A Good copy of the 1877 First American edition of Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne. A first printing with the 1877 date on the title page and published by Scribner, Armstrong and Company, New York. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, half-title vignette, 90 black and white plates and a double-page map at the rear. This action-packed adventure is a departure from Verne's usual science fiction endeavors, and many consider it one of his finest novels. Condition: 8vo. 377 pages and 6 pages of ads at the rear. The publisher's attractive green cloth pictorial boards with beveled edges stamped in black and gilt on the front and spine. Heavy edgewear with some fraying to the cloth, corners bumped with cloth worn away at the tips. Spine ends chipped and frayed and some rubbing and a few scrapes to the back cover. A slight spine lean, a previous owners name and small stamp mark on the front pastedown, scattered foxing throughout and an unfortunate dampstain that runs along the upper and outer edge of a number of interior pages but does not impact the text block. Overall, a good copy of this increasingly scarce first American edition.