Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days

INVENTORY #146917

Around the World in Eighty Days

VERNE, Jules; TOWLE, Geo. M. (trans.); DE NEUVILLE & BENETT, L. (illus.)

$1,000.00 Sale

Scarce 1873 printing of Verne's most popular novel. The book that provoked an interest in world circumference travel records that lasted to the age of space travel, a period of nearly 100 years. Lengthy introduction by Adrien Marx. Myers 54. Taves & Michaluk V011.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
  • Edition: First Illustrated US Edition with publication notice on title verso and 1873 printed at bottom of title. Printed in London by Gilbert and Rivington from the plates of the Sampson Low British first edition but with Osgood's title page.
  • Date Published: 1873
  • Place Published: Boston
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Fair
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    xvi, 315 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece and 53 other full-page plates. Also an unlisted illustration of Verne's yacht the "Saint Michel" across from p xi. In-text illustration on p. 297. Green cloth with black and gold impressing. Mylar wrap, removed for photos. Spine deteriorated with chipped ends and holes in cloth. Corners worn. Front endpapers have signatures. Some slight chips to front free endpaper. Foxing and stains throughout. Signature on title page.

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