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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First US ed. Scarce in any condition. Heavy shelf/age wear. Chipping at top of spine. Dust wear to boards. Binding shaken but intact.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.75 + shipping
Description: Octavo, v, viii, 232 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brick red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear with slight scuffs, small chips to edges, and mild lean to the spine. Decorative blind-stamped borders. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown. Light foxing to the end papers. Gift inscription to the flyleaf. Chipping to gutter between front end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Few pages of advertisements to the rear. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375898. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. Meridiana or Adventures in South Africa. Scribner, Armstrong, New York, 1874.
Price: US$64.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown cloth with gilt . All illustrations present. Rubbing on front cover,edges worn, gift inscription on F.E.P>.Small name stamp on two pags one being title page,.loose in bindiing, so far from a perfect copy.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A tight sound copy, no loose pages, some foxing to page edges, otherwise unmarked and quite clean. Bumps to corners and spine ends. Brown cloth with black decoration to front and gold on spine. Six Verne titles listed on back of title page, several ads at back. Very early edition.
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original green cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in blind. First American ed. of this comparatively obscure Verne novel, first state with two other Verne novels listed on title page verso, [2] pp. rear ads. Mild binding lean, rubbed edges with several areas of minor exposure to bottom corners/edges, minor cloth loss at head of spine panel, a few surface marks to cloth. Former owner's signature penciled on top text block edge, otherwise unmarked. Firm binding, intact hinges. viii,232,[2] pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.01 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in brick colored cloth with gilt decorations, 232 pp. plus 10 pp. ads, 3 titles on verso of title page. Second state of first American edition Book is slightly cocked, lettering on spine is faded but still quite legible. A clean, tight, good or better copy.
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st state, with 2 titles listed on verso of title page; 232 pages + 2 pgs. Of ads at rear. Green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Cloth rubbed at edges of spine; some foxing on endpapers; pencil marks on front endpaper.
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [3-4] [i-iii] iv-v [vi-vii] viii [1] 2-232 [233-242: ads], fly leaves at front and rear, 48 illustrations by J. Ferat, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. First authorized U.S. edition, later printing. This Scribner, Armstrong edition (a later printing advertising three titles including MERIDIANA; the first printing advertises only two titles, A JOURNEY TO THE MOON and A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH) was issued the same day the unauthorized edition of MERIDIANA was published in Boston by Henry L. Shepard & Co. as ADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF THE BEHEMOTH. Prior to publishing this edition, Scribner, Welford, & Armstrong imported sheets of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition [title page dated 1873] printed by Gilbert and Rivington and bound in England by Burn & Co. with a cancel title leaf mounted on a stub (this issue was perhaps prepared quickly to precede or compete with the Shepard's unauthorized edition). Myers 39. Taves and Michaluk V009. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corners and some rubbing along bottom and fore edges, a good copy with bright stamping and tight, clean interior. (#173593)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition, Myers's probable first printing. A very good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$101.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Very Good. First Edition. GREEN COVER WITH GILT COVER AND SPINE LETTERING SHOWSSOME MINOR WEAR TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SPINE AND SMALL FRONT EDGE BUMPS.BINDING TIGHT.FFEP MISSING.CONTENTS CLEAN.232 PAGES PLUS 10 PAGES OD ADVERTISMENTS.48 ILLUSTRATIONS.A NICE COPY.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4000 shelf. Gold-stamped embossed sienna cloth. Rubbed covers w/ some edgewear. No names, clean text. With fabulous b/w uncredited wood engravings. Translated from the French. Pg 107 to 118 (age browned at edges) loose & laid in. 2 pgs ads. Still very attractive. Scarce! 232 p.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Stories of Adventure. Scribners, 1874.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: With 68 Full-Page Illustrations. I. MERIDIANA. II. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1874. 8 pp undated ads + 2 single page ads after the title page of each novel. 3 identical ad catalog pages ( "Caution" against buying these titles by any other publisher (which "are PIRATED, and cannot fail to be inferior in every particular"). 2nd issue with spine imprint of Scribners on the foot. Original brown cloth decorated in gilt and black. First Combined Edition. 48 MERIDIANA illustrations with just 20 of them from the other title. A good reading example of this scarce 1st edition with assorted areas of wear. Not in collectable condition example but a good place-filler, in need of restoration, till you can find one of reasonable cost.
Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Spine canted, slightly darkened and bumped.; First American edition, first state. ; 8vo; 232 pages Good+ Bookplate & ink name front endpaper, slight foxing end matter. Faint waterstain edge of top corner throughout.
Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 1st edition thus. "68 full-page illustrations". Meridiana 231 page; Journey 305 page; plus 8 pages ads. Brown cloth, decorated with black & gilt. Poor condition only. White spotting to front board, with moderate soiling to rear boards. Board corners worn. Wear 1/4" loss to tail of spine. Spine head torn, with 1" loss. Hinges cracked. Scribbling on endpapers. All pages present, but one signature coming loose, and one page containing list of illustrations coming detached (and with edgewear to this page). All illustrations present. ; B&W Illustrations; SFH9C; 7/1/2 X 5; 305 pages
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Stories of Adventure. Scribner Armstrong and Company, 1874.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Just a good only copy with a great deal od=f wear. Contains Meridiana or The Adventures of Three and Three Russians and A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. With numerous illustrations. Several very significant stains in the book and the binding is worn. Owners penciled name and date 1874 on the front page. A fairly uncommon book, but in rough condition.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book is in good condition. There is a signature in the front and no bookplates or markings of any other kind. The book has been rebound in leather binding with gilt labes on the front cover and spine. The hinges has been reinforced. There is a light stain to he edges of the first 20 pages. There is some foxing. The book contains a total of 48 full page illustrations, all of which are present. This book shows two titles listed on the verso of the title page, making it a First printing of the first American edition (later printings would have three, five, or six Verne titles).
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair condition. Spine tips and cover corners are well worn with loss of cloth at spine tips. Cover edges are rubbed. Spine is darkened, but spine lettering is very readable. Some soiling on covers. Other Verne titles are written in pencil on three pages.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Description: 2nd state, 3 titles on t. p. verso; 232 pp & ads, green cloth; Very good, all extrems worn, small spine dig, some light spotting; binding firm, contents nice.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. MERIDIANA: THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN. , 1874.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 1874 Verne, Jules MERIDIANA: THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1874 2nd state with 3 titles on verso of tpage, ads at rear 232pp illus 8vo original red-brown cloth, gilt rubbing on corners, edges of spine, internally sound, fine copy.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. null 1st U.S. edition, first issue with ads for two title on verso of title page. Very good in original green cloth. Spine gilt and color still bright, slight wear at spine ends and corners. Nearly invisible expert reinforcement to spine tips, front hinge. Former owner bookplate. A handsome copy.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition, First State (two titles listed to title page verso). Beautiful full-page plates. Condition: Externally Fair - rubbing, fading and some soiling to covers; head and tail of spine with 1/2" missing; corners worn; some darkening and soiling to page edges. Internally Very Good - pages mostly very clean, plates bright and beautiful. 4
Seller: ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$216.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition; copyright page lists six Verne titles issued by Scribner. 47 plates. 232 pages, plus six pages of publisher's ads in rear. Bound in publisher's original red brick cloth with spine stamped in gilt, front cover stamped in blind, and two black bands on spine and cover having an elaborate raised design in red continued in blind on the rear cover.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: preceded by a /Scribner Welford edition, made from a British edition, very clean sharp book. 2nd US printing Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Description: New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, 1874. Very Good condition but missing front free endpaper. Top of spine frayed. Bottom of spine slightly rubbed. Previous owner's small ink stamps and signature. Light endpaper foxing. No foxing on most text pages, although there are scattered spots on a few pages. With 48 illustrations. Blind-stamped decorations on spine, as well as front and back covers. The spine and front cover are also gilt-stamped. Gilt on front cover is still bright and shiny. Gilt on spine less bright, but still distinct. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. A tight, square copy, that presents better than this detailed description makes it sound. Myers' "probable" first issue, printing A (with 1874 on the title page and only two books listed on verso: JOURNEY TO THE MOON and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH). This copy appears to be a variant of Myers 39 in two respects. 1) The word "or" does not appear after "Meridiana" on the title page, although "or" does appear in the spine title. 2) It is bound in the publisher's terra-cotta cloth, rather than green. Myers 39. Taves / Michaluk V009. . First American Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Original terra-cotta cloth/No dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 232pp. + 2 pages of ads.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: VG- with rubbing to spinal ends and corners, a bit of fraying to head and heel of spine, one corner a bit bumped, former owners name and date on free endpaper (Fred Harvey Dec. 11, 1874) , o/w binding is tight, contents are clean and crisp. ; 12mo, publisher's russet cloth with gilt and blind-stamped lettering and decoration, pale yellow endpapers, 48 illustrations, pp. Viii, 232, plus 10pp. Undated ads. first american edition, second issue with 3 titles listed on verso oftitle page.
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. ADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF THE BEHEMOTH .. Henry L. Shepard & Co., Boston, 1874.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 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)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. ADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF THE BEHEMOTH .. Henry L. Shepard & Co., Boston, 1874.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 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, publisher's pictorial green 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. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, a bit of soiling and rubbing to rear cover, frontispiece tissue guard foxed, a sound good or better copy. (#173598)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth. Boston: Henry L. Shepard & Co, 1874, 1874.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., decorative red cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold and black, gilt hippopotamus on upper cover and spine. 190 pp., 20 full page wood-engravings, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Second American Edition. Three Englishman, three Russians and their guide-a bushman named Mokoum-set out to measure the arc of a meridian in the Kalahari Desert and encounter the wild beasts of South Africa and a war between England & Russia. First published in London under the title Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa (Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873). An edition for distribution in America consisting of Sampson Low sheets, with a Scribner title page inserted (with mention of Sampson Low) appeared in 1873 as well. The first proper American edition was published by Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, New York in 1874. This second American edition, published by Henry Shepard of Boston, appeared in the same year as the first, but under an entirely different title, which Shepard perhaps considered both more exotic and more resonant with an American public familiar with the Behemoth of the Bible. In a handsome publisher's binding, with vivid illustrations by Jules Descartes Ferat. REFERENCES: Taves and Michaluk, The Jules Verne Encyclopedia, V009; Kytasaari, Dennis. Jules Verne Collecting at epguides[dot]com/djk/JulesVerne/works[dot]shtml. CONDITION: Good, small losses at head and foot of spine, lights stains to lower cover, occasional minor brown stains in margins; nice tight bright copy
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First American Edition published by Scribner, Armstrong in 1874. First State. With numerous and wonderful full-page plates of African animals and adventures. First State with only two titles ("Journey to the Moon" and "Journey to the Centre of the Earth") listed on the title page under "New Books By Jules Verne." VG- in decorated terracotta cloth stamped brightly in gilt. With bright gilt lettering and design (rising sun) on the front panel. Spine gilt is dulled. With fraying to the top and bottom of the spine ends which have been strengthened with book glue. Corners also rubbed and frayed. Light staining to the rear panel. Presentation inscription in pencil on the front paste-down. First Edition. First American Edition published by Scribner, Armstrong in 1874. First State.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Meridiana: Adventure of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa, By Jules Verne, Translated from the French. With Numerous Illustrations, Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1874, frontispiece with 47 additional full page interior illustrations, decorative brick cloth, ads on the verso of title page, five titles including this one, with eight pages of ads in rear, 232 pp, 8 x 5.5, 8vo. In as-is condition. Spine split, darkened with loss of head. Tail crushed. A great candidate for restoration, if desired. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and corners. End papers clean and bright. Light toning throughout text with minor instance of foxing and light age stain. Loose signatures 59-70 pp, 91-104 pp. Split at mid-gutter. Binding shaken. Please see photos. First American Edition. Myers printing A, with two titles listed on the t.p. verso, but in a variant binding cloth. Octavo (19.5cm). In brick red cloth, titled in gold on front and on spine; yellow endpapers; one-page ad on verso of title page and 2pp of ads at rear; viii, 232, [ii]pp; 48 full-page illustrations.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$301.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FULL TITLE: Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa Written by Jules Verne Published by Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York Language: English (translated from the original French) DESCRIPTION: Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa, by Jules Verne, translated from the French, published by Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1874. 1st authorized American edition. First American edition, published the same day as Shepard's pirated edition. Published in 1874 by Scribner, Armstrong & Company of New York. 1st state, with only two titles listed in the advertisement on the title verso. Embellished with 48 full-page illustrations. Translated from the original French. French version published in 1872. Bound in contemporary blindstamped terra-cotta cloth & bright gilt front cover title. Gilt spine titling. Title-page with frontispiece accompaniment. This South African travel adventure novel was initially published in the original French in 1872, as Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais Dans L'Afrique Australe. Sampson Low's English edition, titled Meridiana (with the nationalities reversed in favor of the Englishmen in the subtitle, as here), was issued in November 1872 but was dated 1873. In the same month, some of these copies (printed and bound in England) were imported into the U.S. and equipped with title pages of Scribner's import house, Scribner, Welford and Armstrong (likewise dated 1873)--technically the American issue of the first English edition, and extremely scarce today. This 1874 Meridiana was then the first edition actually produced in America therefore, the first American edition (though Henry Shepard also published an unauthorized pirate edition, titled Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth, with an altered translation and fewer illustrations, on the very same day). CONDITION: Very good condition; inscription on ffep; cover-boards have very minimal corner & edgewear; minor damage of delicate head & tail pieces on spine; impression of a thumbnail scratch on front cover. BOOK MEASUREMENTS: 19.5 cm X 13.5 cm TOTAL LENGTH: 232 pages + 2 rearmost pages of advertisements
Seller: McClosky's Antiquarian Books & Cards, Georgina, ON, Canada
Verne, Jules. Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth. Henry L. Shepard and Co., 1874.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard and Co., 1874 (matching dates on title and copyright). Second edition, an unauthorized edition published simultaneously with the authorized Scribner, Welford, Armstrong edition (NY). Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 190 [2]. With 20 wood engraved plates and a frontispiece by French artist and illustrator, Jule Ferat. Publisher's brown cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt and black. Dark endpapers. Very light wear to head, heel and corners. Very good. An exceptionally bright, clean and tight copy of this pirated edition of the novel also known in English as 'Meridiana' or 'The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa'. [Behemoth: A primal unconquerable monster of the land".] Copy of J. H. Patten with his signature at top of title page. Possibly the NY born, "Hon. J. H. Patten", South Dakota pioneer who was part of the states' constitutional convention and territorial legislature.
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-iii] iv-v [vi-vii] viii [1] 2-232 [233-234: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], fly leaves at front and rear, 48 illustrations by J. Ferat, publisher's pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. First authorized U.S. edition, first printing. This Scribner, Armstrong edition (the first printing, which advertises only two titles, A JOURNEY TO THE MOON and A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, on the verso of the title leaf and on the recto and verso of the leaf of ads at rear) was issued the same day the unauthorized edition of MERIDIANA was published in Boston by Henry L. Shepard & Co. as ADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF THE BEHEMOTH. Prior to publishing this edition, Scribner, Welford, & Armstrong imported sheets of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition [title page dated 1873] printed by Gilbert and Rivington and bound in England by Burn & Co. with a cancel title leaf mounted on a stub (this issue was perhaps prepared quickly to precede or compete with the Shepard's unauthorized edition). Myers 39. Taves and Michaluk V009. Cloth lightly worn and frayed at spine ends, some rubbing to cloth along bottom edges, top edge of text block a bit dusty, a very good copy with bright stamping and tight, clean interior. (#135557)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH .. Scribner, New York, 1874.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306: blank] [307-316: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, 20 illustrations by Riou, publisher's decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. First printing of Scribner, Armstrong's "popular" edition. This undated 305-page edition with 20 full-page illustrations was preceded by a 384-page Scribner, Armstrong edition with 52 full-page illustrations, printed from the plates of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition. Although its title page is dated 1874, the Scribner, Armstrong edition was published 8 November 1873 at $2.00 per copy. Scribner, Armstrong's "popular" edition was published in June 1874 at 75¢ to undermine sales of the unauthorized edition published in Boston in 1874 by the Henry L. Shepard & Co. The "popular" edition may have been published simultaneously with Scribner, Armstrong's more lavish 413-page "complete" edition, which sold for $3.00. The "popular" edition advertises three Verne books published by Scribner, Armstrong, MERIDIANA, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, and A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (offered here in both "popular" and "complete" editions). Verne's second novel, a 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. Cloth worn with shallow loss at corner tips and spine ends, else a clean, tight, good or better copy. (#173532)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: Myers printing A, with two titles listed on the t.p. verso, but in a variant binding cloth. Octavo (19.5cm). In brick red cloth, titled in gold on front and on spine; yellow endpapers; one-page ad on verso of title page and 2pp of ads at rear; viii, 232, [ii]pp; 48 full-page illustrations. A square copy, rubbed at edges, with scratch to rear board; lacking front free endpaper; else clean and tight: about Very Good. MYERS 39.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (19.5cm.); original green decorative cloth embossed in blind and gilt; viii,232pp.; frontispiece, 47 plates. Light shelf wear, spine a hint cocked and gilt very slightly dulled, ownership signature effaced on front free endpaper, else a Very Good or better copy.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Jules verne. Meridiana or Adventures in South America. Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine Copy In Brown Decorative Cloth !874 on Title-Page First American Edition ink Name Excellent Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1874 JULES VERNE 1st US ed Meridiana Adventures Voyages Exploration Scribner Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa is a 19th century adventure novel written by iconic author, Jules Verne. This 1874 first American edition features 48 steel-engraved plates, adding a layer of visual detail to Vernes already vivid and exciting prose. The story follows the thrilling adventures of a group of explorers as they journey through the vast and uncharted wilderness of South Africa, encountering a range of challenges and obstacles along the way. As described by Myers, the book is: a hunting story, which aroused many a youthful sportsmans throbbing eagerness for the chase and gave him this first knowledge and earliest enthusiasm for that heart-stirring excitement. This 1874 first American popular edition with its steel-engraved plates is a valuable collectors item for fans of Jules Verne and classic adventure literature. Item number: #30797 Price: $499 VERNE, Jules Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa. New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1874. First US Popular edition. Details: Collation: Complete o viii, 232, [10] o 48 steel-engraved plates Edition Note: o First edition: Printing B (Not in the red cloth called for by Myers) References: Bleiler, pg. 199; Myers 39; Reginald 14630; Taves/Michaluk V-009 Provenance: Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Green cloth Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 13.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30797 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa by Jules Verne. First American edition, first issue in original green cloth. Publisher: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1874. 232 pages plus ads in back. The is Myers issue A with two ads on the verso of the title-page and printed on heavier paper stock. Numerous black and white illustrations. Binding is in very good condition, slight wear to top and bottom of the spine but no loss. Lettering bright. Contents clean. New endpapers. Occasional tiny spots of foxing to the text. Over-all a nice tight copy. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #23-048. Price: $500.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Meridiana, or Adventures in South Africa. Scribner, Armstrong & Co, NY, 1874.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first issue with two titles only listed on verso of the title page. Brick colored cloth stamped in gilt and with tooled blindstamped bands. 232 pps. plus one page of ads; 48 illustrations. A tight copy, touch of wear at the tips and a hint of rubbing to the spine. Small contemporary own. sig. front pastedown. Very nice indeed.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$505.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Acceptable Copy, with small stains in pages, some pages yellowing, Hardcover with no dust jacket, tips bumped, boards showing, Sm 8vo, 233 pages
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original decorated brown cloth. Complete with 68 illustrations. "On July 7, 1874 Scribner, Armstrong copyrighted Stories of Adventure, two volumes in one, which contains Meridiana and A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. This book was published by July 4, 1874, and is bound in pictorial cloth with the front cover design borrowed from the earlier Scribner, Welford, Armstrong edition of Meridiana." Taves, Michaluk, V009, p. 132. Of the 68 illustrations, 48 are for Meridiana and the remaining 20 for Journey. Now recased and very clean, bright and solid. Also, Myers, 39, p. 48. Very Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition in green cloth decoratively lettered in gilt and with a blind stamped pattern on spine and both covers, pale yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and 47 additional full page interior illustrations. This is Myers' Printing A, on heavier paper stock, an advertisement on the verso of the title page for "A Journey to the Moon" and "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth", with two pages of ads at rear for these titles. Taves & Michaluk V009; Myers 39. New York: Scribner and Armstrong & Co. (1874), 232 pages. A Nearly Fine tight straight copy: Soft spine ends and tips modestly rubbed and bumped, a few small white flecks/spots to covers.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$725.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition in red cloth decoratively lettered in gilt and with a blind stamped pattern on spine and both covers, pale yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and 47 additional full page interior illustrations. This maybe Myers' Printing B/C, an advertisement on the verso of the title page five titles including this one, and with 8 pages of ads at rear. Taves & Michaluk V009; Myers 39. New York: Scribner and Armstrong & Co. (1874), 232 pages. A Nearly Fine tight straight superior copy: Very modest wear to spine ends and tips; Bookplate on front pastedown, inscription on f.f.e., 1" tear to a rear ad page at fore edge.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$785.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition; two books in one - Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa and A Journey To the Centre of the Earth. Brown cloth pictorially decorated in gilt and black, yellow endpapers. With 68 illustrations; 48 from Meridiana and 20 from Journey (there is are two of the same illustration (page 230) accidentally bound in, one after the other at the end of Meridiana. Eight pages of ads at rear. Taves & Michaluk V009; Myers 39. New York: Scribner and Armstrong & Co. (1874), 232 and 305 pages. VG copy with slightly sun lightened spine, small tear to cloth at crown, fraying/wear to spine ends and tips, modest rubbing. Previous owner's name sticker to f.f.e., penciled math problems to rear free end page.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$799.95 + shipping
Description: Good+ in boards. FEP missing.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Scribner Armstrong and Company, 1874.
Price: US$815.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scribner Armstrong and Company, New York (1874). First Scribner Armstrong Popular Edition. Undated 305 page edition. 20 Illustrations. Preceded by a 384 page Scribner Armstrong edition with 52 illustrations. Stamped in gold. Red variant cloth boards. Ads at page 307 with three titles: Meridiana, From the Earth to the Moon, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Book Condition: Good+, shelf wear, rubbing on the boards, light spots. Owner inscription at the second blank page dated 1874, rounded corners.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH .. Scribner, New York, 1874.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306: blank] [307-316: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, 20 illustrations by Riou, publisher's decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. First printing of Scribner, Armstrong's "popular" edition. This undated 305-page edition with 20 full-page illustrations was preceded by a 384-page Scribner, Armstrong edition with 52 full-page illustrations, printed from the plates of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition. Although its title page is dated 1874, the Scribner, Armstrong edition was published 8 November 1873 at $2.00 per copy. Scribner, Armstrong's "popular" edition was published in June 1874 at 75¢ to undermine sales of the unauthorized edition published in Boston in 1874 by the Henry L. Shepard & Co. The "popular" edition may have been published simultaneously with Scribner, Armstrong's more lavish 413-page "complete" edition, which sold for $3.00. The "popular" edition advertises three Verne books published by Scribner, Armstrong, MERIDIANA, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, and A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (offered here in both "popular" and "complete" editions). Verne's second novel, a 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. Cloth rubbed at edges and lightly soiled, else a clean, tight, very good or better copy. (#135416)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.