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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
3117FISCHER. . softcover. FISCHER paperback
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
19676422BÄRMEIER & NICKEL 1967. 1.ND. hardcover. Sirmkovrilo! Ruga Titolbildo! BÄRMEIER & NICKEL hardcover
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
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
19113800New York: Vincent Parke and Company 1911. Edition d'Amiens. Limited to 600 numbered copies of which this is 122 and signed by R.G. Lancaster Registrar. Bound by Frost of Bath ca. 1960 in full crimson polished calf covers with double-gilt rules spines with five shallow raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments purple and green morocco gilt lettering labels board edges and turn-ins decoratively gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Fifteen large octavo volumes 8 5/8 x 5 13/16 inches; 220 x 151 mm occupying approximately 22 3/4 inches 57 3/4 cm. of shelf space. Hand-colored frontispieces signed by the colorist and numerous tinted plates with descriptive tissue guards. Volume 5 has small chip at crown. Hand-illuminated limitation leaf. A very Fine set.<br /> <br /> Jules Verne was a "French writer whose works shaped the development of modern science fiction.In 1863 Verne published the first of his Voyages extraordinaires-Cinq semaines en ballon 1863; Five Weeks in a Balloon. The great success of the tale encouraged him to produce others in the same vein of romantic adventure with increasingly deft depictions of fantastic but nonetheless carefully conceived imaginary scientific wonders. The Voyages continued with Le Voyage au centre de la Terre 1864; A Journey to the Center of the Earth De la Terre à la Lune 1865; From the Earth to the Moon Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers 1869-70; Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and L'Île mystérieuse 1874; The Mysterious Island in which he foresaw a number of scientific devices and developments including the submarine the aqualung television and space travel. Verne's novels were enormously popular throughout the world; one in particular the grippingly realistic Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours 1873; Around the World in Eighty Days generated great excitement during its serial publication in Le Temps and remained one of his most popular works" Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Here in 15 lovely volumes are some of his most imaginative and influential works. Vincent Parke and Company unknown
196024145NEUES LEBEN 1960. 6. hardcover. NEUES LEBEN hardcover
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
198431885PAWLAK MANFRED 1984. 1. softcover. Zwei Jahre Ferien PAWLAK, MANFRED paperback
19664353BÄRMEIER & NICKEL 1966-68. hardcover. BÄRMEIER & NICKEL hardcover
1911994New York - London: Vincent Parke and Company 1911. Prince Edward of Wales Edition of the Works of Jules Verne. Limited to 500 numbered copies of fifteen volumes each; and that this set is registered as no. 134. Fine Leather Bindings. Near Fine. A complete 15 volume set in near fine condition beautifully rebound in full crushed Morocco with bright gilt rule and signature to covers six compartments and five raised bands to spines with bright gilt details and title. Binding and hinges are excellent new marbled end papers and paste downs. Pages are bright and clean without marks and no foxing some marginal age toning to pages. Color frontise in each volume with other black and white illustrations. Books measure 9.25"x6.5". Limited Prince Edward of Wales Edition No. 134 of 500. 115 years old. A stunning set scarce in this binding and condition. Vincent Parke and Company unknown
190140845Paris: Hetzel 1901. Fine. Hetzel Paris s. d. 1901 12 x 19 cm relié First edition of which there were no large paper copies Half light brown calf over marbled paper boards double gilt fillets to spine covers mounted on guards and preserved top edge speckled; an unsigned modern pastiche binding by Goy & Vilaine Very rare autograph inscription from Jules Verne to Achille Tournier prefect of the Somme at the time With original illustrations by Georges Roux A very good copy handsomely bound. Hetzel hardcover
190440846Paris: Hetzel 1904. Fine. Hetzel Paris s. d. 1904 12 x 19 cm relié The first edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Half hazelnut calf binding smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets marbled paper boards original covers mounted on guards and preserved speckled top edge modern pastiche binding unsigned by Goy & Vilaine. Work decorated with original illustrations by L. Benett. Very rare signed autograph inscription from Jules Verne to Achille Tournier then Prefect of the Somme. Jules Verne settled in Amiens his wife's birthplace in 1871: ""At my wife's wish I settled in Amiens a wise city polished of even temper where society is cordial and learned. One is close to Paris close enough to have its reflection without the unbearable noise and sterile agitation. And to say everything my Saint-Michel remains moored at Le Crotoy."" His affection for the region would continue to grow and he would never leave the Picard capital actively participating in local political life. Appointed director of the Academy of Sciences Letters and Arts in 1875 he delivered on this occasion a speech that remained famous: ""An Ideal City: Amiens in the Year 2000."" In 1888 he was elected to the municipal council of Amiens where he served until 1903. It was the prefect of the Somme who presented him with his decoration when he was promoted to officer of the Legion of Honor in 1892. ""People often ask me why I reside in Amiens I who am so completely Parisian by instinct. Well because as I told you I have Breton blood and I love tranquility and I could not be happier than in a cloister. A calm life of study and work brings me joy."" June 1893 in Mac Clure's magazine. Work decorated with original illustrations by L. Benett. Fine copy. Hetzel 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
1911169591New York: Vincent Park and Company 1911. A handsomely bound set The Prince Edward of Wales edition number 6 of 500 numbered sets the limitation page signed by the registrar R. G. Lancaster. This publication includes the first appearance in English of Verne's later novel The Master of the World 1904 which was later separately published in Britain and America in 1914. Published in a variety of limitations the collection comprises 36 stories and short stories including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days. 15 vols octavo 230 x 155 mm. Engraved colour portrait of Prince of Wales to limitation leaf of vol. 1 engraved colour sepia and black and white frontispieces with captioned tissue guards to each vol. numerous plates to contents. Attractively bound in recent green morocco burgundy morocco labels centre tool to spines gilt raised bands roll to covers gilt marbled endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed. The occasional minor blemish else an excellent set. 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
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
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
190375993Paris: Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie 1903. Fine. Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie Paris 1903-1904 18 x 28.50 cm Reliure de l'éditeur New edition illustrated with drawings by J. Ferrat including several polychrome plates hors-texte produced by Belin Frères and appearing here for the first time. Publisher's ""golden globe"" binding signed Engel first cover plate by Blanchelande spine with lighthouse second cover of Engel ""i"" type with the monogram JH in straight letters. Les Indes Noires are the Scottish coal mines. An operator discovers a deposit and builds a true underground city a young girl is discovered there who seems never to have seen daylight. The underground city is a utopia ideal vision of a hidden world. Le Chancellor is an adventure novel presented as the Journal du passager J.-R. Kazallon and tells the epic of the shipwrecked passengers of the English ship the Chancellor. Original blue endpapers marginally and slightly faded as usual otherwise superb copy. Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie unknown
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
250828001Paris: J. Hetzel Pierre-Jules Hetzel 1864. 1st Edition 3rd - 6th printing. Hardcover fine binding. Very Good. <br /> EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE FIRST EDITION/EARLY PRINTING.<br /> <br /> No other 1864 copy for sale that I can find as of this listing. The true first edition has only come to an established auction 5 times in the past 25 years. The scarce 1867 first illustrated edition sells for $3-4k. This is your opportunity to be one of only a few people in the world who owns a first edition of this Verne classic. The very rare first printing would list for $30000-50000 in US dollars or even more if one were to come up for sale. Many collectors have waited for years for a copy to surface.<br /> <br /> Overall Condition: VG<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Published in 1864 by J. Hetzel Pierre-Jules Hetzel in Paris in 1864. In the original French. First edition early printing as indicated by:<br /> <br /> 1. Title page with Pierre-Jules Hetzel J H printer device/monogram to be replaced in later editions with a small vignette by Verne's chief illustrator Edward Riou. <br /> 2. No publication date listed and publisher listed as D Education et De Recreation J. Hetzel 18 Rue Jacob <br /> 3. Anywhere from a third printing through sixth printing as indicated by the printer being listed as L. Toinon & with no edition stated. The printing number was only listed on the original covers for the third-sixth and this copy has been rebound. <br /> <br /> NOTE: the exceptionally rare first issue an octodecimo 18vo states "Poupart-Daryl" as the printer. The second printing states second edition according to della Riva. Seventh printings editions and beyond are stated. See della Riva 1977.<br /> <br /> Finely bound in contemporary 1/4 black morocco with green corners over marbled paper. Four raised spine bands with spine compartments ruled and tooled in gilt; all edges speckled; marbled endpapers sewn-in green satin ribbon placeholder to match the corners. Duodecimo size: 7 inches x 4.75 inches. Collated and complete: 4 335 with an original blank preceding and following the text.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK<br /> <br /> Jules Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979 ranking below Agatha Christie and above William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the "father of science fiction" a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback. In the 2010s he was the most translated French author in the world. <br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> The book is in VERY GOOD condition.<br /> <br /> Exterior and binding: Square spine firm hinges and joints tight pages. Leather and gilt in excellent condition. Rubbing to board edges. A sharp copy. NEAR FINE EXTERIOR. <br /> <br /> Interior: Most of the text is clean and bright with off-white pages. Toning to pages 182-252 and foxing to pages 219-251. Some mild toning on endpapers. Only a few bent page corners and signs of handling like a margin smudge. A tiny bit of soiling on front blanks. Former owner pencil writing in French on verso of FFEP. Overall an exceedingly scarce first edition early printing in a higher-grade collectible condition. J. Hetzel (Pierre-Jules Hetzel) hardcover
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
