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The adventures of a special correspondent among the various races and countries of Central Asia : being the exploits and experiences of Claudius Rombarnae of "The Twentieth century" / by Jules Verne ...
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Verne, J.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
- Series:
- Superior library
- The Superior library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reporters and reporting--Fiction.
- Reporters and reporting.
- Railroad travel.
- Central Asia.
- Asia.
- Railroad travel--Asia--Fiction.
- Asia, Central--Description and travel--Fiction.
- Asia, Central.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (autograph, December 1973) (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Woodall, Dorothy (autograph, December 25th, 1917) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 preliminary leaf, 162 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Akron, Ohio : The Superior Printing Company, [between 1910 and 1919]
- Summary:
- A fantastic classic adventure novel by the master of the genre Jules Verne. The reporter Claudius Bombarnac is sent to Asia by the journal ""The Twentieth Century"" to report on the new Grand Transasiatic Railway.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy without dustjacket.
- Adams Collection copy has inscription: "Demember 25th, 1917. To herself from Dorothy Woodall. With best wished for a Merry XMAS." "Herself" is written in different ink.
- OCLC:
- 67894229
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