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The Child of the Cavern; or, Strange Doings Underground.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. [Strange Tale] THIRD UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.xii; 246. With 44 engraved illustrations, including a frontispiece, by Jules Férat and Charles Barbant. Publiisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Bookseller's label and..... More
The Child of the Cavern; or, Strange Doings Underground.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878. [Strange Tale] SECOND UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.xii; 246. With 44 engraved illustrations, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece, by Jules Férat and Charles Barbant. Publiisher's pale blue cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper, coated cream endpapers..... More
Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar [and] The Mutineers: a Romance of Mexico.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883. [Russian Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 377 [1]. With a folding map and 89 engraved plates by Ferat and Barbant, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper..... More
The Mysterious Island (part II): Abandoned.
New York: Scribner's & Sons, 1880. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 304; [10]. With a frontispiece and 49 (of 50) engraved plates by Ferat. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spines and uppers, bevelled edges, coated yellow endpapers. No inscriptions..... More
Five Weeks In a Balloon. Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen.
Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company. 1874. [Adventure novel] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xiv; 345; [3], blank. With forty-eight heliotype illustrations. Second printing of this edition, the first being 1873. Publisher's gilt-pictorial green cloth hardcovers, coated brown endpapers. Contents very clean, bookplate (partially removed) to pastedown, discreet..... More
Five Weeks In a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen.
Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. [Science Fiction] SECOND US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] 345 [5]. With 48 heliotype illustrations on 12 plates, reproducing the originals from the French edition by Riou, each with a tissue guard. Publisher's apricot cloth, titled and illustrated in black and..... More
Master of The World.
Printed in USA [1961]. An original colour lobby card (no.5) for the 1961 science fiction-fantasy from Saxon Films, based on the novels by Jules Verne and starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronsan. Condition A- (slight handling), dimensions approx. 13x 10 inches, mounted ready for framing. Fine example. A fantasy adventure;..... More
Master of The World.
Printed in USA [1961]. An original colour lobby card (no.7) for the 1961 science fiction-fantasy from Saxon Films, based on the novels by Jules Verne and starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronsan. Condition A- (slight handling), dimensions approx. 13x 10 inches, mounted ready for framing. Fine example. A fantasy adventure;..... More
Master of The World.
Printed in USA, [1961]. An original colour lobby card (no.8) for the 1961 science fiction-fantasy from Saxon Films, based on the novels by Jules Verne and starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronsan. Condition A- (slight handling), dimensions approx. 13 x 10 inches, mounted ready for framing. Fine example. A fantasy..... More
The American Gun Club.
New York, NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. [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..... More
The American Gun Club.
New York, NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. [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..... More
Five Weeks In a Balloon. A Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, no date [circa 1890s]. [Science Fiction] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.190. With an engraved frontispiece, and a selection of Riou's other illustrations in-text. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt..... More
Cesar Cascabel.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co., 1891. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii, 313; [1], imprint; [2], list of works; [32], ads. With eighty wood-engraved illustrations by George Roux, including a frontispiece. In publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt titles and polychrome blocked illustrations to spine and upper..... More
Cesar Cascabel.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, no date [1894]. [Polar Adventure] EARLY UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii, 313 [1]. With a selection of Roux's engraved plates, including a frontispiece. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles and polychrome blocked illustrations to spine and upper board. Remains of prize..... More
The Flight to France, or, The Memoirs of a Dragoon: A Tale of the Days of Dumouriez.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888 [1892]. [Historical Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION, a later issue. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 231 [33]. Publisher's catalogue dated 1892. With 32 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Roux. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration, re-backed in matching green..... More
The Flight To France. Or The Memoirs of a Dragoon. A Tale of the Days of Dumoriez.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limted, 1888. [Historical fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 231 [1]; Imprint. With engraved plates throughout, including a frontispiece, by George Roux. Bound in the publisher's original pale blue-grey blocked in gilt and colours, all edges gilt, and coated yellow..... More
The Will of an Eccentric.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1900. [Adventure] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 408. With 59 wood engraved plates by Roux, and the folding plate of 'The Noble Game of the United States of America' on india paper to preliminaries. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles..... More
A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Stories.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., no date [circa 1925]. [Adventure and Romance] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition with the rare jacket. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.176; 96 [32]. With a black and white half-tone illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with black titles and decoration to spine and upper. With..... More
Adrift in The Pacific.
London: Readers Library, n.d. [1927]. Reader's Library edition, by special arrangement with Sampson Low. Publisher's gilt-embossed cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. Some expected toning to cheap paper, fragile jacket with a few chips and tears, notably to foot of spine with partial loss of imprint. Nonetheless a remarkable survival of a...... More
The Archipelago On Fire.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, no date [circa 1920s]. [Historical Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, a cheap edition with the rare jacket. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.vi; 198 [2]. With a colour illustrated frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with black titles, and red, green, blue and pink decoration to spine and upper..... More
The Chase of the Golden Meteor.
London: Grant Richards, 1909. [Science fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.vii; 292. Navy blue cloth with white titles to spine, gilt titles and colour blocking to upper board. Illustrated with twenty-four halftone plates, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Ex-libris stamp front-paste down, spotting throughout, toning and spotting to..... More
The Clipper of the Clouds.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., [n.d.] c.1914. [Adventure fiction] VINTAGE ILLUSTRATED COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.176 [16]. Advertisements to rear. With numerous coloured halftone illustrations. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, titles and designs in brown and black to upper, titles and designs in gilt to spine. Green pictorial endpapers..... More
Hector Servadac, Or the Career of a Comet.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Fantasy adventure. 'Uniform Edition'. Octavo, pp.370. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's pictorial red cloth, blocked in gilt and black. Nominal edgewear, spine ends chipped, some age-related toning to spine,gift note in ink to pastedown. Very good. More
Michael Strogoff. The Courier of the Czar [also includes 'The Mutineers'].
New York: Scribners, 1895. [Classic adventure] 'Uniform Edition'. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.377. With 89 engraved illustrations, including a frontispiece. Bound in publisher's pictorial red cloth, blocked in gilt and black. Nominal edgewear, some sunning to spine, and hinges split. Lightly toned throughout. Small tear to page margin pp.17-33. Very..... More
Round the World in Eighty Days.
London: Julian Wylie, n.d. Sixpenny novel paperback format. 8vo. Publisher's lavishly illustrated card wraps. Minor edgewear and some soiling to white spine and rear panel. Strong and bright with no loss, a very good copy. More
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