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Works of Jules Verne- a 15 volume set
(Full Description)
Vincent Parke and Company,
New York and London (1911)
Edited by Charles F. Horne, Ph. D.
(The description at the front of each volume indicates he was
"Professor of English, College of the City of New York; Author of The
Technique of the Novel, etc.")
This set does not contain ALL the books and stories written by Jules
Verne. The following explaination for the stories chosen for this set is
taken from the preface about Jules Verne in volume 1 written by Charles
F. Horne:
"... Yet, in no spirit of unfairness, we must admit that Jules Verne's
claim upon the Academy rather decreased with added years. Most of his later
books by no means equal his earlier ones. A man over seventy may well be
pardoned if he no longer writes with the fresh fancy and confident vigor
of thirty-five. To present all Verne's later work to American readers would
be fair neither to the fame of the author nor to the pocket of the public.
Therefore a labor of selection has been necessary. All the works that have
made Jules Verne beloved, all that present his imaginary inventions, his
prophecies of the future, every work that honest critics have though worth
preserving, is included in this edition. It presents not only those books
crowned by the French Academy, but all those crowned by the verdict of
that final judge, that best of judges when long years run full, that judge
to whom all our work must be submitted in the end, the general public.
To them this work is dedicated.
Charles F. Horne" |
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Every Boy's Library
George Routledge and Sons,
London (aprox 1890-1900)
This is a series of hard cover books. They measure a small 5 1/4 x 7
1/2 x 1/2 inches, and have yellow and red flowers on the cover (so
I like to call it the Pansy series!). Some of the books have the publishers
catalog printed on the end papers.
I have seen covers in Red and Grey
The series contains the following 15 titles:
-Field of Ice
-Floating City (A)
-Fur Country (The), Part 2
-Journey to the Centre of the Earth
-Three Englishmen and Three Russians
-Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part 1
-Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part 2
-Voyage Round the World - New Zealand
-Voyage Round the World - Australia
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Jules Verne Series
"Sea Serpent Series" (my designation)
Ward, Lock and Co, Limited,
London (aprox 1900-1905)
This is a series of hard cover books. They measure 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 7/8 inches. Their most distinguishing feature, is the cover art. The cover illustration is rather primitive, showing a hot air balloon, 2 ships, and a large 'SEA SERPENT'. The serpent is repeated on the spine. Each book has 1 frontice illustration by Henry Austin.
I have seen covers in Red, Green and Blue.
The following are the 12 titles in the series:
- Among the Cannibals
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
- The Mysterious Document
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- The English at the North Pole
- The Ice Desert
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Jules Verne Series
Hurst+Company, Publishers,
New York (aprox 1909/1910)
This is a series of hard cover books. They measure 5 1/16 x 7 1/2 x
1 inches. The binding is beige with orange, yellow and black trim. The
cover art, is an explorer, in yellow, wearing a pithe helmet, gazing through
binoculars, and carrying a rifle. He is looking at a sailing ship,
and there is a bag of gold at his feet! The spine shows the same
explorer.
The title on the spine has been noted in Gold and in Black.
(Some books in the series are illustrated. )
The following are the 8 titles in the series:
-Astounding Adventures Amoung the Comets
-Facing the Flag
-Floating Island
-Mysterious Island
-Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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'Wasp' Edition (my designation)
Butler Brothers,
New York and Chicago (aprox 1887/1888)
Series of hard cover books. They measure 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 1 inch. The
bindings I have seen are in brown and red. The cover and spine art contain
a maple leaf, and in addition, the cover has 2 'wasps' and the word 'edition',
along with fancy 'scrolls'. I do not know the actual titles in the series,
but I know of the following:
-Mysterious Island
-Tour of the World in 80 Days
-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
-The Fur Country
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Alta Edition
Porter and Coates, Philadelphia
The bindings are brown or gold in colour.
There are 2 variations shown
1) with "ALTA EDITION" inside a square on top of a "leaf" design
2) with "ALTA EDITION" inside a script design (this variant is less common)
The titles I know of are the following:
At the North Pole
Twenty Thousand Leauges Under the Sea
Underground City
Desert of Ice
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Franklin Edition (Version 1)
Square design with bees.
Books in this series are:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Franklin Edition (Version 2)
Round design
Books in this series include:
Five Weeks in a Balloon
The Giant Raft
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Arlington Edition
Hurst and Co., New York
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"Pears Soap" Edition
Sampson Low (1890s)
Named because of the advertisement for Pears Soap on the back cover.
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"Hutchinson Series"
Hutchinson and Company, London (1890s)
(one copy is inscribed 1893)
Red and Green covers with images from Verne's novels (Albatross, Giant Raft, Ice scene, ...)
Title on gilt background on some, and plain background on others.
Books in the series:
English at the North Pole
Five Weeks in a Balloon
(combined with Journey to the Centre ...)
Captain Hatteras; or The Englosh at the North Pole
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Jules Verne Series
M A Donahue
Cover depicts 2 men in a balloon. Cover is green with black and cream highlights.
The series apparently came in a matching dustjacket, but it is rare to find it.
Series Includes:
- Claudius Bombarnac
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Cryptogram
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? Series
A L Burt
Books in this series:
Dick Sand
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Fitzroy Edition(hard cover)
Arco Publications, London
Bernard Hannison, London
Associated Booksellers, Westport Connecticut |
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Fitzroy Edition(paper cover) |
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George Munro SEASIDE LIBRARY
The following is the list of Jules Verne books published by George Munro, New York.
Addresses:
#1 - GEORGE MUNRO, PUBLISHER
Nos. 17 to 27 Vandewater Street, New York
around 1878
#2 - GEORGE MUNRO, PUBLISHER,
Nos. 21, 23 and 25 Vandewater Street, New York
These books/stories were printed in soft wraps, beginning in 1877. Note that even a copyright date may not be indicative of the actual date of issue, as the titles were reprinted many times, without change to the copyright date. Advertisements at the back, for other titles, may help place the actual date of issue of the title.
There are 2 series:
Seaside Library - which measures about 9x13in
and
Seaside Library Pocket Edition - which is comparable in size to a modern paperback.
The Seaside Library
| No. |
Title |
| 710 |
Survivors of the Chancellor |
| 818 |
The Steam House;or, A Trip Across India (2 parts) |
| 1043 |
Jangada (2 parts) |
| 1092 |
Michael Strogoff |
| 1519 |
Robinson's School |
| 1677 |
The Headstrong Turk |
| 1716 |
The Green Ray |
| 1980 |
The Archipelago on Fire |
| 2039 |
Mathias Sandorf (3 parts) |
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| ? reissued numbers of The Seaside Library ? |
Vol. I
No. 5 |
The Black Indies
(pages 113 to 140 + 4 pgs adverts)
1 Illustr
Address #2
my copy with pastedown "15 cents" also missidentified inside as No. 4! |
Vol. I
No. 16 |
The English at the North Pole, and The Field of Ice
2 volumes in 1
(pages 1 to 19 (English)
Pages 19 to 34 (Field)
+ 2 pgs adverts)
1 Illustr
Address #2
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Vol. III
No. 43 |
Hector Servadac
(pgs 1 to 39 + 1 1/2 pgs adverts)
2 Illustrations
Address #2 |
Vol. III
No. 57 |
A Voyage Round the World - South America
(pgs 1 to 31 + 1 pg adverts)
1 Illustration
Address # 2 |
Vol. III
No. 60 |
A Voyage Round the World - Australia
(pgs 1 to 32 + 1/2 pg adverts)
1 Illustration
Address # 2 |
Vol. III
No. 64 |
A Voyage Round the World - New Zealand
(pgs 1 to 32 + 4 1/2 pg adverts)
1 Illustration
Address # 2 |
Vol. IV
No. 68 |
Five Weeks in a Balloon
(pgs 1 to 28 + 4 pgs adverts)
1 Illustration
Address #2 |
Vol. IV
No. 72 |
Meridiana; or, Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians In SouthAfrica; and The Blockade Runners
(pgs 1 to 32 and 4 pgs adverts)
1 Illustration
Address #2 |
Vol. IV
No. 75 |
The Fur Country
(pg 1 to 36)
1 Illustration
Address #2 |
Vol. V
No. 84 |
20,000 Leagues Under the Seas
(pgs 1 to 33 + 3 pgs adverts)
1 Illustration
Address #2 |
Vol. V
No. 87 |
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
(pgs 1 to 27 + 1 pg adverts)
1 Illustration
Address #2 |
Vol. V
No. 99 |
From the Earth to the Moon
(pg 1 to 23 + 9 pgs adverts)
28 Illustrations
Address #1 |
Vol. XXIV
No. 466 |
Great Voyages and Great Navigators - Part 1
45 1/2 pages + 2 1/2 pages adverts
0 Illustr.
Price 10 Cents |
Vol. XXIV
No. 466 |
Great Voyages and Great Navigators - Part 2
45 1/2 pages + 2 1/2 pages adverts
0 Illustr.
Price 10 Cents |
Vol. XXVI
No. 505 |
The Field of Ice
(pgs 1 to 32 + 4 pgs adverts)
81 Illustrations
Address #1 |
Vol. XXVI
No. 520 |
Round the Moon
(pgs 1 to 27 + 5 pgs adverts)
27 Illustrations
Address #1 |
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Seaside Library Pocket Edition
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| No. |
Title |
| 87 |
Dick Sand;or, A Captain at Fifteen |
| 578 |
Mathias Sandorf |
| 659 |
The Waif of the Cynthia |
| 833 |
Ticket No. 9672 |
| 976 |
Robur the Conqueror;
or, A trip Around the World in a Flying Machine |
| 1011 |
Texar's Vengeance;or, North Versus South |
| 1020 |
Michael Strogoff;or, The Courier of the Czar |
| 1050 |
A Tour of the World in Eighty Days |
| 1152 |
From the Earth to the Moon in 97 Hours 20 Minutes |
| 1153 |
Round the Moon |
| 1157 |
A Two Years' Vacation |
| 1168 |
The Flight to France |
| 1238 |
Mysterious Island;or, Dropped from the Clouds |
| 1263 |
A Family Without a Name |
| 1422 |
800 Leagues on the Amazon;or, The Jangada |
| 1423 |
The Cryptogram (a conclusion to the above) |
| 2078 |
The Special Correspondent |
| 2145 |
The Abandoned (part 2 of Mysterious Island) |
| 2146 |
The Secret of the Island (part 3 of Mysterious Island) |
| 2346 |
King of the Sea (?) |
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