Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1873.
First British edition the first edition in the English language of Jules Verne's masterpiece of imagination. First published in French in 1870, this first edition in English was actually printed in late 1872, although the title page is dated 1873 as called for. 303pp + 8 ads. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Very Good with spine neatly recased with subtle repairs to joints, namely to the foot of the front joint and to the center of the rear joint, endsheets replaced. Cloth lightly rubbed with a small area of abrasion to the rear cover, contents tanned and lightly foxed. One of Verne's most enduring work, part adventure novel and part science fiction. Copies in the original cloth are scarce. Item #140946696
Price: $35,000