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Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A little light mottling on front cover; small blue crayon mark on front pastedown.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-110 [111: map] [112: ads], double columns, fly leaves at front and rear, 48 illustrations, 1 full-page map, publisher's decorated brown cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel ruled in blind, yellow endpapers. First authorized U.S. edition. The Henry L. Shepard 1874 piracy titled SHIPWRECKED IN THE AIR may have preceded this Scribner, Armstrong edition by a few days. The Scribner, Armstrong edition is dated 1875 on the title page, but the book was issued in late October 1874. It was copyrighted 26 October 1874 and Scribner, Armstrong filed two deposit copies on 31 October 1874. WRECKED IN THE AIR, the first of three parts of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, was issued simultaneously in cloth and in pictorial wrappers, the latter binding state now rarely encountered. WRECKED IN THE AIR, the only part of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND issued by Scribner, Armstrong in a two-column format (perhaps utilizing the plates of the SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE printing), was rushed into print to compete with the 1874 Shepard piracy. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2234. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 767. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 19. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Myers 42. Taves and Michaluk V013. Early owner's gift inscription dated 1874 on the front flyleaf. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. (#148056)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: includes 48 illustrations, gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, fraying to edges of spine, last page has a full page map of Ile Lincoln Map of the Mysterious Island, slight wear to corners DATE PUBLISHED: 1875 EDITION: 110
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
VERNE, JULES.. The Mysterious Island: Wrecked in the Air. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, 1875, 1875.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition; double-columned format (also issued, evidently later, in a single column, matching the two subsequent parts). Some rubbing and soiling; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. The Mysterious Island: Wrecked in the Air.. Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1875.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first English language edition in book form, and first authorized edition of the first part of the crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and In Search of the Castaways. Slim octavo, original green cloth decorated in gilt, with forty-eight illustrations. Scribner Armstrong published this slim, double-column volume at the end of October 1874, both in wrappers (now exceedingly rare) and cloth, as here. The book was announced as about to be published on October 24th, it was copyrighted on the 26thm and two deposit copies were received on the 31st. Meanwhile, Henry L. Shepard of Boston was rushing to press an "authentic" edition (as opposed to an "authorized" one, which Scribner Armstrong's was). On October 24th Shepard announced his was "ready," and on the 31st announced that it was "ready" in wrappers but "nearly ready" in cloth. In short, precedence is a matter of a day or two, perhaps even hours. Incidentally, this was the only "Part" of The Mysterious Island that Scribner Armstrong published in this format; they quickly republished it in their usual (shorter and squatter) format, and then published the following two parts in that format. In near fine condition. Often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", French novelist Jules Verne had a wide influence on 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.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. Mysterious Island, Wrecked In The Air. Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1875.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition of the first part of the three-part Mysterious Island. Authorized edition in green cloth, gilt titled and decorated spine and cover, both covers ruled in blind. Printed in double columns and with 48 illustrations. Taves & Michaluk V013; Myers 42. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. (1875), 110 pages. VG: Lightly soiled, chipped at spine ends, bumped corners starting to fray, previous owner's name stamped on f.f.e. Solid binding and bright paper.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Mysterious Island. Scribner, Armstrong & CO., New York, 1875.
Price: US$824.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Mysterious Island Wrecked In the Air" with 48 illustrations, 110 pages followed by a full-page map and one page book ad. First American Edition. Wonderful condition.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1875. First American Edition and First English Language Edition in Book Form [Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. in England had serialized this first of three parts of Mysterious Island in March of 1874 in St. James Magazine]. With a singular tall, slender octavo format with 48 illustrations for this first edition of Wrecked in the Air, Scribner Armstrong continued their bitter competition with Henry L. Shepard of Boston, who announced on the same day, October 27th, 1874 [under the title "Shipwrecked in the Air"]. This Scribner Armstrong edition, however, was the authorized one - letters of authorization from French true first edition pubisher Jules Hetzel and from Sampson, Marston & Low are reproduced on the recto of the frontispiece - and Shepard could only counter with "Authentic Edition". Date of 1875 on the title page is correct, with 1874 entry date noted on the verso of the title page - where Scribner also continues his battle with Shepard by cautioning the buyer against "any editions .which do not bear the imprint of Scribner, Armstrong & Co.works published under other other imprints are PIRATED, and cannot fail to be inferior in every particular.". Taves & Michaluk [V013] appear to concur that the Shepard edition can be deduced to have been pirated from the Sampson, Low serialized product. Nonetheless, that Shepard edition, which was well-made, is a collectible edition in its own right. This Scribner's true authorized first edition meets specs not just for the Verne collection, but as a souvenir of adventures in publishing as they were in the late nineteenth century. Note that the full three-part Mysterious Island tale was published somewhat later: Wrecked in the Air is the first part. Condition: Corners touched, spines tips fraying, small indications of soil and wear. Prior ownership by a long-term public service family in the Boston area: bookplate of Frederick M. Whitney on the front pastedown, and the signature of Willis S. Whitney - dated December 6th of 1874 in Boston - on the flyleaf. Handsome, bright and firm, better than very good. See scans. L20n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. The Mysterious Island Wrecked in the Air. Scribner, Armstrong & Co., New York, 1875.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Authorized edition - first American edition. Gilt spine & front cover lettering in ruled edge tan covers in hand-made brown paper wrappers - which have kept this volume in near fine condition! 4to, 110 pages plus map of the island. Ex- library copy - This is Volume 32 of the West Bath (Maine) Library Association, with their label on the inside of the front cover. The unusual library label says: "N. B. This book must not be lent out of the subscribers family, and if injured, all damage must be paid to the librarian. No volume can be kept over four weeks ; two weeks additional time will be allowed by having it renewed. A fine of two cents per day will be charged for a book kept over this time. A violation of these rules will result in a loss of membership.". Other than brown paper wrapper residue on the inside of the covers and the library bookplate, this is truly a near fine copy.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo (signed in eights, but sewn in sixes), pp. [1-4] [i-iii] iv-vi [vii] viii [1] 2-304 [305-312: ads], fly leaves at front and rear, 50 full page illustrations by J. Ferat (integral to text leaves, not inserted plates), publisher's pictorial bevel-edged brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. First U.S. edition. Part two of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, published by Scribner, Armstrong in November 1875, two months after Sampson Low's British edition. In 1876 Scribner, Armstrong published all three parts of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND in a single volume. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2234. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 767. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 19. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14643A. Myers 42. Taves and Michaluk V013. Light rubbing to cloth, a few white spots to rear panel (shelf paint offset?), else a clean, tight, very good copy. A much better than average copy of this book. (#173531)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. The Mysterious Island Abandoned. Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1875.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Mysterious Island Abandoned, by Jules Verne, Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston, Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., New York, 1875, illustrated frontispiece, illustrated full page plates, 304 pp plus 6 pp of publishers ads, brick-red decorative cloth, 7.75 x 5.5, 12mo. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing along tips and endbands. Endbands are somewhat tattered and exhibit crushing. Light scuffing to surface of cloth. Light rubbing to gilt decoration on front cover. Spines gilt work is rubbed nearly off. Yellow end papers with instances of fingersoiling and light foxing. Old hand inscription dated 1875. Front gutter tender. Light age-related toning to text. A few instances of fingersoiling throughout text. Binding shaken particularly at mid-gutter 119pp. Remains intact despite being shaken. 302 pp has small pencil mark in margin. Overall a book that is able to be read and enjoyed. Please see photos. First American edition, scarce. Second volume (only) of Vernes three-decker novel The Mysterious Island, concerning five escaped Civil War prisoners marooned on an uninhabited island in 1865 when a mighty storm blows their hot-air balloon far into the Pacific. Often referred to as the Father of Science Fiction, French novelist Jules Verne had a wide influence on literary avant-garde and on surrealism.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. Dropped from the Clouds. Scribner, Armstrong and Co., New York, 1875.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very nice copy with brick cloth and black and gilt pictorial cover and spine. Some fraying at top and bottom of spine. Tight and clean copy, very attractive. All illustrations present. First title in the Mysterious Island trilogy.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. The Mysterious Island: Abandoned.. Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., New York, 1875.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition of the second installment in Verne's Mysterious Island trilogy. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In near fine condition. A very sharp example. Often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction", French novelist Jules Verne had a wide influence on 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.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: ABANDONED. Scribner, Armstrong, & Co, New York, 1875.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Green cloth cover with black and gilt embossment is frayed at bottom corners with light wear to extremities and modest loss to the spine gilding but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned with light signs of handling but overall clean and very good. Illustrated in b&w.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-202 [203-204: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, 42 full-page illustrations (re-engraved after drawings by J. Ferat), publisher's pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, yellow coated endpapers. Possibly the first edition in English. A translation by W. H. G. Kingston (here uncredited) of L'ILE MYSTÉRIEUSE: LES NAUFRAGÉS DE L'AIR (1874). The American Catalogue dates this unauthorized Shepard edition 1874 and it definitely preceded the 310-page Scribner, Armstrong edition published in 1875 as THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS. It may have preceded the earlier 1874 Scribner, Armstrong 110-page double column edition published as THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND . WRECKED IN THE AIR . According to Taves and Michaluk, both Scribner, Armstrong's and Shepard's 1874 editions were published simultaneously on 24 October 1874. Regardless of which edition came first, the Shepard edition is much scarcer than the Scribner, Armstrong edition. The first part of a six-part illustrated serialization of part one of Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island," adapted and abridged by Hawley Lee, appeared in the August 1874 issue of AMERICAN HOMES, a magazine published by Henry L. Shepard and Company. It is likely that the serialization was intended to create interest in Shepard's pirated edition of part one of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, published in late October 1874 (a rave review of this book and scientific "wonder stories eagerly read by all men" appears in the December 1874 issue of AMERICAN HOMES). However, a few months later (May 1875), editor George Cary Eggleston, in an anonymous two-page editorial, "Jules Verne and His Work," is highly critical of Verne's "seemingly endless story" (the third part of which was then running serially in France) with its "long catalogue of minute details" and declares that there will be no more of Verne in the magazine as "there is a limit to the most voracious appetite for a mere wonder story" possessing "no human interest whatever." Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2234. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 767. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 19. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14643. Gallagher, Mistichelli and Van Eerde A33. Myers 42 (addenda, page 2). Taves and Michaluk V013. Christmas 1874 gift inscription on the the front flyleaf. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips, slight spine lean (normal for this book), a bright, very good copy. A lovely copy of a very scarce edition of one of Verne's major and best known Voyages extraordinaires. (#160993)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 volumes. Dropped From The Clouds: viii-[9]-310+[2 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Abandoned: viii+304+[8 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. The Secret of the Island: viii+299+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original polisher's cloth with beveled terra cotta cloth boards with an bright unfaded gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. Dropped From The Clouds is in green cloth; Abandoned bound in blue cloth; The Secret of the Island bound in original brown cloth. (Gallagher, Mistichelli Eerde A33) First American editions. The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and In Search of the Castaways (1867 68), 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, seen as indicating the influence of the novels Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson. Verne developed a similar theme in his later novel, Godfrey Morgan (French: L'École des Robinsons, 1882) The chronology of The Mysterious Island is completely incompatible with that of the original Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, whose plot begins in 1866, while The Mysterious Island begins during the American Civil War, yet is supposed to happen some years after "Twenty Thousand Leagues". In the United States the first English printing began in Scribner's Monthly, April 1874, as a serial. In September 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 (195,000 words). In November 1875 Scribner's published the American edition of these volumes from the English plates of Sampson Low. The purported translator, W. H. G. Kingston, was a famous author of boys' adventure and sailing stories who had fallen on hard times in the 1870s due to business failures, and so he hired out to Sampson Low as the translator for these volumes. However, it is now known that the translator of Mysterious Island and his other Verne novels was actually his wife, Agnes Kinloch Kingston, who had studied on the continent in her youth. The Kingston translation changes the names of the hero from "Smith" to "Harding"; "Smith" is a very common name in the UK and would have been associated, at that time, with the lower classes. In addition many technical passages were abridged or omitted and the anti-imperialist sentiments of the dying Captain Nemo were purged so as not to offend English readers. This became the standard translation for more than a century. In 1876 the Stephen W. White translation (175,000 words) appeared first in the columns of The Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia and subsequently as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book. This translation is more faithful to the original story and restores the death scene of Captain Nemo, but there is still condensation and omission of some sections such as Verne's description of how a sawmill works. In the 20th century two more abridged translations appeared: the Fitzroy Edition (Associated Booksellers, 1959) abridged by I. O. Evans (90,000 words) and Mysterious Island (Bantam, 1970) abridged by Lowell Bair (90,000 words). Condition: Previous owner's gift inscription dated 1875 to front end papers. Recased with original end pages with some archival repairs to spine ends, some occasional foxing, soiling and fingering else a very good sharp set.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$8995.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. New York, 1875 Scribner, Armstrong & Co. New York, 1875 Scribner, Armstrong & Co. New York, 1876 First Edition, First printings of the three books which when combined create THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Trilogy by Jules Verne. Scarce complete set in vibrant cloth and clean, crisp pages. Dropped From The Clouds, 1875: The book is in beautiful unrestored condition with crisp, clean beveled terra cotta cloth boards with an bright unfaded gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. The book has a sharp corners, one tiny tip bump and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. Perfect original end papers with but a penned number to the fly leaf, otherwise no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions. The interior pages are clean withOUT the typical stains and foxing. Instead this is a very clean, crisp book with but a few scant pages with margin discolorations, otherwise no handling marks, no stains, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing. The binding is tight and square. Abandoned, 1875: The book is in beautiful condition with vibrant green cloth with crisp, clean beveled boards with a bright gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. The book has been rebacked with the original cloth laid back down. As such the binding is tight and square. The book has sharp corners with no edgwear. Perfect original end papers with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions. Very crisp and clean internally withOUT the typical stains and foxing. Instead this is a very clean, crisp copy with no handling marks, no stains, no writing, no bent pages, no handling marks and no foxing. The Secret Of The Island, 1876: The book is in beautiful unrestored condition with crisp, vibrant beveled green cloth boards with a bright unfaded gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. The book has sharp corners with no edgewear, and no rubbing. Perfect original end papers with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions, but with some faded foxing. Very crisp and clean internally with no handling marks, no stains and no foxing. Instead this is a very clean, crisp copy. The binding is tight and square. A very handsome set of these three rare books in very scarce highly collectible condition. Examples of this important set of books with stunning gilt and withOUT the excessive staining or excessive wear and broken bindings as is typically found with Verne books are extremely difficult to locate. Presents extremely well on the shelf! ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other important SciFi titles.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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. 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. 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. First editions of the three books that combined create "The Mysterious Island" Trilogy.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$12000.00 + shipping
Description: 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. Translated from the French by W.H.G. Kingston. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Armorial bookplates to the pastedown and front free endpaper. An exceptional example, scarce in this condition. 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.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.