A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne |1959, Hardcover B.C.E.

A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

by Jules Verne

with introduction by Arthur C. Clarke 

Book Club Edition 

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959, Hardcover with dust jacket, Octavo, 226 pages.

In very good condition with dust jacket in good condition. Jacket has heavy edge wear with small tears. Some black marking on rear side of jacket cover. Book boards are clean. Binding is solid and intact. Text block is crisp and clean. 

Jules Verne’s adventure tale follows Professor Otto Lidenbrock, an eccentric German geologist, who discovers a cryptic Icelandic manuscript hinting at a passage to the planet’s interior. Together with his skeptical nephew Axel and the stalwart guide Hans, Lidenbrock embarks on a daring expedition through the volcanic tunnels of Snæfellsjökull, descending into a prehistoric world of giant ferns, ancient seas, and extinct creatures. Verne blends scientific speculation with vivid imagination, creating a timeless story of curiosity, perseverance, and the awe of the unknown.