Dust jacket is in very good condition, but has laminate beginning to peel off; now in new removable protective cover. Green cloth covered boards, with gilt printing on spine, with illustration pasted on front. Illustrated end papers. Brief gift inscription on the half-title page. Ten full page color illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, all present. Pages are clean and unmarked, old book smell. Scribner hard cover with dust jacket, 1955 edition but 1962 printing, 397 pages, cover art by N. C. Wyeth. 8vo (9.25" x 7") Complete unabridged edition, considered one of the best English translations by Arthur B. Evans in his article A Bibliography of Jules Verne's English Translations. Translated by Agnes Kinloch Kingston, writing as her husband W. H. G. Kingston, revised by Julius Chambers and illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Translators not credited, but identified through research. Not science fiction, but a tale of adventure as a courier carries vital information from the Czar to the governor of a Siberian city, passing through a countryside in revolt against the Czar and falling in love. Considered one of Verne's best novels, it's 14 in the series of Voyages Extraordinaires, preceded by The Survivors of the Chancellor and followed by Hector Servadac: Off on a Comet. Originally published in 1876 in French and in 1877 in English.