Un Capitaine de quinze ans - 1878
A Captain of Fifteen Years - 1878
Image used with permission from
Project Jules Verne Illustrations by Bernhard Krauth, www.jules-verne-club.de
Bibliographic
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French
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Jules Verne
Encyclopedia
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Myers
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Galagher
Bibliography
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CQ
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V018
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M15
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A44
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Alternate English Titles:
A Captain at Fifteen
Boy Captain: Adventures on Land and Sea
Captain at Fifteen
Dick Sand, or a Captain at Fifteen
Dick Sands, or the Boy Captain
Plot Synopsis:
(courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)
A whale hunt in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and the Americas ends in tragedy and Dick Sands, as the only surviving crew member becomes Captain, a fifteen years of age. Not possessing the full skills of a sailor, Dick tries to get the ship east to the South American coast. However, the cook on board the ship has plans of his own and manages to get the ship diverted to eventually reach land in the country of Angola on the continent of Africa. The cook's plans involving killing Dick and selling the other passengers of the ship into slavery.
Book Collecting Information:
Hetzel Editions: |
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First UK Editon
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Dick Sands, The Boy Captain
1879
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
London
Translated by: Ellen E Frewer
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First US Edition (only 20 illustrations)
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Dick Sand; or A Captain at Fifteen
1878 (publ. November 1878)
George Munro Publisher
17 to 27 Vandewater Street, New York
20 engravings
2 pages of adverts at the back titled "Munro's Elementry School Books"
Facing the copyright page is a list of 17 Verne titles published
in the Seaside Library, listing #131 Michael Strogoff as the
last entry
Green cloth
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First US Edition in Wraps
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Dick Sand; or A Captain at Fifteen - Part 2
1878 (publ. November 1878)
George Munro Publisher
17 to 27 Vandewater Street, New York
Seaside Library Edition
Vol XXI No. 414
Single Number
Image Courtesy of Dana Eales
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First US Fully Illustrated
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Dick Sands, or the Boy Captain
1879 (publ. December 1878)
Charles Scribners Sons
New York
91 illustrations + Fronticepiece
Translated by Ellen E. Frewer
Fully illustrated
A copy seen with a March 1879 presentation inscription
Illustration page 201 is missing in ALL copies, as there is NO illustration matching "Halt for the Night" (The same error is also in the "Uniform Edition" of Dick Sands, by Scribners!)
Collector's Note:
There is an error in the "List of Illustrations".It lists an illustration "Halt for the Night" at page 201.
The illustrations in this book are part of the pagination. i.e. illustration "Cousin Benedict....Page 7" is actually Page 7 of the book. (Text on page 6, illustration page 7, blank back of illustration is page 8, and page 9 is text again.)
There is NO missing page 201. There is text on page 201 and text on page 202.
Coincidentally, the illustration on page 221, is named "A halt was made for night beneath a grove of lofty trees". This is very similar to the title of the missing 201, "Halt for the Night".
Lastly, there is no "Halt for the Night" illustration in the French editions.
These is NO missing illustration.
Red copy, Collection Andrew Nash
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Other Editions:
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1879
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Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"This work also appeared in the Boy's Own as The Boy Captain: A Tale of Adventure by Land and Sea in annual volume 2, which covered the period from October 1879 through September 1880."
Boy's Own
The Boy Captain: A Tale of Adventure by Land and Sea
1879 (October) to 1880 (September)
Volume 2
Boy's Own Paper / The Boy's Own Annual
London
Noted in Brown and Green
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1881
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Dick Sands The Boy Captain
1881
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Translated by Ellen E. Frewer
Second Edition
Illustrated
Images courtesy of Andrew Cox Rare Books
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1882
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Dick Sands or The Boy Captain
Part 1 and 2 in same volume
1882
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
Part 2 has a title page, 1882 also
Author's Illustrated Edition
Gilt Banner - Pears-Like Edition
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1882
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Dick Sands or The Boy Captain
Part 1 and 2 in same volume
1882
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
Part 2 has a title page, 1882 also
Author's Illustrated Edition
383 pages
14 Illustrations
Pears Soap Edition description
image and listing information courtesy of David Linton
Collection Andrew Nash
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Dick Sands or The Boy Captain, Part 1
1882
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
Jules Verne's Works
Low's Authorized & Illustrated Edition
This is Part 1, but previous owner has tried to modify the I to a II! on the cover
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1882
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Dick Sands or The Boy Captain, Part 2
1882
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
Jules Verne's Works
Low's Authorized & Illustrated Edition
Images Courtesy of Dana Eales
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1882
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Dick Sands or The Boy Captain
Part 1 and 2 in same volume
1882
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
Part 2 has a title page, 1882 also
Author's Illustrated Edition
Pears Soap Edition
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1883 ?
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Dick Sand; A Captain at Fifteen
1883
George Munro Publishers
17 to 27 Vandewater St
New York
Seaside Library Pocket Edition - Rose Cover - No. 87
Double Number
Price 10 Cents
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1886
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Dick Sands or the Boy Captain
1886
Charles Scribners Sons
New York
Uniform Edition
Illustrated
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1891
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Dick Sands
1891
Sampson Low
London |
1893
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Dick Sand:
or A Captain at Fifteen
1893
Geo Munro's Sons Publishers
17 to 27 Vandewater St.
New York
October 15
25 Cents
No. 87
Seaside Library Pocket Edition - Navy Banner Cover
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nd
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Dick Sand, or the Boy Captain
nd
Hust
New York |
nd
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Dick Sand
nd
A L Burt
New York
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1908
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Dick Sands or The Boy Captain
1908
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Scribner's Uniform Edition
Known Publication Dates:
1886 - includes map before Chapter 1
1893 Low-Hi-Low U
1902
1908 Low-Hi-Low U Reverse
Size: 208mm x 150mm
92 illustrations + Title image
+ Map (only 1886 edition *)
Note: image in List of Illustrations for page 201 does not exist in any edition!
Pages numbered 1 to 486
Note: illustrations are included in overall page numbering (ie image facing page 329 IS page 328 and with page 327 being the blank reverse of 328)
Ad: No
Uniform Edition on Title page: Yes
Spine Scroll = Low-Hi-Low
Cover Top Scroll = Reverse
* Important Note:
There is an 1886 edition in Red, that has an East Africa map!
The fold out map of Africa is right before the 1st page of Chapter 1 text.
This is odd because the Scribners 1st US edition of this title does not have a map. Neither does the Uniform Edition of 1893 or 1908.
The map IS in the Sampson Low 1st edition.
Is the 1886 Uniform edition of Dick Sands the only US edition with the map?
(Map information provided by B Kutzera)
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Dick Sand
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A L Burt
New York
Explorers Climbing Series
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Dick Sand
nd
A L Burt
New York
Canoe Series
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Dick Sand
nd
A L Burt
New York
Shown with and without Dustjacket
Famous Books of Adventure
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nd - circa 1915
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Dick Sands
nd
Sampson Low, Marston & Company
London
316 pages
Sampson Low Celestial
Title in Black
Cover Celestial in Colour
(Like Red or Gray)
Spine in Matching colour
Spine Title Black
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Dick Sands
nd SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY LTD
London
ILLUSTRATED
NEW EDITION
All rights reserved
Cover: Authorized Copyright Edition
316 pages
Sampson Low Celestial Spine
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A Captain at Fifteen
? Street & Smith Publishers
New York
New World Library No. 101(?) .. 15 Cents
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1976
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Captain at Fifteen
1976
A Golden Grasshopper, Abelard-Shuman London
Cover says: A Grasshopper Book
Appears to be translated by Berghs Forlag, and incorrectly claims to be the 1st English translation!!!
Published in Paperback, and Hardcover with dustjacket!
Printed in Hungary!
Shown in Dustjacket (Paperback, same cover)
Paperback Collection Andrew Nash
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