The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies

An early edition of the entertaining The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies, translated from the original French. An interesting copy of The Startling Exploits of Dr. J. B. Quies that has been translated from the original French, written by Paul Celiere, into English by Mrs. Cashel Hoey and Mr. John Lillie.The book is proclaimed as a flight of fancy and was written with a "simple-minded intention to avoid boring my readers." The volume is extensively illustrated with one hundred and twenty illustrations throughout the text. There is also thirty-two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.There is an inscription to the front free endpaper which reads:To Mr Alfred Darwin, junior, A Christmas present from Dr J. B. Quies.Christmas Day, 1886. In the publisher's original decorated cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. The spine is a little faded and bumped and there is some fading to the joints and extremities and a few marks to the boards. There is an inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot concentrated to the first few pages. Very Good.…