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AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS ... Translated by Geo. M. Towle.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, late Ticknor and Fields, and Fields, Osgood, and Co., 1873. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [v] vi-viii [ix-xi] xii-xvi [1] 2-315 [316: blank], fly leaves at front and rear, 54 inserted plates with illustrations by A. de Neuville and L. Benett, plus one small illustration by Benett in the text and an integral full-page sketch of the "Saint Michael" [sic, i.e. Michel] drawn by Verne, original pictorial bevel-edged green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and black, rear panel stamped in blind, brown coated endpapers, all edges plain. First fully illustrated U.S. edition. A translation of LE TOUR DU MONDE EN QUATRE-VINGTS JOURS (1873), Verne's most popular novel. In the summer of 1873 Osgood published their first edition, THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, in a small pocket-sized format with a single illustration (Verne's sketch of his yacht, the "Saint Michel"). The first fully illustrated English-language edition was published in London by Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle in November 1873. In November or December 1873 Osgood published their second edition of the novel which was printed in London by Gilbert and Rivington from the plates of the British Sampson Low's 1873 edition. The Sampson Low and Osgood editions were reprinted with title pages dated 1874. The 1873 printings are very scarce. The book "seems to have had production problems that caused the spine to crack and chip when the book was read; consequently no 1873 copies have been seen in better than good condition." - Arthur B. Edwards, "Collecting Jules Verne," Firsts, VI: 7-8 [July-August 1996], p. 42. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-154 and (1981) 1-165. Clareson, Science-Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 762. Reginald 14648. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Myers 54. Taves and Michaluk V011.
A FLOATING CITY, AND THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS ...
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] [1] 2-286 [287-288: blank] + 40 page publishers catalog inserted to rear, forty-two inserted plates, original reddish-brown cloth with beveled edges, front and spine stamped in black and gold, rear stamped in blind, beige coated end paper, a.e.g., First edition. A translation of UNE VILLE FLOTTANTE SUIVI DES FORCEURS DE BLOCUS (1871). Verne's short novel, "A Floating City," was inspired by his voyage to America in 1867 aboard The Great Eastern. "The Blockade Runners" is a short romance set during the American Civil War. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 12641. Myers 22. Taves and Michaluk V008.
A FLOATING CITY, AND THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS...
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1874. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [1] 2-286 [287-288: blank leaf (leaf T8)excised by binder] + [8]-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear [note: single leaf printed on recto only headed "Jules Verne's Works. / The Authorized Editions" inserted after title leaf], fly leaves at front and rear, 42 inserted plates with illustrations by J. Ferat, original pictorial bevel-edged brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and black, rear panel ruled in blind, yellow coated endpapers. First U.S. edition. A translation of UNE VILLE FLOTTANTE SUIVI DES FORCEURS DE BLOCUS (1871). Verne's short novel, "A Floating City," was inspired by his voyage to America in 1867 aboard The Great Eastern. "The Blockade Runners" is a short romance set during the American Civil War. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 12641. Myers 22. Taves and Michaluk V008.
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON: PASSAGE DIRECT IN 97 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES. From the French of Jules Verne. Translated by J. K. Hoyt.
Newark, N. J. The Newark Printing and Publishing Company, 1869. Large octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-84, printed in double columns, inserted frontispiece, original green wrappers printed in black. First edition in English. Verne's third book, DE LA TERRE Á LA LUNE: TRAJET DIRECT EN 97 HEURES (1865), was first published in book form in English as FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON: PASSAGE DIRECT IN 97 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES ... by the Newark Printing and Publishing Co. in the latter half of 1869 as a paperbound book following its publication in seventeen installments over a two-month period commencing June 10th in the NEWARK DAILY AND WEEKLY JOURNAL OF NEW JERSEY. This edition of FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON was the second book by Verne to be published in English, preceded only by the D. Appleton and Company edition of FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, published in New York 13 March 1869. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-93 and (2004) II-1180. Taves and Michaluk V003. Myers 26 ("This will probably rank for all time as the most rare of all Verne editions!").
THE MASTER OF THE WORLD: A TALE OF MYSTERY AND MARVEL.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., nd, [1914]. Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-317 [318, blank] [319, printer] [320, blank], frontispiece and 29 inserted illustrations, original green cloth, front stamped in gray, yellow, orange, light blue, blue and black, spine stamped in gray, yellow, orange, light blue, gold and black. First British edition. The return of Robur who first appeared in ROBUR LE CONQUERANT (1886); (published in England as THE CLIPPER OF THE CLOUDS, 1887). The translation of this edition differs somewhat from the translation from the first U.S. edition which appeared in 1911 as part of the fifteen volume set - WORKS OF JULES VERNE. According to Taves and Michaluk the British translation (by Cranstoun Metcalfe) is a "more faithful translation." Elements of this novel and it's predecessor are used by Richard Matheson for his screenplay of the film MASTER OF THE WORLD (1961) with Vincent Price as Robur. Taves and Michaluk V054.