Vverkh Dnom [Topsy Turvy (The Purchase of the North Pole)]
by Vern, Zhul'
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Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Detskoi Literatury, 1949. Softcover. First Russian edition presumed (research shows no indication of earlier Russian editions); 5 x 7 3/4; pp. [2], 3-130, [3]; stiff pictorial wraps; two small spots to margin of front cover and minor wear and rubbing to edges; near fine condition. Illustrated in b&w by N. Muratova.Jules Verne's 'The Purchase of the North Pole' or 'Topsy-Turvy' (French: Sans dessus dessous)was first published in 1889 as a sequel to 'From the Earth to the Moon.' The story features members of the Baltimore Gun Club who purchase part of the Arctic which extends to the North Pole and set out to invent a cannon which, when engaged, would straighten the tilt of the Earth's axis. Not in OCLC.
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- Vverkh Dnom [Topsy Turvy (The Purchase of the North Pole)]
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- Vern, Zhul'
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