Jules Verne (1828-1905)

7 ADVENTURE NOVELS FROM THE BEAUFORT SERIES (8 VOLUMES)

1920s
Book format 16°, 15,8x10 cm / 14,9x9,7 cm. Title pages printed in black. Sturdy full-cloth / half-cloth publisher`s bindings with affixed color reproductions. Published by the publishing house and printing press E. Beaufort in Prague, undated. Hrad v Karpatech (The Carpathian Castle). Vol. XXXVIII. 176 numbered pages, in Czech. Original illustrations by A. Šilhavý, title image by A. Zeyer. Ledová sfinga (The Sphinx of Ice). Vol. I: 243 numbered pages, Vol. II: 167 numbered pages, in Czech. Cover and illustrations by S. Kittner. Ves ve vzduchu (The Village in the Treetops). 253 numbered pages, in Czech. Cover and illustrations by R. Adámek. Doktor Ox a jiné práce (Doctor Ox and Other Works). 247 numbered pages, in Czech. Cover and illustrations by R. Adámek. Paličatý Kéraban (Keraban the Inflexible). Vol. I: 232 numbered pages, in Czech. Vol. II: 235 numbered pages, in Czech. Cover by R. Adámek. Bound together. Dva roky prázdnin (Two Years` Vacation). Vol. XLIII & XLIV. Part 1: 192 numbered pages, in Czech. Part 2: 188 numbered pages, in Czech. Illustrated. Bound together. Mistress Branicanová (Mistress Branican). Part I: 243 numbered pages, Part II: 251 numbered pages, in Czech. The books show varying degrees of typical signs of use, with those in half-cloth bindings being more worn. Overall good condition, except for the last volume, Mistress Branicanová, which is slightly more worn (spine cracked).