On this page are listed various "Sets" of Jules Verne titles. My definition of a Set, is any series of Jules Verne books, where once you have ONE, you want to Collect all the others. So some may not consider some of these a SET, but I do.
NONE of the sets contain ALL Jules Vernes novels, but some come close.
You can jump directly to the sets by following the below links.
NOTE: NOT all the listed sets have a link here (BUT I'm working on it):
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Works of Jules Verne-
15 volume set, Vincent Parke and Company
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Works of Jules Verne- a 15 volume set
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.
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Jules Verne's Works, Uniform Edition
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Jules Verne's Works
Uniform Edition / Uniform Binding
This series, in a Red binding contains 14 volumes,
all are published in 8vo and are illustrated:
- Around the World in 80 Days
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Michael Strogoff
- A Floating City and the Blockade Runners
- Hector Servadac
- Dick Sands
- A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- The Mysterious Island
- From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours, Twenty Minutes; and a Journey Around It
- Steam House
- Giant Raft
- The Exploration of the World: Famous Travels and Travellers
- The Exploration of the World: The Great Navigators
- Exploration of the World: The Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
Various printings
1886 - identified on title page as Uniform Edition
1904, 1906, 1908
no series name on title page, but on a page before the title, says Jules Verne's Works, 14 volumes in uniform binding
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Scribner's
6 Volume Set (unknown name!)
 
   
  
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6 Volume Set, Unknown Name
1905 & 1906 Dates
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Center of the Cover
12 illustrations per volume
This series, in a Red, non-descript binding contains 6 volumes,
and have 12 illustrations per volume:
- Around the World in 80 Days
- From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours, Twenty Minutes; and a Journey Around It
- Hector Servadac
- A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Michael Strogoff
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
All books can be found with EACH date. i.e. a 1905 set, and a 1906 set!
  
 
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Routledge 1875/1876 Double Volumes
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
London and New York
Many (All?) of these double volumes have a catalogue in the back, dated August 1875, and the title pages are dated 1876!
The titles seen in this "seires" are:
- The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (Variant B)
- A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
& Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Half-Crown Juveniles
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
This is a Set with Matching covers. The name of the series is a guess based on the Catalogue that is in the back of the Journey to the Centre volume.
I have not yet seen any of the other titles in the Catalogue with this cover.
Books in this Series include:
- Fur Country (1879 & Undated) - (Coll. AN - undated)
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Adventures of Captain Hatteras - unseen
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - unseen
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Jules Verne Library
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
Some of the volumes dated 1887, the others are not dated.
One noted inscribed 1885
Noted in Red and Gray and brown
This set Includes:
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- The Field of Ice
- The English at the North Pole
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Round the World in Eighty Days
- A Floating City and The Blockade Runners
- Voyage Round the World - New Zealand
- Voyage Round the World - Australia
- Voyage Round the World - S. America
- Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea - Part 1
- Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea - Part 2
- The Fur Country - Part 1 (inscr 1885)
- The Fur Country - Part 2
(Only difference externally between part 1 and 2 is 1* or 2** below title on spine!) - Three Russians and Three Englishmen
- ...
Most do not have illustrations, although two have illustrations on the title page, and one volume has several illustrations. Set of 14 hardcovers
5 x 7 inches.
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Group of Boys Series
George Routledge and Sons
Publisher address:
Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
Glascow, Manchester, and New York
Based on above address NOT saying limited, the date is circa 1889-1890
The floral cover on this series (set) has a group of 3 men in the lowwer right corner of the cover. The boys are finely dressed, and have a cricket bat, and a fishing rod, and a fishing basket.
Titles in this set are:
- The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
- The Fur Country
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Every Boy's Library
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
Broadway, Ludgate Hill
London, Glascow, Manchester, and New York
(aprox 1890-1900)
ed: I own 1 inscribed Xmas 1894
Described in the catalogue in the back of 1 book:
Books by Jules Verne. 1s. each. Cloth
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 (ed: I like to call it the Pansy series! though I know they are not pansys!).
Some of the books have the publishers catalog printed on the end papers.
- English at the North Pole, 2 variations seen.
1) Adverts as endpapers, NO illustration
2) Blank endpapers, 1 illustration, the Frontice
I have seen covers in Red, Blue, Grey and Green
The only illustration is on the title page (Voyage Round the World volumes) OR as the Frontice.
The series contains the following 15 volumes (consisting of 10 Verne stories):
- Adventures of Three Englishment and Three Russians
- English at the North Pole - 1 illustr - inscr 1894 - Coll. AN(x2)
- Field of Ice - Coll AN
- Five Weeks in a Balloon - Coll. AN
- From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon - Coll. AN
- A Floating City & The |Blockade Runners
- The Fur Country, Part 1 - Coll. AN(x2)
- The Fur Country, Part 2
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Round the World in Eighty Days - Coll. AN
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part 1
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Part 2
- A Voyage Round the World - South America - Coll. AN
- A Voyage Round the World - Australia - Coll. AN
- A Voyage Round the World - New Zealand - inscr 1894 - Coll. AN
 
NOTE: See Above... The Fur Country Part 1, has been observed with 2 cover variations:
- With "Part 1" printed on the cover below "The Fur Country" and with "Vol. 1" on the spine
- With NO part indication on the cover, BUT the spine has 1 *, below the title
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Yellowback - Every Boy's Library
Two Shillings
George Routledge and Sons, London
circa 1878
NOT really a Series, but a Style of publishing (Yellowback)
(See also Ward Lock)
In this case, the Spines are the same!
Titles seen as George Routledge Yellowback:
- The Adventures of Captain Hatteras - inscribed 1878
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
and Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Every Boy's Library
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
London and New York
Titles seen in this series include:
- English at the North Pole - 1876
- The Field of Ice - 1876
- Five Weeks in a Balloon - 1876 / 1879
- A Floating City and The Blockade Runners - 1876
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Round the World in Eighty Days - 1879
- Three Russians and Three Englishmen - nd
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 1876
- Voyage Round the World - Australia - 1877
- ...
On the back cover of the above Yellowback:
Every Boy's Library
Under this title, Messrs. George Routledge & Sons are now issuing a Series of Shilling Books written for Boys, by Jules Verne, R. M. Ballantyne, the Rev H. C. Adams, Captain Mayne Reid, James Grant, W. H. G. Kingston, the Rev. J. G. Wood, Anne Bowman, and other popular Authors, well printed on good paper, and bound in fancy covers, each volume containing about 400 pages.
The following Volumes are now ready:--
- The English at the North Pole. By Jules Verne
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- The Field of Ice: a Sequel to "The English at the North Pole" By Jules Verne
- Five Weeks in a Balloon. By Jules Verne
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth. By Jules Verne
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Vol I. By Jules Verne
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Vol II. By Jules Verne
- A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners. By Jules Verne
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Every Boy's Library
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
London and New York
circa 1880
George Routledge and Sons
Broadway, Ludgate Hill
New York; 9, Lafayette Place
London
Titles seen in this series:
- English at the North Pole
- The Field of Ice
- From the Earth to the Moon
- The Fur Country (Part 1)
- The Fur Country (Part 2)
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Round the World in Eighty Days
- Three Russians and Three Englishmen - nd
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- A Voyage Round the World: South America
- A Voyage Round the World: Australia
- A Voyage Round the World: New Zealand
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Boy Reading Series
George Routledge and Sons
Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Glascow, Manchester, and New York
nd - circa 1880 - 1890 (seen inscribed 1890)
Titles seen in this series:
- Desert of Ice (assumed - Not Seen)
- English at the North Pole
- A Floating City and the Blockade Runners
- A Voyage Round the World - South America (assumed - Not Seen)
- A Voyage Round the World - Australia (assumed - Not Seen)
- A Voyage Round the World - New Zealand
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Every Boy's Library
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
London and New York
in wraps
Circa 1889
Titles seen in this series:
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Voyage Round the World: South America
- Voyage Round the World: Australia
- Voyage Round the World: New Zealand
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Every Boy's Library
George Routledge and Sons
Broadway, Ludgate Hill
London
New York: 9, Lafayette Place
in wraps
Circa 1889
Titles seen in this series:
- Voyage Round the World: South America
- Voyage Round the World: Australia
- Voyage Round the World: New Zealand
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Note: the Leaves on the above back cover go the opposite direction of all others seen!!!
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Olive Branch
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
London and New York
nd, but seen inscribed 1890, 1892, and Dec 25, 1893
Circa 1890
Bevelled Boards
Titles seen in this series:
- The Field of Ice
- A Floating City and the Blockade Runners
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Round the World in Eighty Days - bevelled boards - inscr 1890
- Three Englishmen and Three Russians
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Routledge's New Series (as per Dustjacket)
George Routledge and Sons, Limited
London
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co.
No Date
Cover Plain, Blind stamped Title, and Gilt Title on Spine
Dustjacket showing arctic scene of Polar Bears, Ship, Submarine, Airship and Balloons (2)
Titles in this Series:
- The English at the North Pole
- The Field of Ice - (Coll. AN)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Round the World in Eighty Days - (Coll. AN)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Part 1
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Part 2
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Star with Iris
George Routledge
possible 1887 date?The images on the covers "kind of" relate to the story inside!!
- Adventures of Three Englishmen & Three Russians
- The English at the North Pole
- The Field of Ice (inscribed 1901)
- A Floating City and The Blockade Runners
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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"Torch" with Landscape Scene
George Routledge and Sons Limited
London
& E F Dutton & Co.
New York
Titles in this Series:
- The English at the North Pole
- The Field of Ice
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- From the Earth to the Moon and Round It
- The Fur Country
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Round the World in Eighty Days
- ...
Seen in Red and Grey
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Frog-Tadpole Series
R. Worthington, 750 Broadway
Published 1880 - (MDCCCLXXX on title page)
  
This is not really a series, but 3 different titles, with the exact same "odd" cover, to me makes a "Set"!!!
Titles in this Set:
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- The Mysterious Island
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Memorial Edition
The Best Novels of Jules Verne
nd - seen inscribed 1905
P F Collier & Son
New York
Titles include:
- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
- From the Earth to the Moon
- The Mysterious Island (?)
- Tour of the World in Eighty Days
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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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.
Colours: Tan/Beige, Brown, Red, Blue!
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.
Only 1 book in the Series is Illustrated.
Ed: The ONLY volume with illustrations is Floating Island, BUT the illustration index is OVER ambitious. Only about 1 in 3 illustrations is present, despite and index that indicates FULLY illustrated.
These books appeared with Dustjackets.
The Book list on the back of the Title Page says:
"Jules Verne Series, Uniform with this Volume By Jules Verne"
The following are the 8 titles in the series as per the list on reverse of the Title Page:
- Adventures of a Special Correspondent in Central Asia - Coll AN
- Astounding Adventures Amoung the Comets - Coll AN - misprint
- Facing the Flag - Coll AN- rough
- Floating Island (Illustrated) - Coll AN
- From the Earth to the Moon - Coll AN - inscr Xmas 1909
- Mysterious Island - Coll AN - Dark Tan - poor
- Tour of the World in Eighty Days - Coll AN - Inscr Xmas 1910
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
This enlargement from the Dustjacket, confirms the 8 Jules Verne Books,
in what Hurst calls "Hurst's Books for Boys"
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David McKay, Publishers, Philadelphia
"Space" Series
This is series of 4 Jules Verne Space titles
- From the Earth to the Moon
- All Around the Moon
- To the Sun (Pt 1 - Hector Servadac)
- Off on a Comet (Pt 2 - Hector Servadac)
Seen in Brown, Mustard, Green (Olive), Red (-ish), Turquoise
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A L Burt
The Home Library Series
Similarly bound red covers
Titles seen in this series:
- From the Earth to the Moon
- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
- Tour of the World in Eighty Days
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon
- Mysterious Island
- Michael Strogoff
- ...
This series is NOT just Jules Verne books!
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Explorers Climbing Cliff Series
(Ed: MY name for the series!)
A.L Burt Company, Publishers
52-58 Duane Street, New York
This series does not seem to have a name
The volumes have no date printed, but one has been observed with a 1912 inscription.
I assume that the titles in this cover design from AL Burt matches the list of titles in the below "Jules Verne Series" by A L Burt, since there is a climber on the top right of the below cover!
Books noted in this series are:
- Dick Sand
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Michael Strogoff
- The Mysterious Island
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Image courtesy of James Keeline
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Jules Verne Series
Verne's Famous Books of Adventure
Circa 1920s
A. L. Burt Company
114-120 East 23rd St., New York
(according to the DustJacket)
The books were published with a dustjacket.
There is no date printed, but inscribed dates of 1922 & 1923 observed.
Titles viewed include (AND are all shown in this entry):
- Dick Sand
- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Michael Strogoff
- The Mysterious Island
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
**Note, only the above 7 titles are listed on the back of the Dustjacket!
Some Images courtesy of James Keeline
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Boy with Flute
A L Burt
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon
- Mysterious Island
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A L Burt
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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A L Burt
- From the Earth to the Moon
- The Mysterious Island
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A L Burt
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Boy in Library Series
A L Burt
- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Michael Strogoff
- The Mysterious Island
- Tour of the World in Eighty Days
- Twenty Thousand Leagues
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Boy in Library - Top Title Series
A L Burt
- Michael Strogoff
- Mysterious Island
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Boy with Walking Stick
A L Burt
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon
- The Mysterious Island
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A L Burt
- Dick Sand
- Michael Strogoff
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Canoe / Voyageurs
A L Burt
Dustjacket shown as well!
Titles seen in this series include:
- Dick Sand
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon
- The Mysterious Island
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- ...
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Boy Hat Eye Series
A L Burt
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon
- Michael Strogoff
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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The Electric Series - in wraps
Butler Brothers
Incorporated
New York & Chicago
nd - approx 1887
4 Titles in this series are:
- 800 Leagues on the Amazon - No 456
- The Cryptogram - No 457
- The Mysterious Island - No 162
- Texars Revenge - No 161
- Tour of the World in 80 Days - No 164
- 20,000 Leagaues Under the Sea - No 163
- 2nd image - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Copyright 1892)
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'Bee' Edition (Ed Note: my designation)
Butler Brothers
New York and Chicago
and
Butler Brothers
Incorporated
New York and Chicago
1888 - Some titles pages ARE dated 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 "Bees" or "Wasps" and the word 'edition', along with fancy 'scrolls'. I do not know the actual titles in the series.
The following are the 6 Jules Verne titles in the series:
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- The Fur Country
- The Giant Raft
- Mysterious Island
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Alta Edition
Porter & Coates,
Philadelphia
"ALTA EDITION" inside a square on top of a "leaf" design
There are NUME|RIOUS colours for the bindings!!!
The following are ALL 6 of the Jules Verne titles in this series::
- Around the World in Eighty days
- At the North Pole
- Desert of Ice
- 20,000 Leauges Under the Sea
- Underground City
- Wreck of the Chancellor
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Alta Edition - Deco
Porter and Coates, Philadelphia
"ALTA EDITION" inside a script design
The following titles have been seen with this cover:
- At the North Pole
- Underground City
- ...
Ed: Did ALL the original titles get published with this cover?
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Peoples Edition
The American News Corporation
39 & 41 Chambers Street
New York
and
The American News Company
New York
nd but seen inscribed 1889
The following are ALL 4 titles by Jules Verne in this series:
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- The Mysterious Island
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Stratford Edition
The F M Lupton Publishing Company
No. 65 Duane Street
New YorkBase of Spine:
Base of Spine:
The F M Lupton
Pub Co
- Michael Strogoff
- The Mysterious Island
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Franklin Edition (Version 1 - Square)
Worthington Co., 747 Broadway
New York
1888 - some title pages dated 1888
Books in this series are:
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Fur Country
- The Mysterious Island
- Texars Revenge
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Franklin Edition (Version 2 - Round)
Some dated 1884
Books in this series include:
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- The Giant Raft
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- ...
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Arlington Edition - Shield
Hurst & Co
New York
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Arlington Edition - Deco
Hurst & Co
New York
- Michael Strogoff
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Arlington Edition (in middle with Torch)
Hurst & Co., Publishers
New York
Title seen in this series include:
- Texars Revenge
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
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Arlington Edition (at top of Cover)
Hurst and Co., Publishers
122 Nassau Street
New York
Title seen in this series include:
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Michael Strogoff
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Avon Edition
F M Lupton
- Tour of the World in 80 Days
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Saunterer's Series
James R Osgood
Boston
The books were published between 1873 and 1875. The title pages ARE dated.
Books in the series:
- Doctor Ox - 1874 - 1st US Ed.
- Doctor Ox - Hybrid - 1874 Text Block, Black on Cover
- Doctor Ox - 1875, Black on Cover
- The Tour of the World in Eighty Days - 1873 - 1st US Ed.
- The Tour of the World in Eighty Days - 1874, still Gilt
- The Wreck of the Chancellor - 1875 - 1st US Ed.
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Handy Verne Series
Lee & Shepard, Boston
1877
The front cover repeats the same design on the back cover, with the title, author's name and the St. Michel embossed in red on black cloth.
Also seen in Blue, Brown and Grey Cloth.
These books are the same size as the "Saunterer Series" published by J R Osgood.. This is due to the fact, that Lee and Shepard obtained the plates for all three titles from Albert Moss, who had purchased them from Osgood in the sale of 1875
Books in the series:
- Around the World in Eighty Days - 1877 - NOT Hybrid - Black&Red
- Around the World in Eighty Days - 1881 - NOT Hybrid
- A Winter in the Ice - 1877 - NOT Hybrid - Black&Red
- A Winter in the Ice - 1881 - NOT Hybrid - Brown
- Wreck of the Chancellor - 1875/1877 - Hybrid
Osgood Text Block, Lee & Shepard Cover
Black&Red, Blue & Brown seen
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Hutchinson Kneeling Armoured Soldier
Circa 1890
- Five Weeks in a Balloon & A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Hutchinson Gold Wheat (?)
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Square on Cover
Hutchinson
The early editions of this set, have more illustrations, probably 6 or more per book. The later editions have less illustrations
Also, the number of titles decreased from 6 in 1890 to 4 in 1900-10ish
The 2 titles available in BOTH editions were Around the World in 80 Days and Adventures in South Africa.
Captain Hatteras last appeared in about 1910ish
SO, 1890 editions would have multiple illustrations, while the 1900-10ish had a Frontispiece and 1 other illustration.
Books in these series include:
- Adventures in Southern Africa (Series 1 & 2)
- Round the World in Eighty Days (Series 1 & 2)
- Captain Hatteras (Series 1 & 2) ** Only includes English at the North Pole, and NOT Desert of Ice!
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Series 1 & 2)
- Mysterious Island (Series 1)
- ?
There are grooves in the cloth on the cover
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Hutchinson Series Pictorial Cover
Hutchinson and Company, London
1890s - copies inscribed 1891 & 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:
- Captain Hatteras; or The English at the North Pole
& A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Plain Banner)
- English at the North Pole (Gilt Banner)
- Desert of Ice (Gilt Banner)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
& A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Plain Banner)
- A Voyage to the Centre of the Earth (Gilt Banner)
- Round the World in Eighty Days (Gilt Banner)
- Round the World in Eighty Days (Plain Banner)
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1891 inscription observed by Glenn Gretlund
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Hutchinson Plain Red
Circa 1920s
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Jules Verne Series
circa 1901 to 1910
M A Donohue & Co. Chicago
The company name "M A Donohue and Company" was adopted in 1901
The cover depicts 2 men in a balloon.
Cover is green with black and cream highlights,
OR brown/tan with black and orange highlights
OR Green/Yellow with black and NO added colour
The series came in a matching dustjacket, but it is rare to find. There is an ad for the Jules Verne Series on the back of the DustJacket
There are 12 books in the Series as per the back of the DustJacket
These include:
- Claudius Bombarnac
- The Cryptogram - Coll. AN (green)
Verne story covers 169pgs
and then 11 Edgar Alan Poe short stories
(pages numbered 17 to 144)
- The Telltale Heart
- The Domain of Arnheim
- Landor's Cottage
- William Wilson
- Berenice
- Eleonara
- Ligeia
- Morella
- Metzengerstein
- A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
- The Spectacles
- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon - Coll. AN (green)
Verne story covers 167pgs
and then follows a non-Verne Story
- The Trappers' Retreat, 91 pages, by Captain Latham C. Carleton
- Floating Islands (sic) - Not Seen! Does it exist?
- From the Earth to the Moon - Coll. AN(dj)
-Illustrated
Verne story covers 168pgs,
and then 8 Edgar Alan Poe short stories
that total 96 more pages:
- The Assignation
- The Telltale Heart
- The Domain of Arnheim
- Landor's Cottage
- William Wilson
- Berenice
- Eleonora
- Ligeia
- Michael Strogoff - Coll. AN - inscribed 1911
- Mysterious Island
- Round the Moon - Coll. AN (tan below)
- Illustrated
Jules Verne story covers 158pgs
and then 3 Edgar Alan Poe short stories
(pages numbered 5 to 101)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue
- The Mystery of Marie Roget (sequel to above)
- The Purloined Letter
- Ticket No. "9672" - Coll. AN
Verne story covers 161pgs
and then 9 Edgar Alan Poe short stories:
(pages numbered starting page 145 to 192, then 111 to 155)
- The Duc De L'Omelette
- The Oblong Box
- King Pest
- Three Sundays in a Week
- The Devil in the Belfry
- Lionizing
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Premature Burial
- Tour of the World in Eighty Days - Coll. AN (green)
- A Trip Around the World in a Flying machine - Coll. AN
Contains the Verne story: Robur the Conqueror (shown at the top of every page), 181pgs and then 8 Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories
(pages numbered 111 to 182)
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- The Premature Burial
- The Masque of the Red Death
- The Cask of Amontillado
- The Imp of the Perverse
- The Island of the Fay
- The Oval Portrait
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Coll. AN(dj)
Verne's Story, 349pgs
and then 3 Edgar Alan Poe short stories:
(with those pages numbered: 172 to 192
- Three Sundays in a Week
- The Devil in the Belfry
- Lionizing
  
Re the 3 above Binding variations:
- The Green copy is the most common.
The Title is in White, and the Spine Title is Gilt. (but sometimes White!!)
The cover disc is cream/peach.
- The Tan/Olive cover is not as common.
The Title is in White and the Spine Title is White.
The cover disc is orange.
- The lighter Green/Tan/Yellow cover is a cheaper edition.
The Title is in Brown/Black, and the Spine Title is Brown/Black.
There is NO cover disc!!! BUT the "Flag" outlline remains in Black, despite the disc not being present!
The same image, with no disc is on the DustJacket
- DustJackets have been noted on all THREE variations.
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Variant 2
This has the common Green binding, with:
- Title in White on the Spine.
- Discs on the SPine are Cream/Peach
- Donohue at base of Spine is in Cream/Peach
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Variant 1
This has the common Green binding with:
- Title in Gilt on the Spine.
- Discs on the SPine are Cream/Peach
- Donohue at base of Spine is in Cream/Peach
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Variant 3
This has the common Green binding with:
- Title in Gilt on the Spine.
- Discs on the Spine are light Green!
- Donohue at base of Spine is missing!
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Archipelago on Fire
The Green Ray
North Against South
The Will of an Eccentric
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The Grant Educational Co., Limited
Glascow Book Saloons,
91 and 93 Union Street.
Glascow
  
These books, do not have a date on the title page. They are circa 1900 - 1915 (one seen inscribed 1913)
Each is bound in in a faux leather binding with "JV" in intials on the rounded edge cover in gilt, and on the title page.
Illustrated, and gilt edges all round.
Maroon, Blue, Green (and red?) seen.
My guess is that it "might" be a memorial edition, published around the time of Jules Verne's death (1905). No way to confirm that at the moment.
The titles in this series identified so far are:
- Archipelago on Fire
- The Green Ray
- The Lottery Ticket
- Mathias Sandorf - Part 1
- Mathias Sandorf - Part 2
- North Against South
- The Will of an Eccentric
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Arco Publications, London
Bernard Hannison, London
Associated Booksellers, Westport Connecticut
Series titles include:
l. Adrift in the Pacific (pt 1: Two Years Vacation)
2. Among the Cannibals (pt 2: Children of Captain Grant)
3. Anomalous Phenomena (pt 1: Hector Servadac)
4. Around the World in 80 Days
5. At the North Pole (pt 1: Captain Hatteras)
6. Begum's Fortune (aka: 500 Millions of the Begum)
7. Black Diamonds (aka: Child of the Cavern)
8. Burbank the Northerner (pt 1: North Against South)
9. Carpathian Castle
10. Chancellor (aka: Wreck of the Chancellor)
11. City in the Sahara (pt 2: Barsac Mission)
12. Claim on Forty Mile Creek (pt 1: Golden Volcano)
13. Clipper of the Clouds
14. The Cryptogram (pt 2: Jangada/Giant Raft)
15. Danube Pilot
16. Demon of Cawnpore (pt 1: Steam House)
17. Down the Amazon (pt 1: Jangada/Giant Raft)
18. Drama in Livonia
19. Dropped from the Clouds (pt 1: Mysterious Island)
20. Dr Ox and Other Stories
21. End of the Journey (pt 2: Thompson and Company, Agents)
22. Five Weeks in a Balloon
23. Flight to France
24. A Floating City
25. Flood and Flame (pt 2: Golden Volcano)
26. For the Flag
27. From the Earth to the Moon
28. Green Ray + The Blockade Runners
29. Homeward Bound (pt 2: Hector Servadac)
30. Hunt for the Meteor (aka: Chase of the Golden Meteor)
31. Into the Abyss (pt 2: Family Without a Name)
32. Into the Niger Bend (pt 1: Barsac Mission)
33. Journey to the Centre of the Earth
34. Leader of the Resistance (pt 1: Family Without a Name)
35. Masterless Man (pt 1: Survivors of the Jonathan)
36. Master of the World
37. Measuring a Meridian (aka: Adventures of 3 Englishmen...)
38. Michael Strogoff
39. Mysterious Document (pt 1: Children of Captain Grant)
40. Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym (aka: Sphinx of the Icefields)
41. Package Holiday (pt 1: Thompson and Company, Agents)
42. Propeller Island (aka: Floating Island)
43. The Purchase of the North Pole
44. Round the Moon
45. Salvage from the Cynthia (aka: Wreck of the Cynthia)
46. School for Crusoes (aka: School for Robinsons)
47. Sea Serpent (aka: Tales of Jean-Marie Cabidoulin)
48. Second Year Ashore (pt 2: Two Years Vacation)
49. Secret of the Island (pt of 2 Mysterious Island)
50. Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
51. Show on Ice (pt 2: Caesar Cascabel)
52. Southern Star Mystery
53. Sun in Eclipse (pt 1: Fur Country)
54. Texar the Southerner (pt 2: North Against South)
55. Through the Bering Straight (pt 2: Fur Country)
56. Tigers and Traitors (pt 2: Steam House)
57. Travelling Circus (pt 1: Caesar Cascabel)
58. Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman
59. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
60. Unwilling Dictator (pt 2: Castaways of the Jonathan)
61. Village in the Treetops
62. Wilderness of Ice (pt 2: Captain Hatteras)
63. Yesterday and Tomorrow
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A Complete Set includes these 10 titles:
- Begum's Fortune
- Carpathian Castle
- City in the Sahara
- Demon of Cawnpore
- For the Flag
- Hunt for the Meteor
- Into the Niger Bend
- Tigeers and Traitors
- Village in the Treetops
- Yesterday and Tomorrow
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Fitzroy Edition: I O Evans Editor
Ed: I suppose I would call this the U.K. version of the Ace paperbacks!
Panther Books Ltd.
108 Brompton Road, London, S.W.3.
Printed in Great Britan by Cox and Wyman Ltd.,
London, Reading and Fakeham
Books in this Series:
- Carpathian Castle
- Black Diamonds
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym
- Propeller Island
- Wilhelm Storitz
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NEW FAITHFUL TRANSLATIONS OF JULES VERNE'S WORKS BELOW
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Walter James Miller Translations
Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers
In 1976 and 1978, Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers, published 2 volumes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Freom the Earth to the Moon, which were LANDMARK books that brought to the publics attention the disservice that was made to Jules Verne by poor translations.
They have been republished and updated a few times:
These are the Walter James Miller translations:
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1976 Hardcover-DJ)
Thomas Y. Crowell Publisher
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1977-8 Paperback)
Meridian - New American Library
- From the Earth to the Moon (1978 Hardcover-DJ)
Thomas Y. Crowell Publisher
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1993 Hardcover-DJ)
with Frederick Paul Walter - US Naval Institue Press
- From the Earth to the Moon (1995 Hardcover-DJ)
Updated Edition - Gramercy Books
Notes on Dustjacket: of the 1976 edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea has been in print in English for more than a century, but only now, with the appearance of this restored and annotated version, is it possible for the English-reading audience to appreciate the true greatness of this classic novel.
By comparing the standard translation from which almost all current editions of this book are derived against Verne's original French text, Walter James Miller has made a series of remarkable discoveries that put this novel -- and Verne himself -- in a totally new light. The standard translation, it is now revealed, amounted to a literary hatchet job: The full text of the book, as presented here, is some 23 percent longer than the version which most readers are familiar. Just as important: Virtually all the scientific and other errors that dot the standard text, and which sharp-eyed critics have delighted in finding, now turn out to have been the translator's fault, not Verne's.
Jules Verne did not say that Ned land could light a fire by holding a lentil up to the sun. A lentil? Consider how many millions of readers have puzzled over that. Acutally Ned used a lentille, meaning in French either the vegetable or a lens -- and the "translator" somehow managed to make the wrong choice!
Jules Verne did not make the mistake (as accused in a famous attack in Galaxy Magazine_ of implying that steel is lighter than water. In reality, he said the density of the plates of Captain Nemo's submarine, the Nautilus, was "seven and eight-tenths that of water," not, as the standard stranslation has it, ".7 to .8" of water.
Jules Verne did not confuse "channels" and "canals," "degrees" and "Date," "bell" and "clock," etc., etc., etc.
Science-fiction fans, in other words, owe the Founding Father a great big appology!
Jules Verne -- as the complete, annotated text makes abundantly clear -- is also a far better, more sophisticated writer than a reader of the standard translation could ever guess. Besides making one scientific blooper after another, the original translator, a British parson, omitted many superb scenes, cut out important passages of background information and characterization, mangled the author's best jokes, and soft-pedaled Verne's political and philisophical views, with which the parson and his collaborator (Miller's detective work suggests a helping hand) seemingly disagreed.
For years, while Vernehas been dismissed in the English-speaking world as a children's author, Continental Europeans -- readers and critics alike -- have taken him more seriously. Now we can see why. Verne was an astute psychologist, who created his characters out of flesh and blood, not cardboard, as is usually thought. Moreover, it now appears his social thinking was as advanced as his scientific ideas. In an imperialistic age, Verne was concerned not only with the treatment of primitive peoples, but with the burgeoning power of what today we call the military-industrial comples; Nemo himself lives out the principles of philosophical anarchism. Verne also foresaw the smoldering of French seperatism in Canada, the rebirth of China, and the rise of the American Goliath -- allthis in addition to his scientific prophecies, ranging from the use of electric "stun guns" to the ecological problems that would be caused by hunting the whale and other sea creatures to extinction.
The complete, restored text of this edition has been supplemented by a foreward intriducing Berne and sketching his life, by an afterward in which his work is reappraised, and by some 600 annotations. The latter include notes on the translator's omissions; on the restored passages; on topical and scientific references in the novel; on Verne's autobiographical references; on his literary maneuvers and relations with other writers. Among the 150 illustrations are 23 from the original French edition.
The full text of this classic work, as presented here is this annotated edition, is in every way a fuller, richer, more rewarding novel than the crudely abridged translation, so long presented in its place. It is a veritable feast, one that will delight all readers -- new ones who never read Verne bfore, as well as legions of established Verne fans, who will now enjoy him more than ever.
Walter James Miller -- writer, critic, radio interviewer, poet -- is a professor at New York University."
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1998-2015
Bison Frontiers of Imagination Series
University of Nebraska Press
Lincoln and London
Series titles include:
- The Chase of the Golden Meteor (1998)
- The Meteor Hunt (2006)
- Lighthouse at the End of the World (2007)
- The Golden Volcano (2008)
- The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (2011)
- Magellania (2013)
- The Self-Propelled island (2015)
according to University of Nebraska Press website: "We are no longer accepting submissions for this series, which is inactive."
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Wesleyan University Press
Edited by Arthur B. Evans
Series titles include:
- The Mysterious Island
- Invasion of the Sea
- The Mighty Orinoco
- The Begum's Millions
- Kip Brothers
- Travel Scholarships
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Robur the Conqueror
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2005-2011
Luath Press Limited
This may not really be considered a "series" BUT The Luath Press Ltd, has been publishing NEW translations of Jules Verne books related to Scotland, so I am including it here.
Luath Press Limited
343/2 Castlehill
The Royal Mile
Edinburgh EH1 2ND,
Scotland
Series titles include:
- The Undergouond City, Set underneath Lock Katrine (2005)
translated by Sarah Crozier (Title listing)
- The Green Ray, Set in Argyll and the Inner Hebrides (2009)
translated by Karen Loukes
- The Blockade Runners, Set in Glascow and Charleston (2017)
translated by Karen Loukes
- Jules Verne's Scotland, In Fact and Fiction (2011) by Ian Thompson
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published by BearManor Media
Albany, Georgia
Edited by Brian Taves
Series titles include:
- The Marriage of a Marquis
- Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson
- Mr. Chimp and Other Plays
- The Count of Chanteleine: A Tale of the French Revolution
- Vice, Redemption and the Distant Colony
- Around the World in 80 Days - The 1874 Play
- Bandits & Rebels
- Golden Danube
- A Priest in 1835
- The Castles of California
- Scheherazade’s Last Night and Other Plays
- Worlds Known and Unknown
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