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1881L0201b2 volumes. The Demon of Cawnpore 262foldout map1 blank8 ad pages with frontispiece and 48 plates. Small octavo 7 ½" x 5 ¾" bound in original publisher's gilt and black stamped blue cloth spine in pictorial black and gilt cover beveled edges; Tigers and Traitors 2468 ad pages with frontispiece 46 illustrations and fold out map. Small octavo 7 ½" x 5 ¾" bound in original publisher's gilt and black stamped brown cloth spine in pictorial black and gilt cover beveled edges. Translated from the French by Agnes D Kingston. Illustrated by Leon Bennett. Illustrated by Leon Bennett. Gallagher Mistichelli and Van Eerde A48. Taves and Michaluk V021 First American illustrated edition. First published in the US by George Munro in the Seaside Library Series.<br /><br />The Steam House French: La maison à vapeur is an 1880 Jules Verne novel recounting the travels of a group of British colonists in the Raj in a wheeled house pulled by a steam-powered mechanical elephant. Verne uses the mechanical house as a plot device to have the reader travel in nineteenth century India. The descriptions are interspersed with historical information and social commentary. The book takes place in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against British rule with the passions and traumas aroused still very much alive among Indians and British alike. An alternate title by which the book was known - "The End of Nana Sahib" - refers to the appearance in the book of the historical figure Rebel leader Nana Sahib who disappeared after the crushing of the rebellion his ultimate fate unknown. Verne offers a fictional explanation to his disappearance. The first part was The Steam House was titled The Demon of Cawnpore the second part Tigers and Traitors.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />The Deamon of Cawnpore Light foxing to page ends crease at map corer rubbing to spine ends and points. The Tigers and Traitors small unobtrusive bookseller's label to front gutter paste down else better than very good brite set. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1874015260Henry L. Shepard 1874. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine Copy of The Shepard Edition in Terra Cotta Ink Name Excellent Fresh Copy. Henry L. Shepard Hardcover books
1874015130Henry L. Shepard 1874. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy First Edition 1874 Decorative Brown Terracotta Cloth Beautiful Fresh Copy of This Great Sci-Fiction Classic. Great Movie of The Same. Beautiful Copy. Henry L. Shepard Hardcover books
1876015126The Catholic Publication Society 1876. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine Copy in Decorative Green Cloth First Edition 1876/876 Excellent Well Preserved Copy. Minor Wear Very Scarce. The Catholic Publication Society Hardcover books
1873012627James R. Osgood and Company 1873. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Excellent Fresh Copy With The Spine Rebacked. Very Scarce First Issue. Matching Dates on Title & Copyright Pages.Scarce in this Condition. Beautiful Copy. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover books
1875014613Scribner Armstrong & Company 1875. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gorgeous Fine Copy In Green Decorative Boards First American Edition 1875 on Title-Page Beautiful Copy Very Rare In this Condition. Scribner, Armstrong & Company Hardcover books
1883015015Charles Scribner's 1883. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition 1883 in Blue Decorative Boards Very Scarce Verne Title Beautiful Fresh Copy Inscribed by Steele McKaye Actor to His Son Percy McKaye American Poet and Playwright. Rare In This Condition. Great Copy. Charles Scribner's Hardcover books
1874014615Scribner Armstrong & Company 1874. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Copy In Brown Decorative Cloth !874 on Title-Page First American Edition ink Name Excellent Fresh Copy. Scribner, Armstrong & Company Hardcover books
18745895New York: Scribner Armstrong & Co 1874. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A well-preserved copy of the 1874 1st American edition. VG in its chocolate-brown cloth with decorative blindstamping and bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine. Very light wear at the panels otherwise clean and crisp. 12mo 232 pgs. plus publisher's ads. <br/><br/> Scribner, Armstrong & Co hardcover books
1877015039Scribner Armstrong & Company 1877. Book. Near Fine Plus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine Plus Copy in Green Decorative Cloth First Edition 1877 A Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Very Rare in this Condition. Scribner, Armstrong & Company Hardcover books
1891012542Cassell Publishing Company 1891. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful Very Fine copy in Light Green Boards. First Edition 1891. Very Rare in This Condition.Beautiful Fresh Tight Copy. Scarce Verne Title. Cassell Publishing Company Hardcover books
1900010737Saalfield 1900. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy.1900/1900 First Thus. Excellent Copy. Saalfield Hardcover books
1894010837Merriam Co. 1894. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American Edition.Near Fine Copy1894. Very Clean Copy in Dark Green Decorative Boards. No Foxing. Beautiful Fresh Copy of a Very Scarce Book. Merriam Co. Hardcover books
1874010516James R. Osgood and Company 1874. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rare Extremely Fine Copy In Reddish Brown Decorative Brown Cloth. First Edition.Light Cover Wear To Front Board.Beautiful Fresh Copy.Scarce in Such Splendid Condition. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover books
1875012707George M. Smith 1875. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine Copy In Green Decorative Boards.With The End. Difficult in This Condition.Excellent Copy of This Science Fiction Classic. George M. Smith Hardcover books
1873009847James R. Osgood and Company 1873. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. True First Edition.1/60 Surviving Copies. Printing Lost in Fire. Green Cloth with Jelly Fish on Front Cover. Rebacked Spine. Very Good copy with Ownership Inscriptions.Excellent Copy of a Very Scarce First Edition. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover books
1873WN6776Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1873. Green cloth with gilt and black titling and decorations. Jelly fish on upper board. Singular "Sea" point on the binding versus "Seas" on half-title and title pages. 'The End' at bottom p. 303 as called for. Binding is considerably worn especially at spine ends and on edges and boards are rubbed. Binding very loose but intact. Small hole at top of ffep. Owner neat pencil signature on ffep. It is said that most of this first American edition was destroyed in a Boston fire. . First American Edition. Cloth. Fair/Poor/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover books
1874014721James R. Osgood and Company 1874. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Dark Brown Cloth First Edition 1874/1874 Without Foxing Rare in This Condition Beautiful Copy. James R. Osgood and Company Hardcover books
187422169New York: Scribner Armstrong & Co 1874. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's brown decorated cloth with beveled edges. Very good. 286 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Four leaves of adverts at rear. Forty two illustrations. The two tales the first based on his own experience on a transatlantic voyage on the Great Eastern the largest iron ship ever constructed. The second fictional novel takes place during the American Civil War. MYERS 22. Very bright fresh copy front cover elaborately decorated in gilt slight wear to backstrip extremities and corners owner inscription free front endpaper. Scribner, Armstrong & Co hardcover books
1874121571874. Translated from the French. London: Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle 1874. 40 pp ads dated August 1874. Original orange cloth decorated in black and gilt beveled all page edges gilt. First British Edition published in September 1874 -- the same month as Scribner Armstrong's American edition. This volume consists of two separate tales. The first is a fictionalized narrative of Verne's 1867 passage from Liverpool to New York aboard "The Great Eastern" the largest iron ship ever built and one of the wonders of its age. Her length was 692 feet her beam was 120 her paddlewheels and propeller were larger than anything the ocean had ever seen and she was designed to carry more passengers than the Queen Mary. Because of her size "The Great Eastern" was the only ship capable of laying the great Atlantic Cable. The second tale is fictional more in Verne's usual style: a Glasgow shipowner devises an adventurous plan to run the Union blockade of southern ports during the American Civil War in order to bring a load of cotton back to his city's 25000 idle looms. This copy is in orange cloth we have also had a dark red copy and a green one -- no priority. It is in bright near-fine condition spine slightly faded as usual with this color cloth occasional light foxing on the leaves within; the elaborate gilt design on the front cover remains bright and atypically the original peach endpapers are not cracked. In our experience this London edition is considerably scarcer than the New York one. Taves & Michaluk V008; Myers 22. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18731701020Scribner Armstrong 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Scribner Armstrong & Co. 1873 but stated 1874. FIRST edition FIRST printing FIRST State: Scarce true First state of the First edition of this title published before the deluxe edition and has a completely different board design. Scribner Armstrong & Co. on the bottom of the spine. 52 illustratons by Riou. The original French edition came out in 1864. Scribner Armstrongs first American edition came out in November 1873 though dated 1874. On the front cloth is the gilt scene of a waterfall and a raft and titles. Original front cover and spine laid down on matching blue cloth. With new matching end papers. All pages are present and overall remarkably clean for a Verne book. Please see many detailed images. A very handsome example of this scarce title in very clean collectible condition. Housed in a felt lined custom-made collectors slipcase. Scribner, Armstrong hardcover books
18741701026Scribner Armstrong 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Scribner Armstrong & Co. 1873 but stated 1874. FIRST edition FIRST printing FIRST State: Scarce true First state of the First edition of this title published before the deluxe edition and has a completely different board design. Scribner Armstrong & Co. on the bottom of the spine. 52 illustratons by Riou. The original French edition came out in 1864. Scribner Armstrongs first American edition came out in November 1873 though dated 1874. On the front cloth is the gilt scene of a waterfall and a raft and titles. Original front cover and spine laid down on matching blue cloth. With new matching end papers. All pages are present and overall remarkably clean for a Verne book. Please see many detailed images. A very handsome example of this scarce title in very clean collectible condition. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. $5000. Scribner Armstrong hardcover books
18741507268Scribner Armstrong 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A first edition first state of the first American edition of this timeless classic. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Scribner Armstrong hardcover books
1874165801New York: Scribner 1874. 12mo pp. 1-4 i-ii iii-vi vii viii 1-413 414: blank 415-420: ads flyleaves at front and rear 55 full-page illustrations and title page vignette by Riou original brown cloth front and spine panels stamped in black and gold rear panel stamped in blind yellow endpapers. First printing of Scribner Armstrong's "complete" edition published at $3.00 and released in late 1874 or early 1875. This undated 413-page edition with 55 full-page illustrations was preceded by a Scribner Armstrong edition with title page dated 1874 with 384 pages and 52 full-page illustrations a copy of this 1874 edition has been noted signed and dated 4 November 1873 by an early owner. This earlier version was offset from the plates of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition and was offered for sale at $2.00. It is probable that Scribner Armstrong rushed out this early version to compete with the unauthorized edition published in Boston by the Henry L. Shepard & Co. in 1874. Scribner Armstrong's "complete" edition has reset text with printer's imprints on title leaf verso reading "Jas. B. Rogers Co. / Printers and Stereotypers / Philadelphia" and "John F. Trow & Sons / Printers and Bookbinders / 205-213 East 12th St. / New York." Pages 415-420 are publishers' advertisements with a single Verne title FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON DIRECT IN 97 HOURS 20 MINUTES listed on page 420. The title page calls for 52 illustrations by Riou the spine panel for 53 but there are actually a total of 55 full page illustrations in the text as per the "list of illustrations." This "complete" issue published at $3.00 was probably released simultaneously with the "popular" issue 305 pages with 20 illustrations published at 75¢. In any event both editions were available by or before Scribner Armstrong issued the first part of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND in 1875 as both are advertised on the title leaf verso along with A FLOATING CITY and THE BLOCKADE-RUNNERS the latter noted as "just issued." Regardless of the matter of priority of these Scribner Armstrong editions this "complete" issue is quite scarce and it is a very desirable edition of A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. Translation of VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE 1864. Anatomy of Wonder 1995 1-94 and 2004 II-1182. Angenot and Khouri "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction" SFS VIII March 1981 47. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2228. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 766. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III pp. 1102-05. Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 16. In 333. Bleiler 1978 p. 199. Reginald 14630. Myers 35. Taves and Michaluk V002. This copy has smoke and water damage from a fire but is a tight presentable copy overall. A decent copy of a rare and desirable edition of this book. #165801 Scribner unknown books
1874164625Boston: Henry L. Shepard & Co. 1874. Octavo pp. 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-190 191-192: blank note: last leaf is a blank fly leaves at front and rear twenty inserted plates with illustrations by J. Ferat original pictorial red cloth front and spine panels stamped in black and gold slate coated endpapers. An unauthorized edition. A translation of AVENTURES DE TROIS RUSSES ET DE TROIS ANGLAIS DANS L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE 1872. Shepard's edition was preceded by the authorized 1873 Scribner Welford & Armstrong edition titled MERIDIANA: THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA . an edition made up from the sheets of the British edition published by Sampson Low in late 1872 but dated 1873 on the title page. Shepard's pirated edition was published the same day as Scribner's authorized new edition of MERIDIANA their first edition to be printed in America. The texts of the Shepard and the Scribner translations differ considerably. Bleiler 1948 p. 273. Myers 39 addenda p. 2. Taves and Michaluk V009. Spine lean cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips several stains to cloth an ex-lending library copy with the Richmond Library Association's "rules and regulations" label affixed to the front paste-down their ink-stamp on the first page of the story and the remnant of a checkout slip on the rear paste-down tissue guard foxed some soiling throughout but a sound reading copy which was described by an earlier seller as a "remarkably bright copy near fine with very little wear but a little soil near the edges; the front and rear paste-downs bear old local library indications." So it goes . #164625 Henry L. Shepard & Co. unknown books
