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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.
Price: US$217.73 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1874 1st English edition. 332pp. Fair/None. Blue decorative cloth boards with a little rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, a little fraying to spine ends, minor soiling/scuffing. Contents generally clean and tight with minor soiling/browning, occasional splitting, front and back endpapers missing, damage to back of front board where the ffep has been stuck to it. B&W illustrations by Theophile Schuler, Emile-Antoine Bayard, Adrien Marie and Lorenz Frolich. A collection of 5 short stories, this edition published during Verne's lifetime. The stories are 'Dr Ox's Experiment', a science fiction tale about a doctor who experiments on a town to discover the effects of oxygen on its citizens; 'Master Zacharias', a Faustian tale about a master clock-maker; 'A Drama in the Air' about a hot air balloon flight; 'A Winter Amid the Ice' about a man who goes on a voyage to find a missing ship; 'Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc' by Paul Verne. A nice early edition.
Seller: C. Parritt, Derby, United Kingdom
VERNE, JULES. Dr Ox's Experiment (And Other Stories). Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874.
Price: US$224.15 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First UK edition. "Master Zacharias", "A Drama in the Air", "A Winter Amid the Ice". Blue cloth boards with gilt and black illustration to front and spine. All edges gilt. Corners and edges of boards bumped and scuffed, some fraying to top and bottom of spine. Spine faded and gilt a little rubbed and dulled. A little grubby to rear with some marks. Closed tears to front and rear pastedown partially revealing webbing. "W.H. Smith, Strand, London" embossed stamp to FFEP. Neat ink name to reverse FFEP which has partially blotted on to reverse frontis. Black and white frontis with tissue guard, both with spots of foxing. Textblock has cracked at hinge between frontis and title page revealing webbing. Faint scattered foxing throughout and the occasional page crease, otherwise contents very good, clean and tight. Size: 5.5 x 7.5 Inches
Seller: Ripping Yarns, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A hard to find original , Jules Verne , with four stories . translated from the French .8vo. Pp, ix , [1], 332. All edges are gilt and plates correct.Original cloth illustrated covered boards. Lovely cover with oblong gilt illustration of first story, black and white version on title page , spine also illustrated but slightly faded as is back cover.Paste down end paper has previous owners book plate and free end paper has inscription .Overall this is a good tight copy for any Jules Verne collectors.
Seller: Highstreet Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-285 [286: blank], fly leaf at front, five inserted plates, publisher's pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, slate coated endpapers. First U.S. edition? Collects "A Drama in Mid-Air" (a.k.a. "A Drama in the Air"), "Dr. Ox's Hobby" (a.k.a. "Dr. Ox's Experiment"), "Master Zachary" (a.k.a. "Master Zacharius") and "A Winter Among the Ice-Fields (a.k.a. "A Winter Amid the Ice") by Verne, and "Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc" by Paul Verne. Apparently the only edition with English translation by A. L. Alger. This edition, mostly likely unauthorized, may have preceded the "authorized" 1874 Osgood edition published as DR. OX'S EXPERIMENT AND OTHER STORIES. The Gill edition was advertised as "now ready" on 11 July 1874. The Osgood edition, with contents translated by George M. Towle, was published in late June or early July 1874. Both American editions preceded Sampson Low's British edition which was published in November 1874. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2232. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14624. Myers 16. Taves and Michaluk V012. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and lower corners, mild soiling to rear cover, several small creases to corners of free endpapers, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. (#111403)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-285 [286: blank], fly leaf at front, five inserted plates, publisher's pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, slate coated endpapers. First U.S. edition? Collects "A Drama in Mid-Air" (a.k.a. "A Drama in the Air"), "Dr. Ox's Hobby" (a.k.a. "Dr. Ox's Experiment"), "Master Zachary" (a.k.a. "Master Zacharius") and "A Winter Among the Ice-Fields (a.k.a. "A Winter Amid the Ice") by Verne, and "Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc" by Paul Verne. Apparently the only edition with English translation by A. L. Alger. This edition, mostly likely unauthorized, may have preceded the "authorized" 1874 Osgood edition published as DR. OX'S EXPERIMENT AND OTHER STORIES. The Gill edition was advertised as "now ready" on 11 July 1874. The Osgood edition, with contents translated by George M. Towle, was published in late June or early July 1874. Both American editions preceded Sampson Low's British edition which was published in November 1874. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2232. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14624. Myers 16. Taves and Michaluk V012. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and lower corner tips, minute chip from top edge of front free endpaper, a tight, bright, very good copy. A nice copy of a handsome production. (#80265)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, 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$512.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Humorous science fiction short stories. VG+, 1874, 1st ed, 59 illustrations, in modern blue cloth, gilt tooling and titles to spine. Internally, new endpapers, a.e.g., frontis, [3], (iv-xi), [1], [1], 2-332 pp, 59 illust, printed by Gilbert and Rivington. (187*138 mm). Stories are: Doctor Ox's Experiment. Master Zacharius. A Drama in the Air. A Winter amid the Ice. and Ascent of Mont Blanc.
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-285 [286: blank], fly leaf at front, five inserted plates, publisher's pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, slate coated endpapers. First U.S. edition? Collects "A Drama in Mid-Air" (a.k.a. "A Drama in the Air"), "Dr. Ox's Hobby" (a.k.a. "Dr. Ox's Experiment"), "Master Zachary" (a.k.a. "Master Zacharius") and "A Winter Among the Ice-Fields (a.k.a. "A Winter Amid the Ice") by Verne, and "Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc" by Paul Verne. Apparently the only edition with English translation by A. L. Alger. This edition, mostly likely unauthorized, may have preceded the "authorized" 1874 Osgood edition published as DR. OX'S EXPERIMENT AND OTHER STORIES. The Gill edition was advertised as "now ready" on 11 July 1874. The Osgood edition, with contents translated by George M. Towle, was published in late June or early July 1874. Both American editions preceded Sampson Low's British edition which was published in November 1874. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2232. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14624. Myers 16. Taves and Michaluk V012. Mild wear at upper spine end, mild rubbing to corner tips, small closed tear at fore-edge of front free endpaper, a bright, nearly fine copy. An excellent copy of a handsome production. (#135556)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 332 pp. Very Good, Red Decorative Cloth, Gilt Edges. Bevelled Boards with edge wear, & rubbing; spine slanted; minor shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; signed dedication to previous owner on FFEP; bookplate of another previous owner inside cover. Mylar Jacket. Illustrations include 59 full page engraved plates. First English Edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. Dr. Ox's Experiment. Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, London, 1874.
Price: US$704.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Good solid copy with All Edges gilt and pictorial cover and spine. Contains Dr. OX and two other stories and an account of the ascent of Mt. Blanc by Vernes brother. There is one illustration missing opposite pg. 97.No ads in back. Scarce First U.K. edition. Brown or brick cloth with gilt and black.Top of spine worn. Hinges are starting to go.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-5 [6] 7-285 [286: blank], fly leaf at front, five inserted plates, publisher's pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, slate coated endpapers. First U.S. edition? Collects "A Drama in Mid-Air" (a.k.a. "A Drama in the Air"), "Dr. Ox's Hobby" (a.k.a. "Dr. Ox's Experiment"), "Master Zachary" (a.k.a. "Master Zacharius") and "A Winter Among the Ice-Fields (a.k.a. "A Winter Amid the Ice") by Verne, and "Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc" by Paul Verne. Apparently the only edition with English translation by A. L. Alger. This edition, mostly likely unauthorized, may have preceded the "authorized" 1874 Osgood edition published as DR. OX'S EXPERIMENT AND OTHER STORIES. The Gill edition was advertised as "now ready" on 11 July 1874. The Osgood edition, with contents translated by George M. Towle, was published in late June or early July 1874. Both American editions preceded Sampson Low's British edition which was published in November 1874. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2232. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14624. Myers 16. Taves and Michaluk V012. Early gift inscription dated 16 July 1874 on the front flyleaf. A very bright, fine copy. A stunning copy of a handsome production. (#149850)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. DR. OX'S EXPERIMENT, and other Stories. , 1874.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: With Numerous Illustrations. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. Original deep red pebble-grain cloth pictorially decorated in black and gilt, board edges beveled, all page edges gilt. First English Edition (and first fully-illustrated edition in the English language) of these four tales, three of which are among Verne's earliest: "A Drama in the Air" (appeared in a periodical in 1851, his second story), "Master Zacharius" (1854, his fourth), and "A Winter amid the Ice" (1855, his fifth). Also included (of course) is "Dr. Ox's Experiment" from 1872 -- plus "Ascent of Mont Blanc" by Jules's brother Paul Verne. "Dr. Ox's Experiment" is a great tale: Doctor Ox and his assistant Ygene come to the small quiet community of Quiquendone located in Flanders. He promises to light this town with a network of oxyhydric gas pipes. During the construction of this network, the quiet community becomes quite excitable, to the point where they are ready to go to war against a neighboring community. But what is the cause of this change in the nature of the good people of Quiquendone? Perhaps it is something in the air. .and so is "Master Zacharius". As a clockmaker in Geneva Switzlerland begins dying, all of the timepieces that he has crafted begin failing as though a part of his soul became a part of each of them. Soon only one of his timepieces remains functional, and for the clockmaker to gain possession of it, he must give his daughter's hand in marriage to a man who works for the devil himself. [quotes from Kytasaari] This fully-illustrated London edition came out in November 1874 (with "Master Zacharias" misspelled thus on front cover and spine); the gilt vignette on the spine shows the grinning character "Time," from the story "Master Zacharius." This edition was preceded by a small unillustrated edition by Osgood of Boston, and by a semi-illustrated edition titled FROM THE CLOUDS TO THE MOUNTAINS by Gill of Boston; following this British edition, in mid-1875 Osgood came out with a fully-illustrated American edition, using these British sheets. This is a copy bound without an ad catalogue at the rear, in deep red cloth (we have also handled copies in brown, blue, green, and purple -- no precedence). Its condition is very good-plus (front endpaper slightly cracked, very minor wear at the extremities, but very little other wear, and with the cover gilt brighter than usual); typically for deep red cloth, the spine is slightly faded. This is a rather uncommon edition, with a terrific binding design. Taves & Michaluk V012; Mistichelli et al. A34; Myers 16. Provenance: frontispiece recto signature and small inkstamp of Jno. A Goold.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.