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Published by Sampson Low, London, 1890
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-302 [303: printer's imprint] [304: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by Riou, original pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, yellow coated endpapers. First edition in English. Cheaper (later?) issue with edges plain rather than gilt and only seven inserted plates (as called for in the list of illustrations). Science-fiction novel describing the construction of a submarine pipeline to transport oil from the United States to France. This novel inspired Jules Verne's short story, "An Express of the Future," postulating pneumatic tubes that would propel a vehicle under the Atlantic from France to America. Paschal Grousset collaborated with Verne on SALVAGE FROM THE CYNTHIA (1885) and wrote the original versions of Verne's THE BEGUM'S FORTUNE and THE SOUTHERN STAR MYSTERY. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1282. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 496. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 16. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 134. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 41. Bleiler (1978), p. 119. Reginald 08706. Owner's signature dated 1906 on the half title leaf. Cloth worn at edges, spine panel darkened, some soiling to cloth and spotting to top edge of text block, hairline crack along inner front hinge, several gatherings a bit shaken, a good reading copy. (#171475).
Published by Sampson Low, London, 1890
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-302 [303: printer's imprint] [304: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by Riou, publisher's pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, yellow coated endpapers. First edition in English. Cheaper (later?) issue with edges plain rather than gilt and only seven inserted plates (as called for in the list of illustrations). Science-fiction novel describing the construction of a submarine pipeline to transport oil from the United States to France. This novel inspired Jules Verne's short story, "An Express of the Future," postulating pneumatic tubes that would propel a vehicle under the Atlantic from France to America. Paschal Grousset collaborated with Verne on SALVAGE FROM THE CYNTHIA (1885) and wrote the original versions of Verne's THE BEGUM'S FORTUNE and THE SOUTHERN STAR MYSTERY. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1282. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 496. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 16. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 134. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 41. Bleiler (1978), p. 119. Reginald 08706. Binding leaned, early owner's name on front free endpaper obscured by Whiteout, cloth dusty, a good copy. (#172208).
Published by London: Arco Publications, 1964, 1964
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Adventure] FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the white and blue dust-jacket, originally priced at 12/6. Price-clipped jacket lightly toned to spine with a few marks. Near fine. A young man, rescued from a shipwreck as a baby, sets out on his own voyage to discover his origins. First published in French in 1885, and originally translated into English that year as 'The Wreck of the Cynthia.'.
Published by Sampson Low, London, 1896
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-293 [294: printer's imprint] [295-296: blank] + 32-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, 22 inserted plates with illustrations by G. Roux, original pictorial blue-gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, plain endpapers. First edition in English. Science fiction romance in the mode of Jules Verne. An old man and his daughter, the last survivors of Atlantis, are found in a crystal-domed city beneath the Atlantic. Originally published in French as ATLANTIS in 1895. Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years 1283. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 134. Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot (2013) 733. Bleiler (1978), p. 119. Reginald 08705. Spine lean, cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, 20 pence price inked out on front front free endpaper, a very good copy. (#165317).
Published by Estes and Lauriat Publishers, Boston, 1896
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-293 [294: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, 22 inserted plates with illustrations by G. Roux, plus two small vignettes, publisher's decorated tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown and gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green. First U.S. edition. Science fiction novel of the discovery of the last survivors of Atlantis in a magnificent glass-domed city under the Atlantic. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1283. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 495. Eichner, Atlantean Chronicles, pp. 168-69. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 134. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 65. Teitler and Locke, By the World Forgot (2013) 733. Bleiler (1978), p. 119. Reginald 08705A. Cloth a bit tanned and foxed, a tight, clean, very good copy. (#173423).
Published by Collection Hetzel, Paris, 1904
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Large octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-330 [331] [332: blank], 25 illustrations, most full page, by George Roux, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in blue, black and gold, spine panel stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, a.e.g., blue coated endpapers. First edition. Part of Hetzel's "Les Romans d'Aventures" series which published fantastic adventure novels between 1884 and 1905, mostly novels by André Laurie, an occasional collaborator with Jules Verne. This novel is an adventure story in the Vernian mode featuring a giant airplane. One gathering slightly pulled, a bright, nearly fine copy. A lovely copy and uncommon thus. (#157234).
Published by Collection Hetzel, Paris, 1899
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Quarto, pp. 1-257 [258-259] [260: blank] + 8-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, 22 inserted plates with full-page illustrations by L. Benett plus inserted frontispiece and illustrated title leaf and vignette at head of chapter one, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, a.e.g., blue gray coated endpapers. First edition. Part of Hetzel's "Les Romans d'Aventures" series which published fantastic adventure novels between 1884 and 1905, mostly novels by André Laurie, an occasional collaborator with Jules Verne. This adventure story in the Vernian mode set in South Africa is a sequel to GÉRARD ET COLETTE: LES CHERCHEURS D'OR DE L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE. A bright, nearly fine copy. A lovely copy and uncommon thus. (#157235).
Published by Sampson Low, London, 1889
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-x [xi-xii] [1-3] 4-354 [355-356: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], 15 inserted plates with full-page illustrations by Georges Roux, 51 smaller illustrations, also by Roux, in the text, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in gold, black and gray, spine panel stamped in black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, all edges plain, light yellow coated endpapers. First edition. A translation of LE EXILES DE LA TERRE: SELENE-COMPANY LIMITED . (1887), a well-known interplanetary novel by a colleague of Jules Verne. Financiers attempt to exploit the resources of the Moon. They magnetize a mountain in the Sahara to pull the satellite into close proximity of the Earth. However, through miscalculation, their observatory is drawn from the Earth to a lunar valley from which they later escape, descending to Earth via parachute. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1281. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 494. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 15. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 698. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 134. Locke, Voyages in Space 125. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 38. Bleiler (1978), p. 119. Reginald 08704. Light wear to corners and spine ends, some bubbling to cloth on rear cover, a very good or somewhat better copy with bright cover stamping. (#137075).