazon. 8vo, publisher's original Victorian brown cloth, the upper cover lettered in black and with black decorative borders, the spine lettered and with pictorial vignette in gilt within black decorative borders. [2],xii, [2],244; 254, [2] pp. Extremely bright and clean, an especially fine copy with the text and binding booth beautifully preserved, hinges firm, textblock solid, cloth unfaded and unworn, a very minor bump to one corner, a pristine copy, very unusual thus.

Edizione: an especially fresh and bright copy, this is the first american edition in one volume, printed to be uniform with other scribner's editions of verne's work. it is a scarce edition, and is honestly the most pleasing format.<br> the giant raft should not be overlooked in the genre of victorian adventure novels. most of the novel is set on a large timber raft, called a jangada, as a ranch owner and his family are forced to float down the amazon from the peruvian-brazilian border to the river's mouth at belem. verne describes the raft, the river, and the journey in vivid detail.<br> while the giant raft has been overshadowed by verne's more famous works such as journey to the center of the earth and twenty-thousand leagues.; he is in his full glory as he describes the wildlife, fauna, and landscape of the amazon region. ultimately the story is one of family, honor, and loyalty. this novel should be found on all verne-lovers book shelves.