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1873140949415Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1873. First American Trade Edition. Near Fine. Extremely scarce first American trade edition previously published by Osgood via subscription only published in late 1872 with the title page dated to the coming year. viii 303 pp. printed on speckled wove paper and profusely illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in publisher's emerald green cloth with blindstamped rear board and pictorial stamping in black and gilt to spine and front board brown coated endpapers. Final "s" left off the title on front board but in place on title page.<br /> <br /> <p>Near Fine with light wear and biopredation to cloth and light spotting to upper and fore textblock edges. Binding shaken overopened in places throughout pencil mark to back pastedown. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper.<br /> <br /> <p>Jules Verne's masterpiece began with an admiring letter from his compatriot George Sand who wrote: "I hope that you will soon conduct us through the depths of the sea and that your personages will travel in a diving apparatus which your science and imagination can perfect."<br /> <br /> <p>The diving apparatus that Verne gave to his anguished antihero Captain Nemo was the submarine Nautilus which runs on electricity and more closely resembles modern submarines than those still in development in the 1870s. The luxurious vessel is a character in its own right one of many elements that inspired and delighted the book's 19th century audience. One American newspaper reviewer declared that the novel was "more fascinating than the Voyage of Ulysses more mature and satisfactory than the story of Sinbad" while another announced that it was "the wonder book of the nineteenth century."<br /> <br /> <p>Verne himself thought Twenty Thousand Leagues the best of his novels. He read scientific articles drew on childhood experiences and interrogated sailors in preparation for the writing. "I've never held a better thing in my hand" he wrote happily to his French publisher - who didn't like the manuscript. Verne was forced to submit to changes that made the novel less political and purposeful though it was still gripping enough to become a global bestseller.<br /> <br /> <p>The first American edition is nonetheless extremely rare considerably more so than the George M. Smith edition published immediately after. There may be as few as fifty copies extant of this lavishly bound and beautifully illustrated edition. The likely culprit is the Great Boston Fire of 1872 which destroyed the Osgood warehouse before most of the books had a chance to make it onto bookstore shelves. A difficult-to-obtain milestone of science fiction. Taves & Michaluk V006. James R. Osgood and Company unknown
1873140946696London: Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle 1873. First English Edition. Very Good. First British edition the first edition in the English language of Jules Verne's masterpiece of imagination. First published in French in 1870 this first edition in English was actually printed in late 1872 although the title page is dated 1873 as called for. 303pp 8 ads. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Very Good with spine neatly recased with subtle repairs to joints namely to the foot of the front joint and to the center of the rear joint endsheets replaced. Cloth lightly rubbed with a small area of abrasion to the rear cover contents tanned and lightly foxed. One of Verne's most enduring work part adventure novel and part science fiction. Copies in the original cloth are scarce. Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle unknown
1873140948142Boston: James R. Osgood and Company 1873. First American edition trade issue. Near Fine. Extremely scarce first American trade edition previously published by Osgood via subscription only. viii 303 pp. profusely illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards raised bands and gilt lettering to spine all edges speckled red pink endpapers. Near Fine with moderate rubbing to covers offsetting to endpapers and owner signature in old hand to front free endpaper. Overopened with stitches showing at page v; binding else tight and square. <br /> <br /> <p>Jules Verne's masterpiece began with an admiring letter from his compatriot George Sand who wrote: "I hope that you will soon conduct us through the depths of the sea and that your personages will travel in a diving apparatus which your science and imagination can perfect."<br /> <br /> <p>The diving apparatus Verne gave to his antihero Captain Nemo was the submarine Nautilus which his imagination rendered perfectly: the sleek ship runs on electricity and more closely resembles modern submarines than those still in development in 1870 the year of the book's publication in France. It is one of many elements that inspired and delighted the book's 19th century audience and is brought beautifully to life by Alphonse-Marie de Neuville and Edouard Riou whose drawings were engraved on wood by Henri Theophile Hildibrand. <br /> <br /> <p>After its initial publication via subscription Osgood issued this first trade edition at the end of 1872 though the title page bears the date of the following year. It is considerably more rare than the George M. Smith edition published immediately after likely owing to a warehouse fire that destroyed unsold copies. A difficult-to-obtain milestone of science fiction. Taves & Michaluk V006. James R. Osgood and Company unknown
1873188840London: Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle 1873. A supreme achievement of scientific fantasy First edition in English of the complete lunar voyage combining De la Terre à la Lune 1865 and its sequel Autour de la Lune 1869. The idea of a return trip to the moon has fascinated writers from Lucian of Samosata in the second century CE to Dante Cyrano de Bergerac Daniel Defoe Edgar Allan Poe and countless others. Verne's however is "the most important lunar voyage in science-fiction; the first hard science-fiction novel with full recognition that the preparations for a moon voyage may be just as interesting as the lunar voyage itself. It is also one of the first lunar voyages written from the point of view of scientific adventure rather than as personal satire or religious speculation" Bleiler. The calculations in the work such as the escape velocity required to leave Earth's orbit were produced with the assistance of the mathematicians Henri Garcet a cousin of Verne and Joseph Bertrand. Verne's scientific ideas inspired Konstantin Tsiolkovsky a father of astronautics who envisioned multistage rockets as a feasible alternative to the large cannon or "space gun" design he encountered in the story. A century after its publication Verne's tale was cited by Neil Armstrong during his own return voyage on Apollo 11. The work was also famously adapted by Georges Méliès for the film A Trip to the Moon 1902. De la Terre à la Lune alone had previously appeared in the English translation of J. K. Hoyt in America where it was serialized and then published in wrappers without illustrations accompanying the text in 1869. The present edition precedes by one year the first US hardcover and illustrated edition of the complete voyage. Red and blue cloth variants have been noted in addition to the green seen here without priority. Octavo. Wood-engraved frontispiece with tissue guard 79 wood-engraved plates by Pannemaker Doms and Hildibrand after Henri de Mountaut Alphonse de Neuville and Emile Bayard. Original green cloth over bevelled boards spine and front cover decoratively blocked in gilt and black front cover designed after plate facing p. 136 rear cover with blind rules and publisher's device buff coated endpapers edges gilt. Ticket of Kitazawa Bookstore Tokyo on front pastedown; ownership inscription of one Yamada on front free endpaper. Spine darkened covers bright extremities slightly rubbed inner hinges split but sound occasional light foxing to bright contents. A near-fine copy. Bleiler 2230. hardcover
18731702020Sampson Low 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The extremely rare first UK edition. Very good in quarter-leather binding decorated in gold gilt. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Sampson Low hardcover books
18731702020Sampson Low 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The extremely rare first UK edition. Very good in quarter-leather binding decorated in gold gilt. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Sampson Low hardcover
1874140949414New York: Scribner Armstrong and Co 1874. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition first printing of one of Jules Verne's most famous novels. Published autumn 1873 but dated to the coming year on the title page. viii 384 pp. illustrated with 52 wood engravings. Bound in publisher's orange-red cloth with pictorial stamping in black and gilt peach endpapers. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to covers with small bump to upper corner of front board and foxing to textblock edges. Hinges just starting. Pencil ownership inscription dated 1874 to front free endpaper overopened at several places. Taves & Michaluk V002.<br /> <br /> <p>A bright copy of the first American edition of the science fiction classic. Professor Lidenbrock infamously renamed "Hardwigg" by an anoymous translator who took great liberties with the text discovers a runic manuscript that reveals a volcanic entrance into the earth's core. He grabs his nephew and an Icelander named Hans and carries them off into the bowels of the earth where they discover a lost world of living dinosaurs before making the perilous journey back to the surface.<br /> <br /> <p>Verne was already a household name in America and reviewers showered praise on his latest offering illlustrated by Edouard Riou and attractively bound as a gift book. The Chicago Post declared that the book was "one of the most successful he has yet written possessing in a high degree the wonderful invention and strong characterization which have made his novels famous." The novel has never been out of print and has been adapted several times for film and television. Scribner Armstrong and Co unknown
1875125618London: Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle 1875. First edition in English in book form of the first volume of Verne's Mysterious Island trilogy preceding the Scribner Armstrong's first American edition. Octavo original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt all edges gilt illustrated tissue-guarded frontispiece. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by Verne and dated the year he published "Two Years' Vacation" his South Pacific adventure novel. Card stock written in French and dated March 1888. The note reads in full in English "Very willingly Monsieur will I address the lines which your sympathetic letter demands praying that you excuse me if I haven't responded to you earlier. Your well devoted Jules Verne March 88." Verne may have been a little preoccupied in 1888. In that year he entered French politics by becoming town councilor of Amiens in northern-central France and his latest adventure novel was also published. In fine condition with scrapbook album mounting traces to the verso. The piece measures 5 inches by 2.625 inches. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Armorial bookplates to the pastedown and front free endpaper. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. An exceptional example scarce in this condition. A superior example. Often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction" French novelist Jules Verne had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraordinaires a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth 1864 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 1870 and Around the World in Eighty Days 1873. Verne's The Mysterious Island is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson indicating the influence of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Johann David Wyss' Swiss Family Robinson on the thematic structure of the trilogy. In September of 1875 Sampson Low Marston Low and Searle published the first British edition of Mysterious Island in three volumes entitled Dropped from the Clouds The Abandoned and The Secret of the Island. The trilogy has been adapted numerous times for film television and radio broadcast. Sampson, Low, Marston, Low, & Searle hardcover
1865179968Paris: J. Hetzel 1865. A hundred years ago Jules Verne wrote a book about a voyage to the Moon" Neil Armstrong First edition in book form in the publisher's deluxe shagreen-backed binding advertised on the final page of the publisher's end catalogue: "1/2 chagrin doré sur tranches". Hetzel's stock was available in wrappers in "cartonné tranches blanches" and in this deluxe binding the most expensive of the three issues. Verne's work launched "the most important lunar voyage in science-fiction. It is the first hard science-fiction novel with full recognition that the preparations for a moon voyage may be just as interesting as the lunar voyage itself. It is also one of the first lunar voyages written from the point of view of scientific adventure rather than as personal satire or religious speculation" Bleiler. The calculations in the book such as the escape velocity required to leave Earth's orbit were produced with the assistance of the mathematicians Joseph Bertrand and the author's cousin Henri Garcet. Verne's scientific ideas inspired Konstantin Tsiolkovsky a father of astronautics who envisioned multistage rockets as a feasible alternative to the large cannon or "space gun" design he encountered in the story. Just over a century after its publication the tale was cited by Neil Armstrong during his own lunar voyage on Apollo 11. The work was also famously adapted by Georges Méliès for the film A Trip to the Moon 1902. The story was serialized in Journal des Débats politiques et littéraires from 14 September to 14 October 1865. Verne wrote a sequel four years later as Autour de la Lune which continues the story from lunar orbit to the return journey back to Earth. Duodecimo. With half-title errata leaf and publisher's 17-page catalogue preceded by fly-title. Publisher's red quarter shagreen spine lettered in gilt compartments with square frames in gilt and blind red pebble-grain cloth sides panelled in blind white silk endpapers edges gilt. Gift inscription dated January 1901 from Jeanne Marsais to her son André on first blank. Spine bright and unfaded small mark on rear cover rubbing to sides and edges soiling to endpapers foxing to contents. A very good copy. Bleiler 2230. hardcover
187315080106Sampson Low 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The 1873 first UK edition and the first illustrated edition in English. Rebound in leather. 1873 on the title page. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Sampson, Low hardcover books
1869160128001Madrid: Establecimiento Tipografico de Tomas Rey y Compania 1869. First Edition. Very Good. Riou; Hildibrand. First edition in Spanish and the earliest edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea known in book form preceding the French and English editions. Two parts in one volume 247 287 pp. 2 page index with illustrations by Riou and Hildibrand. Brown leather spine over brown pebbled cloth floral patterned end papers. Rubbing soiling and light chipping to cloth. Several stains to fore edge. Pages toned with foxing and occasional staining. One page toward rear is torn missing the bottom quarter. Rear hinge is exposed though binding is intact. An exceptionally rare copy of Verne's science fiction masterpiece. Establecimiento Tipografico de Tomas Rey y Compania unknown books
187315080106Sampson Low 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The 1873 first UK edition and the first illustrated edition in English. Rebound in leather. 1873 on the title page. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Sampson, Low hardcover
1875146918New York: Scribner Armstrong 1875; 1875; 1876. First editions of the three books that combined create "The Mysterious Island" Trilogy. Hardcover. Good. 3 vols.: viii 9-310 2; viii 1-304 8; viii 299 1 p. 19 cm. Each volume has frontispiece and 48 other plates. Green cloth with black and gold impressing. Bevelled edges. Mylar wraps removed for photos. Corners and spine ends a bit worn worn. Bookplate and small label on front pastedowns. Ink inscription on a front endpaper in vol. III. Vol. II is missing that leaf but it was once present and inscribed as ink slightly marked the front free endpaper verso. Margin stains up to Vol. III p. 73. Occasional light marks elsewhere. Pencil inscriptions on last pages of text. A few signatures jutting out a bit. <br/><br/>Kingston's translation made a few changes from Verne's original French; the hero's surname is changed from Smith to Harding and many technical passages are abridged or omitted. Unfortunately Kingston's became the standard translation. The trilogy does contain minute details about desert island survival. While some reviewers found the level of detail in the work tedious others praised Verne's new version of "Robinson Crusoe" with modern improvements. Myers 42. Taves & Micheluk V013. <br /> <br />Bookplates for John Taylor Bottomley American surgeon 1869-1925. Received his Doctor of Medicine from Harvard in 1894 and practised in Boston afterwards. Was first assistant surgeon on Massachusetts hospital ship Bay State during Spanish-American War. Assistant Visiting Surgeon Boston City Hospital 1899-1903. Supervising surgeon at Boston City Hospital Relief Station 1901-1903. Surgeon in Chief 1903-10 at Carney Hospital. Scribner, Armstrong hardcover
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
189869706Paris: Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie 1898. Fine. Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie Paris 1898-1902 18 x 28.50 cm Reliure de l'éditeur New edition illustrated with 112 drawings by L. Benett and 2 maps. Publisher's ""globe doré"" binding signed Engel first cover plate by Blanchelande spine with lighthouse second cover of Engel ""h"" type. L'Etoile du Sud takes place in South Africa in the diamond trade milieu. L'Archipel en feu is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the Greek War of Independence in the Aegean Sea islands in the 1820s. Original blue endpapers marginally and slightly faded as usual otherwise a superb copy. Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie unknown
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
18732607London: Sampson Low Martson Low & Searle 1873. First edition in English. Very Good. Rare first English language edition of Verne's classic work preceding the American edition and much scarcer than the 1873 Smith or Osgood US printings. Publisher's original red cloth stamped in black and gilt rebacked with portions of the spine replaced. Original peach end papers with a contemporary gift inscription and Burns Bindery ticket. All page edges gilt. Generally in good condition internally. A young reader has written comments at the end of the book in pencil that could be erased but we've left them as they are kind of charming. Finally publisher's catalogue "For the season 1872-73" has six pages not eight as seen in some other copies. Whether it's lacking the final advertisement leaf or whether it was issued as such we cannot say. A Very Good copy overall of a very scarce book. A similar copy also rebacked and in cloth brought $8750 at auction Heritage 2018.<br/><br/>"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is arguably Verne's masterpiece. As a classic it has aged wonderfully well: it is escapist fun but it still retains its literary and scientific significance. To dismiss it as simply an adventure story does it a disservice.it is also an eerie tale of isolation and madness packed full with geographica; and scientific accuracies that make the fantastic uncomfortably believable" The Guardian. A work of incredible imagination the novel follows the expedition and capture of Professor Pierre Aronnax as he scours the ocean deeps in search of a mysterious "sea monster" reportedly attacking international vessels. As it turns out the fabulous beast spotted off the coast of New York turns out to be the Nautilus a secret underwater ship constructed for and commanded by Captain Nemo. An incredible work of adventure that explores the depths of the human psyche. Very Good. Sampson Low, Martson, Low, & Searle unknown books
1873140946199Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co 1873. Near Fine. First printing of the Smith edition with title page dated 1873 preceded in America by the very scarce Osgood edition. Second and usual issue lacking "The End" on page 303; preceded in America by the Osgood edition of which all but an estimated 30 copies were destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 1872. xvi 303 pp. w/ all illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's green cloth with elaborate gilt and black stamping brown coated endpapers. Near Fine with light wear; contents tanned several signatures slightly over opened. A great copy of a book usually found in much lesser condition. With 110 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou engraved by Hildibrand. The classic tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine the Nautilus by the "father of Science Fiction. Geo. M. Smith & Co unknown
18731908008James R. Osgood and Co Boston 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue. Book in very good condition. The book is rebacked. Housed in a custom-made foldout case. James R. Osgood and Co, Boston hardcover books
1874021125006Scribner Armstrong & Co 1874. First American Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. First edition first printing from Scribner Armstrong & Co 1874. This First American edition came out in 1873 but the book is dated 1874 and predates the publication of the deluxe edition. Includes 50 illustrations by Riou. This is a rare collectible copy and needs careful handling. Binding is cracked in some places but pages remain intact. There are a couple very light marks in pencil inside the front cover. First page has the bottom corner torn off. Tissue guard is detached but present. Edges of some pages have light soiling. The exterior is worn but still shows the gilt illustrations and text on the front cover and spine. Spine is taped. Covers and spine have rubbing and bumping. Please see pictures for condition. Scribner, Armstrong & Co hardcover
189869706Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie | Paris 1898-1902 | 18 x 28.50 cm | Reliure de l'éditeur
187692073Paris: Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel 1876. Fine. Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel Paris 1876 11.5 x 18.2 cm 2 volumes reliés Rare first edition. The first volume dated 4 August 1876 followed by the second volume published on 6 November with Un drame au Mexique bound in. All first editionswere published in 18° format. Half brown shagreen bindings spines with four raised bands ruled in black and framed in black with with central gilt fleurons marbled paper boards paste-down endpapers and flyleaves of hand-marbled paper sprinkled edges contemporary bindings. A handsome first edition copy of this celebrated Siberian adventure attractively bound in contemporary bindings. This first appearance of the text in book form was Jules Verne's preferred format as Jauzac notes instead of the more famous gilded publisher's bindings: ""Verne cared little it seems for the outward appearance of his works. Likewise illustration added to the text struck him as inessential. He would in fact give friends copies of the unillustrated 18° first edition like this copy rather than the large 8° volumes - admittedly more expensive! Without being able to state it as fact it is probable that the author kept in his library only these small 18° editions of his Voyages extraordinaires which he would always count by the volume two for a work in two parts and took pride in announcing a total of over a hundred volumes"". It was with the first edition of Michel Strogoff that Jules Verne began earning the considerable sum of 50 centimes per copy for volumes in this 18° format. The novel narrowly escaped Hetzel's suggestions that Verne introduce an additional character ""un occuliste attaché aux pas du héros s'obstinant à le guérir ou un ""petit chenapan héroïque"" accompagné d'un chien qu'il offrirait à l'aveugle"" Embs et Mellot Le Guide Jules Verne. Paradoxically however it was the publisher who was responsible for the novel bearing the resounding title ""Michel Strogoff"" rather than ""Le Courrier du czar"". Jauzac n° 10 p. 207. Bottin p. 69. Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel hardcover
1891146914New York: John W. Lovell Company nd. 1891. Hardcover. Good. 172 iv 134 p. 19 cm. Unillustrated. Brown cloth with gold impressing. Mylar wrap removed for photos. Corners and spine ends bumped some shelf wear to edges a few stains to covers esp. large stain on lower front. Another stain on lower edge of text block. Some chips and a tear to front endpapers and front hinge starting to crack internally. Tear at bottom of a rear endpaper and edge of p. 155. Small stains to lower margins from about p. 260 to p. 40. Pages browning. Faint mark on first title. <br/><br/>Scarce Jules Verne novel set in Canada of all places complete with wild Indians musket fire and Sir John Colborne. Some readers may recognize John W. Lovell 1851-1932 as a Canadian publisher and he was indeed born in Montreal in 1851. His father John Lovell Sr. 1810-93 was a Canadian publisher born in Ireland. John W. who had experience operating his father's large printing plant moved to Rouse's Point New York in 1873 to run a printing plant there. After marrying a local girl in 1876 he became an American citizen and moved to New York City. There he published a wide variety of books and took advantage of the lack of international copyright laws to print popular titles of the day including those of Dickens as well as Verne. As a born Canadian it's not surprising he would print this story set in his native land. According to the title page he was located at 150 Worth Street cor. Meeting Place at time of publication which places this book in 1891 although John W. published earlier paperback versions in 1889 and 1890. Myers 19. Taves & Michaluk V036. John W. Lovell Company hardcover
187692073Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel | Paris 1876 | 11.5 x 18.2 cm | 2 volumes reliés
186792075Paris: Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel 1867. Fine. A rare true first edition of the first Verne novel adapted for the screen Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel Paris 1867-1868 11.5 x 18.2 cm 3 volumes reliés Rare first edition. First volume published on 6 May 1867 the second on 27 July and the third the next year 28 January 1868. All of 18° format are first editions of Verne's novels. Contemporary brown half shagreen bindings spines with four raised bands ruled in black and decorated with double black panels featuring central gilt floral tools marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns two upper corners slightly bumped speckled edges contemporary bindings. A handsome copy attractively housed in its contemporary bindings. In Search of the Castaways is the very first Verne novel to be adapted for the cinema. predating even Méliès's A Trip to the Moon. This Pathé adaptation 1901 is one of the seven films inspired by his work to be made during his lifetime. This first appearance of the text in book form was Jules Verne's preferred format as Jauzac notes instead of the more famous gilded publisher's bindings: ""Verne cared little it seems for the outward appearance of his works. Likewise illustration added to the text struck him as inessential. He would in fact give friends copies of the unillustrated 18° first edition like this copy rather than the large 8° volumes - admittedly more expensive! Without being able to state it as fact it is probable that the author kept in his library only these small 18° editions of his Voyages extraordinaires which he would always count by the volume two for a work in two parts and took pride in announcing a total of over a hundred volumes"". Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel hardcover
