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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$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
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$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.
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
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.
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$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$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$300.71 + 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. 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$500.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo, pp. [1-4] [i-ii] iii-vi [vii] viii 1-413 [414: blank] [415-420: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, 55 full-page illustrations and title page vignette by Riou, original brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. First printing of Scribner, Armstrong's "complete" edition, published at $3.00 and released in late 1874 or early 1875. This undated 413-page edition with 55 full-page illustrations was preceded by a Scribner, Armstrong edition with title page dated 1874 with 384 pages and 52 full-page illustrations (a copy of this 1874 edition has been noted signed and dated 4 November 1873 by an early owner). This earlier version was offset from the plates of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition and was offered for sale at $2.00. It is probable that Scribner, Armstrong rushed out this early version to compete with the unauthorized edition published in Boston by the Henry L. Shepard & Co. in 1874. Scribner, Armstrong's "complete" edition has reset text with printer's imprints on title leaf verso reading "Jas. B. Rogers Co. / Printers and Stereotypers, / Philadelphia" and "John F. Trow & Sons, / Printers and Bookbinders, / 205-213 East 12th St., / New York." Pages [415-420] are publishers' advertisements with a single Verne title, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON DIRECT IN 97 HOURS, 20 MINUTES, listed on page [420]. The title page calls for 52 illustrations by Riou, the spine panel for 53, but there are actually a total of 55 full page illustrations in the text as per the "list of illustrations." This "complete" issue, published at $3.00, was probably released simultaneously with the "popular" issue, 305 pages with 20 illustrations, published at 75¢. In any event, both editions were available by or before Scribner, Armstrong issued the first part of THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND in 1875 as both are advertised on the title leaf verso along with A FLOATING CITY and THE BLOCKADE-RUNNERS, the latter noted as "just issued." Regardless of the matter of priority of these Scribner, Armstrong editions, this "complete" issue is quite scarce and it is a very desirable edition of A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. 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. This copy has smoke and water damage from a fire, but is a tight, presentable copy overall. A decent copy of a rare and desirable edition of this book. (#165801)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
VERNE, Jules. The American Gun Club. Scribner, Armstrong & Company, New York, 1874.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Translated by Louis Mercier and Eleanor E. King. Octavo. vii, 142, [4 ads] pp. Illustrated. Binding with modest general wear, three tiny partial perforations on the unprinted rear board, tissue guard with a small lightly foxed spot that has offset just a bit onto the adjacent pages, close to near fine save that it lacks the brown coated front flyleaf, thus very good. A section from Verne's *The Earth to the Moon in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes, and a Trip Around it*; a publisher's note on the copyright page states that this volume was published to counter a spurious reprint of this section of the novel (that work was titled *The Baltimore Gun Club*). The publishers notes that this edition contains double the illustrations of the pirated edition and is being sold for half the cost.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$601.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Spine and boards bumped and scuffed. Mild foxing on some pages; does not interfere with text. Pencial marks on FEP. Please see photos as part of condition report 1874 1st Edition , US Edition A FLOATING CITY AND THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS By Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well documented, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time. Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation was markedly different in the Anglosphere where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has improved. Jules Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and 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. In France, 2005 was declared "Jules Verne Year" on the occasion of the centenary of the writer's death. Illustrated By: Jules Ferat Jules-Descartes Férat (1829, Ham, Somme – 1906, Paris) was a French artist and illustrator, famous for his portrayals of factories and their workers. He illustrated the books of many known authors, such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Victor Hugo. Some critics consider his illustrations for Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island to be his greatest masterpieces. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Scribner, Armstrong & Co, New York octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 286 ISBN: A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City, (French: Une ville flottante) is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published in 1871 in France. At the time of its publication, the novel enjoyed a similar level of popularity as Around the World in Eighty Days. The first UK and US editions of the novel appeared in 1874. Jules Férat provided the original illustrations for the novel. Plot - It tells of a woman who, on board the ship Great Eastern with her abusive husband, finds that the man she loves is also on board. "The Blockade Runners" (French: Les forceurs de blocus) is an 1865 novella by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novel A Floating City as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). An English translation was published in 1874. Plot - The American Civil War plot centers on the exploits of a British merchant captain named James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of Charleston harbor in South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton and, later in the book, to rescue Halliburtt, the abolitionist journalist father of a young girl held prisoner (the father, not the girl) by the Confederates. Verne's tale was inspired by reality as many ships were actually lost while acting as blockade runners in and around Charleston in the early 1860s. SKU: BTETM0001669 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom
Jules Verne. The Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Henry L Shepard & Co, 1874.
Price: US$601.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FULL TITLE: A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (2nd American edition) Language English (original French) Written by Jules Verne Published by Henry L Shepard & Co, Boston, 1874 Illustrated by Edouard Riou DESCRIPTION: This is the 2nd American edition of The Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne, published by Henry L. Shepard & Co in 1874. This edition was intended as a cheaper of version of Vernes second book, published in order to compete with the 1873 1st American edition by Scribner Armstrong. The lesser quality of the book can be seen in the offsetting of the sheets, broken type, limited number of illustrations, cloth binding, and more lax attention to detail. However, it remains a magical 2nd American edition of this iconic Jules Verne story, with 15 full-page illustrations by Riou, and a beautiful title page decorated with a vignette for an additional illustration. Brown pictorial cloth hardcover binding showing the explorers aboard their raft. Gilt cover still brilliant and lustrous, with spine decorations all intact. Spine decoration shows explorers journeying with two lanterns. Brown end-papers with tissue guard for frontispiece still clean and securely attached. CONDITION: Very good condition; an excellent example of this rare 2nd American edition of Jules Verne's second book; both boards completely attached, with both seams secure; gilt ornamentation on front cover completely intact & unblemished, likewise the gilt title decorations of the spine are perfectly intact with only slight fading; frontispiece tissue-guard clean and undamaged; all of the illustrations by Riou are present & undamaged; the text is also complete & meets collation; front free fly-leaf has a torn segment & thereby shows the only significant damage; corners of front and back boards show minor bumping, and the edges of the boards have only minimal wear & scuffing; occasional internal age-spotting; tiny fraying of last few leaves of the book; otherwise complete and securely intact, without any loose pages, rips, foxing, creases or folds. BOOK MEASUREMENTS: 19.5 cm X 14 cm TOTAL LENGTH: 294 pages
Seller: McClosky's Antiquarian Books & Cards, Georgina, ON, Canada
Price: US$604.21 + shipping
Description: [Science Fiction] FIRST THUS, a partial reprint of 'From the Earth to the Moon.' Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] viii; 142 [4]. With 24 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Brown-coated endpapers. Some damage to upper hinge. Purple ownership stamp to front and rear blanks. Light spotting to preliminaries; toning throughout. Moderate rubbing, water sprinkling, and some general grubbiness to cloth; spine toned. Very good. A rare edition, published purely to kill an unauthorised edition of the first half of 'From the Earth to the Moon' titled 'The Baltimore Gun Club' which appeared a little before Scribner's complete edition. Another splendid example of Mr. Verne's imaginary sweep, including a giant space-gun, a bullet-spaceship furnished like a high class railway carriage, and a bunch of stalwart chaps careering round in space dressed in frock coats surrounded by an orbiting cloud of broken bottles, food wrappers and dead dogs. All in a day's work for Mr. Verne, although he may have broken his golden rule here and left out either pirates or giant steam powered elephants. This translation first published in London in 1873.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: iv, 286, [8] p. 22 cm. Frontispiece, title page vignette, 41 other b&w plates. Brown cloth with black and gold impressing, bevelled edges. Variant binding - most firsts in green. Front cover illustration shows Crockston of The Blockrade Runners throwing a live shell overboard while the spine has an image of the bow view of the Great Eastern. Mylar wrap (removed for photos). Corners worn, spine ends torn, lower edge shelf worn. Front free endpaper missing. Foxing to tissue guard and title page. Dampstains to rear advertising pages. Two books in one volume. "Jules Verne's Works. The Authorized Editions" inserted after title page. "A Floating City" was based on Verne's own experiences on an 1867 transatlantic voyage on the Great Eastern, the largest iron ship ever built. The second novel is a romance taking place during the American Civil War. 8 p. of publisher's ads at rear. Myers 22. Taves & Michaluk V0008.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Verne, Jules. A Floating City, And The Blockade Runners. Scribner, Armstrong & Co, New York, 1874.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: 286 pages. 21 x 15 cm. Four leaves of adverts at rear. Forty two illustrations. The two tales, the first based on his own experience on a transatlantic voyage on the Great Eastern, the largest iron ship ever constructed. The second fictional novel takes place during the American Civil War. MYERS 22. Very bright, fresh copy front cover elaborately decorated in gilt, slight wear to backstrip extremities and corners, owner inscription free front endpaper. Orig. publisher's brown decorated cloth with beveled edges. Very good
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv-vi [vii-viii] 9-294 [295-296: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, title page vignette and 15 inserted plates with illustrations by Riou, publisher's pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, brown coated endpapers. Unauthorized U.S. edition, a piracy of the 1874 (i.e. 1873) Scribner, Armstrong edition. Presumed early copy with "H. L. Shepard Co." at the foot of the spine panel. Perhaps the first edition of this book to be printed in the U.S. The earliest edition published by Scribner, Armstrong was printed from the plates of the 1872 Sampson Low edition. 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. Taves and Michaluk V002. This edition not recorded by Myers. Cloth worn and frayed with shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, some rubbing to cloth along outer joints and fore-edges, rear panel a bit rubbed and a bit soiled, a tight, clean, good copy with bright cover stamping. (#173592)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1874. viii, 142 + [4] ad pp. With 24 wood-engraved plates. 7½x4¾, original terra-cotta cloth stamped in gilt. This title is in fact the first part of the Verne sequence, "De la Terre a la Lune" and "Autour de la lune", in an early presentation in English. The book was originally published as the two French first edition parts, then in one volume in English, published by Sampson Low in 1873 in London. Scribner, Armstrong produced a one-volume edition in 1874, then King & Baird of Philadelphia published an unauthorized issue of the first part, titled "The Baltimore Gun Club." Scribner, Armstrong quickly produced the present edition in competition with that volume, containing twice the number of illustrations. Quite scarce. Myers 26. Provenance: From the Library of William Augustus Brewer. Modest soiling and rubbing to the cloth, spine moderately sunned, extremities a bit worn and bumped; Very Good. See scans. L38n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: viii, 142, [4] p., interspersed with plates. 20 cm. Frontispiece and 23 other b&w plates. Brown cloth with gold impressing. Mylar wrap, removed for photos. Spine faded with tears in ends. Corners worn. Some light denting to lower edges. Tears in pp. 21, 89. Chip in p. 23. "The American Gun Club" has a complicated publishing history. This title is the Anglicized first part of the Verne sequence "De la Terre a la Lune" and "Autour de la Lune." The two parts were originally published together in French, then in one volume in English by Sampson Low in London. Scribner, Armstrong produced a one-volume edition in 1874. Then King & Baird of Philadelphia published an unauthorized issue of the first part titled "The Baltimore Gun Club." Scribner, Armstrong quickly produced this edition in competition with K&B's, containing twice the number of Illustrations. Adverising on title verso includes the full English title "From the Earth of the Moon." Myers 26. Taves & Michaluk V007.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$1011.26 + shipping
Description: [Science Fiction] FIRST THUS, a partial reprint of 'From the Earth to the Moon.' Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] viii; 142 [4]. With 24 engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Brown-coated endpapers. Inside joints are tight (often cracked), no ink names, contents clean, binding a little rubbed and handled, some minor bumping; a very good copy indeed. A rare edition, published purely to kill an unauthorised edition of the first half of 'From the Earth to the Moon' titled 'The Baltimore Gun Club' which appeared a little before Scribner's complete edition. Another splendid example of Mr. Verne's imaginary sweep, including a giant space-gun, a bullet-spaceship furnished like a high class railway carriage, and a bunch of stalwart chaps careering round in space dressed in frock coats surrounded by an orbiting cloud of broken bottles, food wrappers and dead dogs. All in a day's work for Mr. Verne, although he may have broken his golden rule here and left out either pirates or giant steam powered elephants. This translation first published in London in 1873.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pub by Scribner, Armstrong, [n.d.], ca:1874, possible 1st American edition. Good or better cond. hardcover now in archival grade Brodart, no dj. Alternate orange-brown cloth over bds w/ gilt & blind dec & lettering on cover & spine. "Scribner Armstrong" at bottom of Title Page and, though faded, is clearly printed at bottom of spine. Dec & titles on spine are legible but also faded. Light spot-blanching on covers. "Will Pennington" bookplate inside front cover, hand-dated 1874. Yellow eps, missing ffep. P/O's name & place in pencil on first remaining (blank) page. P/O's name & date in old pen at top of TP: "Pennington's book, Tuesday, Oct 13th, 1874." Lt-mdt wear to exterior -- prob sounds worse than it is. Hinges tender but holding well. Light soiling to first few & last few pages, o/w internally clean & unmarked. 20 b&w illustrations by Riou. 305pp. + 10pp. pub advts. Book is square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall Good or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [1] 2-286 [287-288: blank leaf (leaf T8)excised by binder] + [8]-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear [note: single leaf printed on recto only headed "Jules Verne's Works. / The Authorized Editions" inserted after title leaf], fly leaves at front and rear, 42 inserted plates with illustrations by J. Ferat, original pictorial bevel-edged brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and black, rear panel ruled in blind, yellow coated endpapers. A translation of UNE VILLE FLOTTANTE SUIVI DES FORCEURS DE BLOCUS (1871). Verne's short novel, "A Floating City," was inspired by his voyage to America in 1867 aboard The Great Eastern. "The Blockade Runners" is a short romance set during the American Civil War. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 12641. Myers 22. Taves and Michaluk V008. Light rubbing to cloth, some scratches to rear cover, scattered foxing throughout, still a sound, very good copy. (14107)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners. Scribner, Armstrong & Co, New York, 1874.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition, published in September 1874 -- the same month as Sampson Low's British edition. Original embossed green boards with gilt and black titles and design, small damp stain.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, 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.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. By Jules Verne, Author of "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth." Translated from the French by Louis Mercier, M.A., (Oxon,) and Eleanor E. King. With Eighty Full Page Illustrations. New-York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874, First American Edition, decorative green cloth boards with black and gilt impressing: gilt spaceship traveling to the moon over mountains and an ocean on front board & a man perusing a bookshelf in a study at tail of spine with a crescent moon in the shadow of a full moon at head of spine. 323 pp, 8 x 5.5", 8vo. **Protective mylar dust jacket included with purchase. In fair condition. Green deco binding presents very well - gilt and black blind stamping is generally dulled from age. A small white scuff mark is exhibited on front board - above the gilt word "Moon" in title. Gilt lettering and deco on spine worn from tanning. Head and tail of spine bumped & cloth beginning to chip/fray. Provenance found on front paste-down. Light toning throughout text-block with some small instance of age-staining. Pages 122 - 142 (a complete signature) attached by cording only - fragile & needs repair. Small tea stain exhibited to top corners of approximately page 300 to end of text-block. Some instances of exposed cording throughout text-block. Binding is intact, however, repair is needed for loose signature. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Originally published in French in 1865 as De la Terre à la Lune, tract direct en 97 hears 20 minutes, this first American edition in English was published nine years later with illustrations - which includes the sequel story Around the Moon (which Verne completed in 1870). From the Earth to the Moon tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbian space gun and launch three people in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. Verne's moon story is notable in that he attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and in that, considering the comparative lack of empirical data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are remarkably accurate. However, his version of a space gun for a non-rocket space launch turned out to be impractical for safe human space travel since a much longer barrel would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers. However impractical it may be, Verne's novel influences several aspects of popular culture including H.G. Wells' 1901 novel The First Men on the Moon where the protagonist mentions Verne's novel to his companion. The first incarnation in 1995 of the roller coaster Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris, named Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune, was based loosely on the novel. Also, during they return journey from the Moon, the crew of Apollo 11 made reference to Verne's book during a TV broadcast on July 23, 1969. The mission's commander, Neil Armstrong said, "A hundred years ago, Jules Verne wrote a book about a voyage to the Moon. His spaceship, Columbia, took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to the Moon. It seem appropriate to us to share with you some of the reflections of the crew as the modern-day Columbia completes in rendezvous with the planet Earth and the same Pacific Ocean tomorrow." Presents very well. Gift quality.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$13277.50 + shipping
Description: SCIENCE FICTION BECOMES SCIENCE FACT THE AMERICAN GUN CLUB ( FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON), Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874, first edition, obvious wear to the fore edge corner tips and bottom edges with some cloth loss, spine darkened with cloth loss at head & heel of spine, covers somewhat soiled and rubbed, rear inner hinge open, else perhaps a decent copy in the publishers original gold-gilt pictorial cloth. This copy INSCRIBED by Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin to a most prominent collector and Sam Moskowitz Archive award winner. This title re-publishes the first half of its earlier released version FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON including 24 full page illustrations. Translated from the French by Louis Mercier. and Eleanor E. King. An instant heirloom virtually impossible to find INSCRIBED as this is.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.