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Jules Verne | First Editions
1828 - 1905
Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905) was a French author from Nantes often described as a pioneer of the science-fiction genre. His output of "speculative fiction" was enormous numbering such major highlights as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) to name but a few. Verne is one of those enormously prolific writers of "scientific" fiction whose vision of the future (and indeed of the potential of the present) often verges on spooky prescience. Everything from the nuclear submarine to space travel to aqualungs and monorails could conceivably be laid at his door. His work is occasionally criticised for its slightly prejudiced tendencies; women tended to be virtually invisible, ethnic minorities were often used for either overtly sinister or ridiculously comic effect and his novels often give the impression that somewhere he had a list of national stereotypes he was sticking a pin into.
See below our stock of Jules Verne First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
![Contribute [to THE STRAND MAGAZINE]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Volumes I to VI. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Jules VERNE.](/images/noimage.png)
Contribute [to THE STRAND MAGAZINE]; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Volumes I to VI.
London: George Newnes, 1891-1893. Large octavo, with illustrations. 6 volumes. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes of tan half calf, gilt, with marbled sides and brown morocco title labels, edges speckled red. Some light occasional thumbing and marking within; externally fine. An attractive copy in a robust recent leather... More
From the Earth to the Moon.
Litho in USA. 1958. FIRST PRINTING, with NSS (National Screen Service) number at bottom edge. A rare original US one-sheet poster for the 1958 RKO Pictures film, a sci-fi classic based on the novel by Jules Verne. Folded, condition A (fresh). Approx dimensions 41x27 inches, portrait format. (Will be despatched... More
Master of The World.
UK, Electric Modern Printing, Limited, Manchester, [1961]. FIRST PRINTING. An original UK quad for the science fiction-fantasy from Saxon Films, based on the novels by Jules Verne and starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronsan, Folded, condition A (fresh). Approx dimensions 40x30 inches, landscape format, (will be despatched rolled, in tube)... More
![The Strand Magazine, volumes I to X. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Jules VERNE, Arthur MORRISON.](/pictures/thumb/51476.jpg?v=1529682640)
The Strand Magazine, volumes I to X. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]
London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1895. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 10 volumes. Large octavo (24 x 18 x 43cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. Recent tan half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and marbled boards. All edges speckled brown. Occasional spotting;... More
Cesar Cascabel.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co., 1891. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii, 313 [35]. With 80 wood engraved illustrations by George Roux, including a frontispiece. In publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and polychrome blocked illustrations to spine and upper board. All edges gilt; foliate endpapers... More
Adrift in The Pacific.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited. 1894. [Adventure novel] 'New and Cheaper Edition'. Two volumes in one. Octavo. pp. viii, 151; 142. First published in 1889. In publisher's gilt-embossed green cloth with black-embossed aquatic balloon-escape design. With 11 illustrations, including frontispiece. Mild spotting throughout. Text block a little shaken... More
Adrift in The Pacific.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited, No date [1890s]. [Adventure novel] 'New and Cheaper Edition'. Two volumes in one. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii, 151; 142. First published in 1889. In publisher's gilt-embossed green cloth with black-embossed aquatic balloon-escape design. With 11 illustrations, including frontispiece. Contents clean, light spotting... More
Around The World In Eighty Days.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. Second illustrated US edition after the stultifyingly scarce withdrawn 1873 issue with all the flakey spine problems. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth gilt, lavishly embossed and aggressively bevelled, every Verne first bar one or two seemingly having been designed to serve back up use... More
The Chase of the Golden Meteor.
London: Grant Richards. 1909. [Science fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vii; 292. Illustrated with twenty-four full page plates. Publisher's dark blue cloth blocked in colour and gilt to the spine and upper. Prize plate from the Oldham P. S. A. Society to pastedown. Some occasional spotting to... More
The Chase of the Golden Meteor.
London: Grant Richards, 1909. [Science fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm) pp.vii; 292. Illustrated with twenty-four full page plates. Navy blue cloth with white titles to spine and colour blocking to the front cover. Ink inscription (Christmas 1913) to flyleaf, minor spotting, top corner bumped, cloth mostly fresh... More
Dick Sands, the Boy Captain.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1891. Octavo, pp. viii, 486. Green cloth covers with black and gilt decorations and titles, yellow endpapers. Numerous illustrations throughout the book. Covers have some bumping to the tail and headcap and rubbing to all edges. Front and back endpapers have split along... More
Their Island Home. The Later Adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson.
New York: G. Howard Watt. 1924. First US edition. Octavo, pp. x, 272. Dark red cloth covers with coloured illustration to the front cover and green titles to cover and spine. Some wear to the bottom and top edges of the covers, small area of red staining from where the... More
800 Leagues Up The Amazon.
London; Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd. n.d. [circa 1920s]. Classic adventure. 'Author's Copyright Edition' [likely the May 1923 Cheap Edition, as the cloth is not blocked in gilt]. Crown octavo, with colour frontispiece illustration, pp.244. Bound in original pictorial pale green cloth. Toning to text block, spine mildly sunned... More
Adrift In the Pacific.
London: Readers Library n.d [1920s]. Adventure novel. Small. 8vo. Publisher's gilt-decorated burgundy cloth in Albert Morrow -designed pictorial jacket with wraparound image. Cheap paper toned as usual, some stiffness from lack of handling. Near fine, in crisp wrapper. More
Among The Cannibals. Containing "The Mysterious Document," "On The Track," and "Among The Cannibals." Illustrated by Henry Austin.
London, Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd. n.d. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Clean and bright, with a little light rubbing. Hinges starting. Occasional light spotting. Small neat gift inscription. Very Good indeed. More
![Anomalous Phenomea, together with Homeward Bound [Hector Servadac]. Jules VERNE, Gabriel.](/pictures/thumb/48262.jpg?v=1493311052)
Anomalous Phenomea, together with Homeward Bound [Hector Servadac]
London: Arco Publications. 1965. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION THUS, being part of the popular Arco uniform 'Fitzroy' series reissued in the 1960s, often featuring amended titles (as with the present volume). Crown octavo, pp.192; pp.192. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jackets. Contemporary inscription to pastedown, a few inked 'tick' marks... More
The Castle of The Carpathians.
London; Sampson Low, Marston and Company. no date [1905]. 'New and Cheaper Edition' [being the Illustrated Uniform Copyright edition of 1905]. Post octavo, pp.211; [1], imprint; [1], advertisement; [1], blank. Publisher's pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and colours. Ink ownership, 'Boys Brigade' prize label, some thumbing else contents are clean... More
![The Chancellor [The Survivors of the Chancellor / The Wreck of The Chancellor]. Jules VERNE, Gabriel.](/pictures/thumb/48759.jpg?v=1500292678)
The Chancellor [The Survivors of the Chancellor / The Wreck of The Chancellor].
London: Arco Publications, 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS, being part of the popular Arco uniform 'Fitzroy' series reissued in the 1960s, often featuring amended titles (as with the present volume). Crown octavo, pp.192. Publisher's cloth in a harrowing pictorial dust-jacket. Toning to page edges, some dustiness, spinea touch sunned. More
The Child of The Cavern. Or Strange Doings Underground.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company. [1910]. Classic adventure. 'Author's Illustrated Edition' [most likely the Christmas 1910 'New Illustrated Shilling Series for Boys' noted by Taves and Michaluk]. Crown octavo, pp.174. Bound in publisher decorative red cloth blocked in blue and black, with 'Pears Soap advert to rear cover. Some... More
Doctor Ox, And Other Stories. Translated from The French of Jules Verne by George M. Towle.
Boston, James R. Osgood and Company. 1874. First Authorized US Edition, published as part of the Saunterer's Series. 18mo, pp.292; [1], advertisement; [2], blank. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth embossed with gilt yacht and titles, coated brown endpapers, all edges red. Owner name else internally clean, spine ends chipped... More
Dr. Ox and other Stories.
London, Arco Publications. 1964. First UK Edition, Crown octavo, pp.191. Publisher's dark brown cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in original pictorial dust jacket. Price-clipped, and with series price to rear obscured by publisher, otherwise a lovely fine copy. 'This volume contains many hitherto unavailable stories by Jules Verne' (from... More
The Field of Ice.
London and New York, George Routledge and Sons. 1876 (probably printed 1875). SEPARATE EDITION, FIRST EXPORT copy, previously published as 'Captain Hatteras,' containing the two parts 'At the North Pole' and 'The Field of Ice' This is the edition with the 'London and New York' imprint noted by Myers- the... More
Five Weeks In a Balloon
London: George Routledge and Sons no date [circa 1920]. One of Verne's 'Extraordinary Travels'. Part of a uniform series of popular fiction. Crown octavo, pp.249; [7], blank. With frontispiece illustration. Publisher's hardcover in original illustrated dust-wrapper. Some toning to cheap materials, jacket with a couple of nicks and short tears... More
A Floating City
London: Arco Publications. 1964. Being part of the popular Arco uniform 'Fitzroy' series reissued in the 1960s. Second printing. Crown octavo, pp.191. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Contemporary inscription to pastedown, a few inked 'tick' marks to titles on rear panel. A near fine copy. More
A Floating City, And The Blockade Runners By Jules Verne, author of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea', 'From the Earth to The Moon' etc.
London; Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1875. Classic Sci-Fi. SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, following the 1874 printing. Octavo, illustrated. Bound in original gilt-pictorial pebble-grained russet cloth, embossed in gilt and black, yellow coloured endpapers, a.e.g.. Shows some wear and soil, some rubbing and fraying to cloth, contents very clean, if... More