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Jules Verne. The Tour of the World in 80 Days Jules Verne 1874. James R. Osgood and Company, 1874.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is in good condition. The gilt lettering and design on the front cover is bright and unrubbed. There is some light wear to the outside boards. There is a signature in the front and no bookplates or markings of any other kind. There is some light foxing This is an early edition, printed by James R. Osgood in 1874.
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Verne Jules. Dr Ox's Experiment and Other Stories. Sampson Low, Marston & Searle, London, 1874.
Price: US$505.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth with embossed titles on gilt and embossed decoration in black and gilt. Corners rubbed, gilt faded.Spine shelf worn and very faded and rubbed.All edges gilt. Printed book plate on reverse of front cover which had been taped to ffep. Name and date written on ffep - J B Dasent 1875 ( Judge Dasent ?) One plate loose and browned around edges.332pp plus 40 pp publishers list for 1874. Internally book is very clean with no foxing it is only the covers that let it down. Please phone for more information or a scan. 01525 222662.
Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$1018.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first UK edition of these two thrilling tales from Jules Verne, illustrated throughout and in a bright calf prize binding. The first UK edition of these two popular science-fiction adventure novels from Verne. First published together in 1871 in the original French, this is the first English language edition of the works.Illustrated with forty-two plates. Collated, complete.The first of the two tales present in this volume is 'A Floating City', telling the tale of a woman onboard the SS Great Eastern alongside her abusive husband, who finds out that the man she loves is also on board.The second tale is 'The Blockade Runners', set during the American Civil War and following the exploits of a British merchant who must break the Union blockade of Charleston harbour in South Carolina.In a full calf prize binding, with the prize bookplate of University College School, dated 1876, to the front pastedown.Bound without the forty-page publisher's catalogue to the rear. Retaining the originalA first edition of this work from the French novelist of best-selling adventure novels, best known for 'Journey to the Center of the Earth', 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas', and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. In a full calf prize binding, with gilt detailing. Boards bright, with rubbing to joints. Light rubbing to spine tail. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Jules Verne. Around The World In Eighty Days. Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874.
Price: US$1280.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Around The World In Eighty Days, Jules Verne, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874, First Edition A First Edition (the First Edition seem to be split between 1873 and 1874 with later editions being specifically referenced to the title page) of one of Verne's most acclaimed works, illustrated througout. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French Valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in eighty days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. In good condition, the binding (W.H.Smith, The Strand) is straight and tight and the gilt lettering on the spine is bright. The boards are marked and there is some fading to the edges. There is slight damage to the top edge of the front board and some marks to the bottom edge of the spine. The end papers are pages are free from marks, tears or inscriptions save an owner's name, place and date to an early blank page. There is some foxing to the bottom edge. A rare and much sought after volume, unusual to find in such good condition, this would make an impressive addition to a library or a wonderful gift. Will be dispatched by courier, fully insured, carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.
Seller: Grimes Hill Book Club, Wythall, United Kingdom
Jules Verne. Around the World in Eighty Days. Sampson Low, Marston,, London UK, 1874.
Price: US$1344.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Around the World in Eighty Days translated by Geo M. Towle. 54 full page illustrations. With a rebacked spine using the original cloth in bright condition. Gilt and black illustrated and beveled boards. Slight loss of the original spine cloth. All edges gilt. Contemporary gift inscription to the front free page dated 1885. Hinge lightly split. Tissue guard on frontis illustration with small tear. Loose illustrated page on 241. Light foxing and some marks within the text.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days. Sampson Low, London, 1874.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition of this Verne classic in the publisher's original deluxe binding. First published in late 1873 (though most copies were post-dated 1874), this extraordinary voyage was an instant hit with the British public and went through 5 editions in a year. This is a copy of the true first edition dated 1874 on the title page and with 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated October 1872, yes 1872 [as per Myers 1, p.61] - before Verne even became a Low author. Translation is by George Towle with introduction by Adrien Marx. Dark blue, sand-grained cloth over bevelled boards with elaborate illustration and lettering in gilt and black to front cover and spine with blind rules to lower cover. All edges gilt, light peach endpapers - the same shade as the original, but they are modern replacements, skilfully done. Squarish 8vo with xvi, 315pp text + 54 inserted plates including tissue-guarded frontis, all present. Very neat professional repair to small losses at head and tail of spine using matching period cloth. Minor rubbing to extremities and fading to spine but a perfectly sound and internally very clean copy of a rare first edition and one of the iconic books of the modern world.
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United Kingdom
Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days. Sampson Low, London, 1874.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition in original decorated cloth, dated 1874 on the title page but with a publisher's catalogue dated October, 1872 in the front of the book. Very good condition. Front hinge cracked but firmly attached. All plates present, one loose but easily reattached. Housed in a supplied slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.