Jules Verne: Book: Adventures of 3 Englishmen and 3 Russians / Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais- ANash

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Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais
dans L'Afrique australe - 1872

Adventures of 3 Russians and 3 Englishmen in South Africa - 1872

[Voyages Extraordinaires #9 - 1 Volume - L'Afrique]

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Alternate English Titles:

Adventures in Southern Africa
Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth

Adventures of 3 Englishmen and 3 Russians in South Africa

Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians

Stories of Adventure: Meridiana & Journey to the Center of the Earth

Measuring a Meridian

Meridiana or Adventures in South Africa

Meridiana: the Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians
Three Russians and Three Englishmen

Plot Synopsis (courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)

Three Englishman (Colonel Everest, Sir John Murray and William Emery) and three Russians (Matthew Strux, Nicholas Palander and Michael Zorn) and their guide, a bushman named Mokoum, set out to measure the arc of a meridian in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. Everything is going well, until war is declared between England & Russia.

Book Collecting Information:

First UK Serial:

Volume 9
Start

Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
April 1872 (April) to
St James Magazine and United Empire Review
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle,
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, E.C.
London (Edinburgh and Dublin)

Volume 9 New Series, April 1872 to September 1872
contains chapter 1, starting page 281 to Chapter 9 ending on page 659

Note 1: The magazine does not mention the authors name, Jules Verne, anywhere!?

Note 2: the Frontice illustration, is actually place at the beginning of the previous story in the magazine, "A United Empire"!

First UK Editon:

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
1873 (published November 1872)
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
London

Pictorial brown cloth
Publisher's 48 page catalogue

First UK
Edition
American Issue
* see description

1st Uk Edition, but modified for American market, with the Welford imprint.

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
1873
Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
New York
(Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
London)

These were bound from the Sampson Low sheets, with a Scribner title page inserted (which mentions Sampson Low!)

First US Edition:

Reverse of Title Page
(2 titles listed)

Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
1874
Scribner, Armstrong and Company (654 Broadway)
New York

Pictorial Brown and Green cloth
48 Illustrations
variant A: Two (2) Verne titles on reverse of title page (and those titles don't include THIS one)
The Books in the ad being:
- A Journey to the Moon and a Trip Around It
- A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

2 pp undated adverts at rear of the book

Other Editions:

1874 Page 1	Meridiana: Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth 1874 Henry L. Shepard & Co. Boston in wraps Illustrated by Ferat
1874	Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth 1874 (2nd American Edition) Henry L. Shepard & Co. Boston
1874 Reverse of Title Page (3 titles listed)	*Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa* 1874 Scribner, Armstrong and Company New York Pictorial Brown and Green cloth 48 Illustrations variant B: Three (3) Verne titles on reverse of title page, with an Authorized Caution. Those titles being: -Meridiana -From the Earth to the Moon -A Journey to the Centre of the Earth variant C: Six (6) Verne titles on reverse of title page 2 pp undated adverts at rear of the book
1874	*Stories of Adventure* (includes:Adventures of 3 Englishmen... + Journey to the Centre of the Earth) 1874 Scribner Armstrong & Co New York
1875	Meridiana, Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1875 Sampson Low London
1876	Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1876 Sampson Low London
1879	The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1879 (Third Edition, with numerouos illustrations) Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, London 50 illustrations translated by: Ellen E Frewer This volume does not immediately seem special. It is a later Sampson printing. and it is NOT in its original binding. BUT It is the rebinding that makes it special to me and my collection. When you look at the leather spine, you will see that it is from the Library of Parliament, Canada The top of the spine has an image of a Beaver, with a log and a maple leaf, and the lower part of the spine had Library of parliament in an oval with Canada in the center. The front and back boards are marvelously marbled AND the edges of the book, though not gilt, are also beautifully marbled (top, side and bottom) to match the cover and the end papers! There are NO markings inside to indicate is was from the Library of Parliament! I add this book proudly to my Canadian Jules Verne Collection. Endpapers Collection Andrew Nash
	Three Russians and Three Englishmen nd? George Routledge and Sons London Every Boys' Library Interesting! First time I have seen the "Russians" first! Note: the gilt banner reproduces, in miniature, the Frontis of the Hippo Attack!
	Three Russians and Three Englishmen nd? George Routledge and Sons Broadway, Ludgate Hill London 9 Lafayette Place New York Jules Verne Library
nd circa 1890	Adventures of Three Englishmen & Three Russians nd-circa 1890 George Routledge and Sons, Limited Ludgate Hill, London Broadway, New York Glascow and Manchester
nd - inscr 1893	Three Englishmen and Three Russians nd George Routledge and Sons Limited London Seen inscribed Dec 25, 1893 Routledge Set - Olive Branch Green and Blue shown
nd (inscr 1891)	Three Englishmen and Three Russians nd (inscr1891) Routledge London
nd	Adventures of 3 Englishmen and 3 Russians nd George Routledge London Six Penny Novel, in wraps Image Courtesy of Dana Eales
1892	Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1892 Sampson Low London
1892	*The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa* 1892 Sampson Low, Marston & Company London 191 pages Author's Illustrated Edition Image and listing information provided by Dana Eales Pears Soap Edition description
1895	Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1895 Sampson Low London
1896	Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa 1896 Sampson Low, Marston and Co London 1st image courtesy of Dana Eales
	Adventures in Southern Africa xx xx xx
1910	The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians nd (circa 1910) George Routledge London
nd (circa 1910)	Adventures in Southern Africa nd (circa1910) Hutchinson London
nd (circa 1915)	The Adventures of Three Englishmen nd (circa 1915) Sampson Low Marston + Co London
	The Adventures of Three Englishmen nd SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO London Sampson Low Celestial Title in Black Cover Celestial Gilt Spine Gilt Spine Title Black
	The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians nd Sampson Low London Dustjacket shown
	Adventures in Southern Africa nd Hutchison London
1964	Measuring a Meridian 1964 Associated Booksellers Westport, Conn Fitzroy Edition Collection Andrew Nash
1964	Measuring a Meridian 1964 Associated Booksellers Westport, Conn Fitzroy Edition Collection Andrew Nash
	Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth 2001 Fredonia Books NL 232 pages Published: January 2001 See/Buy this book now at Amazon.ca