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Jules Verne, 1873 [actually 1872]
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Jules Verne, 1873 [actually 1872]
VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Translated from the French. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873 [actually 1872].
First American edition, first issue. This edition differs from the more common George M. Smith edition in the cover jellyfish vignette, the final 's' in 'Seas' lacking from the titles on the cover, and the mostly identical collation to the London edition. Arthur B. Edwards, author of "Collecting Jules Verne," (Firsts, vol. 6, no. 7/8, 1996) estimates that there are only about 15 copies of this edition extant and notes that it "may, in fact, be the rarest milestone in the science fiction genre."
Octavo. Half-title, frontispiece (“L” stamp to verso of front endpaper). Original pictorial cloth (repair to rear hinge, spine ends and tips rubbed, a little scuffing to cloth); custom box.
Jules Verne, 1873 [actually 1872]
VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Translated from the French. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873 [actually 1872].
First American edition, first issue. This edition differs from the more common George M. Smith edition in the cover jellyfish vignette, the final 's' in 'Seas' lacking from the titles on the cover, and the mostly identical collation to the London edition. Arthur B. Edwards, author of "Collecting Jules Verne," (Firsts, vol. 6, no. 7/8, 1996) estimates that there are only about 15 copies of this edition extant and notes that it "may, in fact, be the rarest milestone in the science fiction genre."
Octavo. Half-title, frontispiece (“L” stamp to verso of front endpaper). Original pictorial cloth (repair to rear hinge, spine ends and tips rubbed, a little scuffing to cloth); custom box.
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