Around the World in Eighty Days.
VERNE, Jules.
Around the World in Eighty Days.
“Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real": Rare First American Illustrated Edition of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873.
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Scarce first American illustrated edition, first state, with the title page dated 1873 of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original publisher’s pictorial green cloth-covered beveled-edged boards decorated in black and in gilt, brown coated endpapers, illustrated with 54 plates with illustrations by A. de Neuville and L. Benett, plus one small illustration by Benett in the text and an integral full-page sketch of the “Saint Michael” [sic, i.e. Michel] drawn by Verne. Translated by George M. Towle. In near fine condition, neat ownership name to the title page. First editions are rare.
Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 (equivalent to £2.3 million in 2023) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
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