L'Île mystérieuse - 1875
Les Naufragés de l'air (Pt 1) - 1874
L'Abandonné(Pt 2) - 1875
Le Secret de l'île(Pt 3) - 1875
Mysterious Island - 1874
Illustrations de Férat
 
Images used with permission from
Project Jules Verne Illustrations by Bernhard Krauth, www.jules-verne-club.de
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Original hand drawn by Verne)
carte de L'Ile Lincoln / Lincoln Island map
Bibliographic
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French
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Jules Verne
Encyclopedia
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Myers
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Galagher
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Alternate English Titles:
Mysterious Island (The)
Abandoned (Part 2 of 3)
Dropped From the Clouds (Part 1 of 3 Var. A)
Secret of the Island (The) (Part 3 of 3)
Wrecked in the Air (Part 1 of 3 Var. B)
During the American Civil war, five men:, Captain Cyrus Smith, an engineer; Gédéon (Gideon) Spilett, a reporter; Pencroff a sailor; Harbert (Herbert), a student; Nab (Neb) a cook and Smith's dog Top escape the siege of Richmond, Virginia by balloon. The balloon was launched during a great storm; the wind from the storm blows the balloon and its six passengers on a 6,000 mile journey. They manage to make it to an island, which they determine is in the South Pacific Ocean. Everyone is accounted for except their natural leader Smith and his dog. The engineer and his dog are found under mysterious circumstances, but it is just the first of the island's many mysteries. Through the use of the engineer's vast knowledge, their wits, courage and the occasional help of an unknown force, the men begin to turn this island into their new home. When they complete a small boat, they are able to journey to a nearby island and add another member to their island's population. That man they eventually find out is named Ayrton, who was left on the nearby island for his involvement in the affair of the "Children of Captain Grant" (1868). The castaways survive an invasion by pirates, but their mysterious benefactor later reveals himself to them. Captain Nemo tells them his history and that they may not be able to survive the next attack. That next attack is from the island itself as the island's volcano has begun to stir from its hibernation.
NOTE: The stories Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant (1868), Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (1870) and this story are all part of a trilogy, with Ayrton and Captain Nemo being the linking characters. Unfortunately, for reasons yet unknown, but probably because this linkage wasn't planned out in advance, the timelines for the three stories are inconsistent. This story takes place near the end of the American Civil War in 1865 and for the two years following; Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers takes place in 1866 and Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant takes place in 1864. Don't try to resolve these discrepancies because it is impossible.
Book Collecting Information:
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First UK Serial
Page 1 of Vol 13

Illustr after pg 64 ....... Chapter IV, pg 65
Volume 13 at U of Illinois, Internet Archive
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The Mysterious Island
1874 (March) -1875 St Jame's Magazine and United Empire Review
Messrs. Sampson Low and CO.
188, Fleet-street
London
Volume 12, October (73) to March 1874, has chapter 1 (March 1874)
Volume 13, April to September 1874, has Chapter IV (4) on Page 65 (illustration opposite), and finshes with Chapter XVII (17) ending page 558, with an illustration opposite.
Published in serial form in St Jame's Magazine, starting in March 1874. The Magazine is published Bi-Monthly.
The March issue contained "the opening chapters" as per a small article in "The Derby Mercury", March 25, 1874:
"The numbers of St. Jame's Magazine for the present year show a marked advance in the right direction...Altogether we never were so satisfied with the tone of St Jame's, as we have been this year. The March number contains the opening chapters of a new story, "The Mysterious Island," by M. Verne, wich exhibits the wonderful fertility of imagination possessed by the writer."
An Ad for the first appearance in "The Morning Post", Feb 28, 1874:

and another Ad for this publication from "The Morning Post", London, Aug 28, 1874, as the story continues:

and a paragraph from the 1875 Christmas St James' Magazine
Readers of this magazine will be glad to learn that The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne, is now published, in three volumes, by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, with all the original illustrations, and that the volumes may be had singly. As so large a part of the work appeared in our own pages, it does not become us to speak of its merits beyond saying that the thrid volume equals in interest, dramatic power, and scientific knowledge the portion with which our readers are aquanted. As a book for boys, The Mysterious Island deserves to be as popular as otheer works by the same writer. The translator is Mr. W. H. G. Kingson.
Hathititrust
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First US Serial

above Vol IX, Dec 1874, No 2

above, beginning of "Chapter First"
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The Mysterious Island
Nov 1873 to April 1876
Scribner's Monthly
Scribner & Co.
New York
A notice in Vol VII reads:
Same issue: Page 755
TOPICS OF THE TIME.
Jules Verne's New Story.
We have provided for our readers a rare treat in the story by JULES VERNE, which we begin with the present issue. It is to be well translated from the French periodical in which it appears, and will be brilliantly illustrated by the original engravings.The American public has familiarized itself with the exquisitely ingenious works of this author, and the French publisher, in his preface to the new story" The Mysterious Island "declares it to be the best book he has written.
From this preface we gather that M. Verne is not content with De Foe's Robinson Crusoe, and Wyss' Swiss Family Robinson. They did well enough for simple, unscientific times, but now it is necessary to show how scientific castaways can manage to live, without a vessel to break up, and convenient domestic animals at hand, with other necessaries which " turn up," always at the right time. This will give the author his finest field, and the curious reader cannot fail to be immensely interested. The story will not be less attractive from the fact that the characters start from America in a balloon, and are American,at least as American as Jules Verne can make them.
Vol VII |
Nov 1873 to April 1874 |
April 1874 - Volume VII, No. 6
Part I
The Mysterious Island, Chapter First, (pg 722) 1 illustration,"The Hurricane of 1865 -- Cries in the Air -- A Balloon Carried Away in a Water Spout -- Five Passengers -- What Took Place in a Balloon Car." 1 illustration, Ch. II (pg 726) 1 illustrations, Ch. III (pg 730) 1 illustration
- 1 installment, page 722
viewabale / readable here at Hathitrust
(Listed as The Century illustrated monthly magzzine v7 1873-1874 Nov-Apr)
Also Viewable here
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Vol VIII |
May 1874 to Oct 1874 |
Part I
The Mysterious Island, Ch. IV (pg 49) 3 illustrations, Ch. V (pg 204) 3 illustrations, Ch. VI (pg 209), Ch. VII (pg 284) 4 illustrations, Ch. VIII (pg 290), Ch. IX (pg 412) 4 illustrations, Ch. X (pg 418), Ch. XI (p. 574) 2 illustrations, Ch. XII (pg 669) 2 illustrations
- 6 installments, pages 49, 204, 284, 412, 574, 669
viewabale / readable here at Hathitrust
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Vol IX |
Nov 1874 to April 1875 |
Part I
The Mysterious Island, Ch. XIII (pg 61) 2 illustrations, Ch. XIV (pg 67), Ch. XV (pg 158) 3 illustrations, Ch. XVI (pg 162), Ch. XVII (pg 342), Ch. (pg343) 1 illustration, Ch. XIX (pg 346), Ch. XX (pg 347) 1 illustration, Ch XXI (pg 349), Ch. XXII (pg 351) 1 illustration,
Part II - Ch. I (pg 439) 1 illustration, Ch. II (pg 441) 2 illustrations, Ch III (pg 445) 2 illustrations, Ch. IV (pg 597), Ch. V (pg 599) 1 illustrations, Ch VI (pg 602) 3 illustrations, Ch. VII (pg 711) 1 illustration
-6 installments, pages 61, 158, 342, 439, 597, 711
Vol IX, No 2 - Dec 1874 has Ch XV and XVI
viewabale / readable here at Hathitrust
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Vol X |
May 1875 to Oct 1875 |
Part II
The Mysterious Island, Ch. VIII (pg 46) 2 illustrations, Ch. IX (pg 48), Ch. X (pg 50), Ch XI (pg 149) 1 illustration, Ch XII (pg 470) 1 illustration, Ch XIII (pg 552) 1 illustration, Ch. XIV (pg 770), Ch. XV (pg 772), Ch. XVI (pg 772), Ch. XVII (pg 773), Ch. XVIII (pg 774), Ch. XIX (pg 776), Ch XX (pg 776), End of Part II
- 5 installments, pages 46, 149, 470, 552, 770
viewabale / readable here at Hathitrust
and also Viewable here
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Vol XI |
Nov 1875 to April 1876 |
The Secret of the Island (Part III)
The Mysterious Island, Ch I (pg 703) 1 illustration, Ch. II (pg 704) 1 illustration, Ch III (pg 706), Ch. IV (pg 788) 1 illustration, Ch V (pg 710) 1 illustration, Ch VI (pg 866), Ch. VII (pg 866), Ch. VIII (pg 867), Ch. IX (pg 868), Ch. X (pg 868), Ch. XI (pg 869), Ch XII (pg 871), The End
- 2 installments, pages 703, 866
viewable / readable here in Google Books: or view at Hathitrust
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Scribners April, 1876, concludes Mysterious Island:
"Jules Verne's Mysterious Island reaches a conclusion in this number - the colonists being rescued from the mysterious island by a yacht and returned to their native lands."
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First UK Editon - 1874/1875:


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Part 1:
The Mysterious Island: Dropped from the Clouds
1875
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
Crown Building,
London
viii, 310pages, 40; ;
Translated by W.H.G. Kingston
40 pages of adverts at end of book dated February 1875
Gilt Edges
Pictorial Blue cloth
(2 images shown)
Part 2:
The Mysterious Island:-Abandoned
1875
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
Crown Building,
London
viii, 304pages
Translated by W.H.G. Kingston
40 pages of adverts at end of book dated February 1875
Pictorial Brown cloth
Part 3:
The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
1875
Sampson Low
London
viii, 299pages, iii,
40 pp. Publisher's Catalogue
Pictorial Green cloth
Translated by W.H.G. Kingston
An ad in a Sept 13, 1875 newspaper (The Morning Post) says that
vol 1 and vol 2 are "ready" and vol 3 "nearly ready".
You can find many reviews in newspapers of the time that caution that the 3 volumes should all be purchased, like the below ad that says:
"N.B. The above three volumes are sold serarately, but as they really form one intensely interesting, continuous story, readers are respectfully recommended to obtain them all at once, or in the order in which they are given above."

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Mysterious Island: Wrecked in the Air
1875
Scribner Armstrong and Co
654 Broadway,
New York
Seen with inscriptions:
Nov 1874 & Dec 25, 1874

The Authorized Edition
48 illustrations
At the front of the book, certification by Hetzel and Co.
At the back of the book, 1 page of adverts
Advertisement after the title page.
Note: This is only Part 1...the remainder was not published in this format!
The text is arranged in double-column format (like a newspaper!)
Noted in Red/Rust and Green cloth with gilt lettering
"Inscribed Nov '74" Collection Andrew Nash
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First US Edition (in parts) - Scribner Armstrong
Part 1 - Dropped Freom the Clouds - 1875
Part 2 - Abandoned - 1875
Part 3 - The Secret of tje Island - 1876:

 
 
 


YES, if you wanted all 3 1st editions in Green, that was possible
Green set available at Attic Books

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Part 1:
The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
1875
Scribner, Armstrong & CO.,
743-745 Broadway.
New York
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
Information and title image courtesy of Rob Mahrt

Part 2:
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
1875
Scribner, Armstrong & CO.,
743-745 Broadway.
New York
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
49 illustrations.
2, viii, 304pgs
8 pp. publisher's catalogue
Ed: List of illustrations calls for illustration pg 22, "Flotsam and Jetsam". This illustration is KNOWN to be missing from the 1st and 2nd edition volumes by Scribner.
Here is a comment by bookseller "Cat's Curiosities", Pahrump, NV:
"...Of the 50 illustrations called for, the one itemized at page 238 has been transposed to appear as the frontispiece, as always, and one is missing, that being "Flotsam and Jetsam," called for at page 22, which is also missing from our first edition. As we can spot no sign that said plate has been removed from either copy, we conclude it was never included, and that its absence is "as made."..."
Collection Andrew Nash
Part 3:
The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
1876 Scribner, Armstrong & CO.,
743-745 Broadway.
New York
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
Some images courtesy of Rob Mahrt
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1st UK COMPLETE in 1 Volume - 1876
YES THIS VOLUME EXISTS!!!!

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*** This book not listed in the Jules Verne Encyclopedia ***
Ed: YES. Amazingly TRUE This is the little known 1st UK Complete in 1 part Edition, dated 1876
THIS is a massive book
The Mysterious Island
1876
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle
Crown Building,
London

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1st US COMPLETE in 1 Volume - 1876
Variant A - Robinson

 
Another Copy

 
and a Blue Copy!
 
 
 
 
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1st US Complete in 1 part Edition - "The Modern Robinson Crusoe":


The Mysterious Island
The Modern Robinson Crusoe
1876 Scribner, Armstrong, & Co.
New York
Variant A, The top of cover says: The Modern Robinson Crusoe
The Title page is identical to the next variant
including the line that reads: The Modern Robinson Crusoe
Noted in: Brick, Green, Blue
Title Page says:
The
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
The Modern Robinson Crusoe
By Jules Verne
Author of "A Journey to the Center of the Earth," "From the Earth to the Moon," "The Floating City," ETC
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
Complete in Three Parts
I, Dropped from the Clouds II. Abandoned
III. Secret of the Island
145 Illustrations
New York:
Scribner, Armstrong, & Co.
743-745 Broadway.
1876
Earliest sighting of an ad for this "all in 1" volume, is March 22, 1876, in "Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", page 4
and states:
Jules Verne's Last - The Mysterious Island, the Modern Robinson Crusoe
Fully illustrated. Price .. $3.00
Below is an Ad for this volume, touting 1200 Pages!
(St Louis Post Dispatch, Apr 7, 1876):

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1st US COMPLETE in 1 Volume - 1876
Variant B - Plain, "No Robinson"
Brick Cover.................................Blue Cover

Green Cover
 
 
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1st US Complete in 1 part Edition - NO "The Modern Robinson Crusoe":


The Mysterious Island
The Modern Robinson Crusoe
1876 Scribner, Armstrong, & Co.
New York
Variant B, The top of cover is plain.
It does NOT says The Modern Robinson Crusoe
The Title page is identical to the previous variant
including the line that reads: The Modern Robinson Crusoe
Ed: there is no indication which variant was published first
I suppose, since both TITLE pages include "The Modern Robinson Crusoe" that Variant B came first, with NO Crusoe on the cover, and then they added Crusoe to the cover to make Variant A?
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1875 - in Wraps

  


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The Mysterious Island.
Part First.
Shipwrecked in the Air
1875
Henry L Shepard & Co.
Successors to Shepard and Gill
Boston
with 42 Illustrations
Price, 25 Cents
Henry L Shepard also published 2 other "in Wraps" volumes around the same time:
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (nd) & Meridiana (1874)

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The Mysterious Island: Shipwrecked in the Air 1875 (copyrighted October 1874) Henry L Shepard and Company
Successors to Shepard and Gill
Boston
This was an "unauthorized edition"

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1875 |
??? I have been unable to verify this!!! and I have searched St Nicholas Magazine***
Abandoned (Mysterious Island)
1876 (February?)
St Nicholas (Magazine):
Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys
Scribner & Co., New York and
Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London
"handsomely bound and illustrated"
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1876
  Below: Inside cover and Title page (Example 1)
 Below: Page 1 showing double columns and Ads opposite (Example 2)
 Below: "The End" on page 196 and Lincoln Island map opposite (Example 2)
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"Jules Verne's Latest Story"
The Mysterious Island:
with a Map of the Island and a Full Glossary 1876 - inscribed June 16, 1876
Office of "The Evening Telegraph," 108 South Third St.
Philadelphia
Price 25 cents
Stephen W. White translation
"Evening Telegraph" Reprint
Translated Expressly for "The Evening Telegraph"
and reprinted from the columns of that Journal
I have seen images of 3 examples. 2 of the examined copies have the Mysterious Island Map in different places.
Example 1: Missing the ad page before the Title page
Example 2: Missing the ad page before the Title page
Example 3: Double-sided Ad page present after the cover
Here is the known pagination of this book, based on Example 3, from the collection of Andrew Nash:
- Cover with Pensylvania Railroad Co. ad on reverse
- Ad: Curwen Stoddart & Brother's with Sunnyside Fire-Place Heater, Stuart, Peterson and Co ad on reverse
- Title Page (1876) with Sheafer & Co. on reverse
- *** Example 3: has a blank page (with June 1876 inscription) and the Mysterious Island Map on the reverse, with the text: See Glossary on pages 197 and 198 below the map.
- *** Example 2 and 3 then have page 1 of the story
- Example 1, 2 and 3 have Mysterious Island story end on page 196
- Example 2 then has the Mysterious Island Map and a blank page on the reverse
- Example 2 and 3 then have page 197 & 198, the Glossary.
- Moore, York and Howell ad, with Price & Wood ad on reverse
- Clydes ... India Steamers ad, with Marvin's Safe Co on reverse
- Example 3 ends with a B K Jameson & Co. ad, with a blank page on the reverse.
- ALL known examples are missing the Back Cover
Ed: I make the hypothesis that the correct Map placement should be at the beginning of the book. All versions of the map, have the text "See Glossary on pages 197 and 198". Having this text on the bottom of the page, does not make a lot of sense if the map is placed just before the Glossary. It makes more sense if the Map is at the front of the story, and the readers are directed to the back of the book for the Glossary!
BUT an ad ends:
"Appended to the reprint of "The Mysterious Island" is a map of the island and a full glossary of all the difficult terms used by the author."
Example 3 - Map at front - Collection Andrew Nash
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1876
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The Mysterious Island
1876
Household Words Publishing Co
Boston |
1876
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The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
copyright 1876
Sampson Low
London
undated ?
Pictorial Green cloth
Translated by W.H.G. Kingston
This is 1 year after the Sampson Low 1st edition.
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The Mysterious Island
1876 Donnelley, Loyd & Company
Chicago
Lakeside Library
Complete in 1 volume
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Part 1:
The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
1876
Scribner Armstrong and Co
New York
1 year after the Scribner 1st edition
Dropped title image courtesy of Rob Mahrt
Part 2:
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
1876
Scribner Armstrong and Co
New York
Ed: List of illustrations calls for illustration pg 22, "Flotsam and Jetsam". This illustration is KNOWN to be missing from the 1st and 2nd edition volumes by Scribner.
Here is a comment by bookseller "Cat's Curiosities", Pahrump, NV:
"...Of the 50 illustrations called for, the one itemized at page 238 has been transposed to appear as the frontispiece, as always, and one is missing, that being "Flotsam and Jetsa" called for at page 22, which is also missing from our first edition. As we can spot no sign that said plate has been removed from either copy, we conclude it was never included, and that its absence is "as made."..."
Collection Andrew Nash
Ed:
Part 3: The Mysterous Island: Sercret of the Island was initially published in 1876 and thus did not need to be reprinted as Part 1 and Part 2 had been.
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1876 - Serial |
Before booklet form, the Story appeared as a Serial in the Evening Telegraph
The Mysterious Island
1876
Evening Telegraph Serial
Philadelphia
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Not Shown Mysterious Island - Dropped From the Clouds
nd
George Munro Publisher
New York
Seaside Library - Vol. V. No. 9x - Single Number, Price 10 cents
Mysterious Island - The Abandoned
nd
George Munro Publisher
Nos. 17 to 27 Vandewater Street, New YorkNew York
Seaside Library - Vol. V. No. 93 - Single Number, Price 10 cents
Images courtesy of Dana Eales
Not Shown Mysterious Island - Secret of the Island
nd
George Munro Publisher
New York
Seaside Library - Vol. V. No. 97 - Single Number, Price 10 cents
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1879


  
 
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Mysterious Island (Trilogy)
Dropped From the Clouds
Abandoned
Secret of the Island
1879
Sampson Low
London
Third Edition

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The Mysterious Island:
Dropped From the Clouds
1879
Sampson Low
London
Third Edition
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The Mysterious Island:
Abandoned
1879
Sampson Low
London
Third Edition
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The Mysterious Island:
The Secret of the Island
1879
Sampson Low
London
Third Edition
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The Mysterious Island
1880 (MDCCCLXXX)
R. Worthington,
750 Broadway
New York
Frog/Tadpole Cover
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Worthington ALSO has this cover
Brown Cover Shown
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nd circa 1880
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Mysterious Island
nd circa 1880
William L Allison
New York |
nd-circa 1880
Part 2 - Abandoned

Part 3 - The Secret of the Island

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Not Shown Mysterious Island - Dropped From the Clouds
nd
George Munro Publisher
New York
Seaside Library - Vol. V. No. 9x - Single Number, Price 10 cents
Mysterious Island - The Abandoned
nd
George Munro Publisher
New York
Seaside Library - Vol. V. No. 93 - Single Number, Price 10 cents
Images courtesy of Dana Eales
Mysterious Island - Secret of the Island
nd
George Munro Publisher
New York
Seaside Library - Vol. V. No. 97 - Single Number, Price 10 cents
Images courtesy of Dana Eales
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nd, inscribed 1881

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The Mysterious Island
nd, inscribed Dec 25, 1881
John W Lovell Nos. 14 and 16 Astor Place
New York
Green Copy Collection Andrew Nash
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1882

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The Mysterious Island
1882
B Worthington
770 Broadway
New York
Same cover as above Lovell
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1883 - All 3 volumes same date

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The Mysterious Island (Part I) - Dropped from the Clouds
1883
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Author's Illustrated Edition
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
The Mysterious Island (Part II) - Abandoned
1883
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Author's Illustrated Edition
Orange & Green shown
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
The Mysterious Island (Part III) - The Secret of the Island
1883
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Author's Illustrated Edition
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
Collection Andrew Nash (All 3 Volumes 1883)
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nd, inscribed 1883
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Mysterious Island
nd, inscribed 1883
Belford Clarke and Co
Chicago
Caxton Edition
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1883
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The Mysterious Island: Part 1
Dropped From the Clouds
1880 (?1883?)
Sampson Low
London
Jules Verne's Works
Low's Authorized & Illustrated Edition
wrappered edition
Image courtesy of Dana Eales
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1884

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Mysterious Island
1884
Belford Clarke + Co but Spine - Dohonue Henneberry
Chicago

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The Mysterious Island (Part I)
Dropped From the Clouds
1886
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
The Mysterious Island (Part II)
Abandoned
1886
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
The Mysterious Island (Part III)
The Secret of the Island
1886
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street
London
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
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1889
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Mysterious Island
Dropped From the Clouds
Part 1, Mysterious Island
1889
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
"Pears' Soap" edition
187 pages
9 illustrations
Authors Illustrated Edition
image used courtesy of www.jules-verne.dk
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1889
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Mysterious Island, Part 2
Abandoned
1889
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
"Pears' Soap" edition
Authors Illustrated Edition
192 pages
image used courtesy of www.jules-verne.dk
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1888
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Mysterious Island, Part 3
The Secret of the Island
1888
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
"Pears' Soap" edition
Authors Illustrated Edition
189 pages
8 illustrations
image used courtesy of www.jules-verne.dk
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
Boy with Hat - Flowers Background
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Mysterious Island
nd
Hurst and Co |
1887
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Mysterious Island
1887
Burrows Company
Cleveland
Sterling Edition
see also The Giant Raft, Tour of the World in 80 Days (1887)...
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The Mysterious Island
1887
Butler Brothers
New York
Butler Bee Edition
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The Mysterious Island - No. 162
nd
Butler Brothers Incorporated
New York & Chicago
in Wraps
The Electric Series
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The Mysterious Island
nd
The American News Company
New York
AND
The American News Company
39 & 41 Chambers Street
New York
The Peoples Edition
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nd (circa 1887)
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Mysterious Island
nd (circa 1887)
Belford Clarke & Co
Caxton Edition - Quote
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1888
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Mysterious Island
1888
Mercantile Publishing Co |
1888
 
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The Mysterious Island
1888
Worthington Company, 747 Broadway
New York
Franklin - Square Edition
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1889
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Mysterious Island: Dropped from the Clouds
1889
Sampson Low
London
Gilt Banner (Pears-like)
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circa 1890

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The Mysterious Island in 3 Volumes
18xx
John W Lovell Company
New York
Lovell's Library - No 185
10 Cents
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1890
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Mysterious Island
1890
Donohue Henneberry + Co
Chicago
Caxton Edition
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nd - circa 1891

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Mysterious Island
nd - circa 1891
Frank F. Lovell and Company
142 and 144 Worth street
New York
Aldine Edition (on spine)
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nd - circa 1892

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The Mysterious Island
nd - circa 1892
Hovendon Company
17 and 19 Waverley Place
New York
Aldine Edition
Note: Other Aldine edition are published by Lovell, New York
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nd (circa 1893)
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The Secret of the Island
nd (circa 1893)
Sampson Low
London
6th Edition
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The Secret of the Island
nd
Sampson Low
London
7th Edition
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18xx?
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Dropped From the Clouds
Mysterious Island, Part 1
18xx
Sampson Low
London
"Pears' Soap" edition
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1892
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Abandoned
Mysterious Island, Part 2
1892
Sampson Low
London
"Pears' Soap" edition
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1894
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The Secret of the Island
Mysterious Island, Part 3
1894(?)
Sampson Low, Marston & Company
London
"Pears' Soap" edition
Author's Illustrated Edition
Translated from the French by
W. H. G. Kingston
2nd image and listing information courtesy of David Linton
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1894
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The Mysterious Island
1894
Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
407-425 Dearborn St
Chicago
No. 76
The Ideal Library
25 Cents
Aug 1894
Images courtesy of Dana Eales
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The Mysterious Island - in 3 Volumes
18xx
Geo Munro Sons Publishers
New York
Seaside Library Pocket Edition - Crocodile Suitcase
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1895-July 15
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The Abandoned (Pt 2 Mysterious Island)
1895 - July 15
Geo Munro Sons Publishers
17 to 27 Vandewater Street
New York
No. 2145, Seaside Library Pocket Edition - Navy Banner
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The Mysterious Island
nd
Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
407-429 Dearborn Street
Chicago
Advance Edition

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Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In May 1899, Sampson Low published their three-volume Author's Illustrated Edition of this work (Mysterious Island), priced at 6d each"
The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
nd-circa 1899
Sampson, Low, Marston & Company
London
In wraps
Sixpenny Edition
Authors' Illustrated Edition
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd-circa 1899
Sampson, Low, Marston & Company
London
In wraps
Sixpenny Edition
Authors' Illustrated Edition
The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd-circa 1899
Sampson, Low, Marston & Company
London
In wraps
Sixpenny Edition
Authors' Illustrated Edition
Monkey Brand Ad inside Front Cover of all 3 parts.

Sampson Low Catalogue in this volume shows An Antarctic Mystery, which was published by Sampson Low in 1898
As per ad on the back cover, the title Around the World in Eighty Days should also be in this Sixpenny series, but it is NOT listed in The Jules Verne Encyclopedia.
Collection Andrew Nash
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The Mysterious Island
nd - circa 1900
American Publishers Corporation
310-318 Sixth Ave.
New York
Special binding - Linwood Edition (on spine)
Circulating Library of the O'Donohue Coffee Co.
74 Front Street, New York
This book was part of a lending library set up by the O'Donohue Coffee Company.
The rules, below, are pasted to the inside of the cover.
No. 1 says it all:
"Any purchaser of one-pound of our Fifth Avenue Mocha and Java Coffee,
or one pound package of any of our other brands, containing a Library Slip,
may, on presenting the "slip" to the merchant from whom the coffee is purchased,
take out a book."

Collection Andrew Nash
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1906


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The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
1906
Sampson Low
London
New and Cheaper Edition
translator: W H G Kingston
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
1906
Sampson Low
London
New and Cheaper Edition
translator: W H G Kingston
The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
1906
Sampson Low
London
New and Cheaper Edition
translator: W H G Kingston
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Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
Boy with Flute
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The Mysterious Island
nd A L Burt Company, Publishers New York and Chicago |
1909
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The Mysterious Island:
I. Dropped From the Clouds
II. Abandoned
III. The Secret of the Island
1909
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Scribner's Uniform Edition
Known Publication Dates:
1886 Low-Hi-Low U Reverse
1891
1898 Low-Hi-Low U
1909 Low-Hi-Low U Regular
Size: 208mm x 150mm
147 illustrations incl 3 Frontispieces (49+49+49)
Pages numbered:
Dropped From the Clouds:1 to 310
Abandonned: 1 to 304
Secret of the Island: 1 to 299
(illustrations not included in above)
Ad : 11 vol $21.50, 3 vol $7.50
Uniform Edition on Title page: Yes
Spine Scroll = Low-Hi-Low
Cover Top Scroll = Regular
**Interesting re 1886 edition.
The last page of Dropped From the Clouds, page 310, has at the bottom: PRESS OF RAND, AVERY, & Co., BOSTON. This is NOT present in my later 1909 edition. (nor is it included at the end of parts 2 and 3!)
Also my copy includes an inscription to Ara Cushman Jr. - Jan 1887, and a sticker on the end pages for W. B. Clarke & Carruth, Booksellers and Stationers. Boston
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
Verne's Famous Books of Adventure
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt Company
Publishers, New York
Explorers Climbing Series
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
Boy with Hat
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nd - inscribed 1903
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The Mysterious Island
nd - inscribed 1903
A L Burt
New York
Boy in Library - Top Title
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
Boy in Library
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
Boy with Walking Stick
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nd
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The Mysterious Island
nd
A L Burt
New York
A L Burt Canoe
Collection Andrew Nash
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nd - circa 1910

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The Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
nd circa 1910
Sampson Low
London
Celestial Spine, (but not cover!)
Authorized Copyright Edition
Collection Andrew Nash
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nd - circa 1910
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Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd circa 1910
Sampson Low
London
Celestial Spine, (but not cover!)
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Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd circa 1910
Sampson Low
London
Celestial Spine, (but not cover!)
Collection Andrew Nash
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Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd circa 1910
Sampson Low
London
"Ninth Edition" on Title Page
Celestial Spine, (but not cover!)
Version 2 - "Cleaning the Guns" Paste-down cover
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nd - circa 1915

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Mysterious Island
Part III
The Secret of the Island
nd
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY
Limited
LONDON
Tenth Edition
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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nd circa 1910

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Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
nd, circa 1910
Sampson Low
London
Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd, circa 1910
Sampson Low
London
Art Deco Style
I am calling this style Art Deco (for now!)
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nd (circa 1910)
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Mysterious Island
nd (circa 1910)
M A Donohue
Chicago
Jules Verne Series
Collection Andrew Nash
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1915
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Mysterious Island: Secret of the Island
1915
J M Dent
London
& E P Dutton + Co
New York
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The Mysterious Island
nd Blue Ribbon Books, Inc.
New York
Famous Books for Young Americans
A Burt Book
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nd
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Dropped from the Clouds
nd
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd
London
Author of "Clipper of the Clouds"
2'6p
"IMP" Dustjacket
Images courtesy of Dana Eales
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nd - inscribed 1916 - circa 1914 to 1916
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Gilt title on spine - circa 1914 to 1916
Dropped From the Clouds
nd
Sampson Low, Marston and Company
London
Authors copyright edition
Colour Onion Dome / Taj Mahal Cover
Colored frontice by Barban
Seen with inscription Xmas 1916
Also noted with a DustJacket
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nd - circa 1916 to 1920
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Black title on Spine - circa 1916 to 1920
Dropped From the Clouds
nd
Sampson Low, Marston and Company
London
Authors copyright edition
Colour Onion Dome / Taj Mahal Cover
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nd - circa 1914 to 1916
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Gilt Title on Spine
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd
Sampson Low
London
Colour Big Ship Cover
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nd - Circa 1916 to 1920

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Black Title on Spine
The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd
Sampson Low
London
Colour Big Ship Cover
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nd - circa 1916 to 1920
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The Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd
Sampson Low, Marston and Company
London
Authorized Copyright Edition
Colour Monkey Jungle Cover
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
  
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Mysterious Island: Secret of the Island
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low
London
also with Dustjacket
Group of Exploreres Cover
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nd
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The Mysterious Island
nd
Grosset and Dunlap Pub
New York |
1918 - The 1st Edtion of this N C Wyeth Illustrated Edition

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
Mysterious Island
1918
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Published October 1918
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
Ed: This is the 1st of MANY dated and undated editions!
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nd - inscr 1925
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The Mysterious Island
nd - inscr 1925
A L Burt Publishers
New York
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nd
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Mysterious Island
nd
Hurst & Company, Publishers
New York
Jules Verne Series
with "Explorer"
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Front and rear of DJ identical!
  
Endpapers
 
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The Mysterious Island
nd - illustrations copyright MCMXXXV (1935)
The Saalfield Publishing Company
Akron, Ohio New York
Made in USA
Illusstrations by George Lawson
With Dustjacket

Copy seen, presented 1942



1st Image courtesy of Dana Eales
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1920

Same endpapers and everything!
 
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
**** YES a SAMPSON LOW Version!!! ****
Mysterious Island
1920 Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
London and Edinburgh
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
Copyright 1918 by Charles Scribner's Sons
Printed by the Scribner Press
New York, USA
Originally priced at 12s 6d, at least 6x the price of their other Jules Verne books

Base of Spine:

Images courtesy of Philip Hollaway
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nd - Copyright 1920
  
 
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island nd - copyright 1920
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page NOT "dated"
With Dustjacket using a
different image than cloth paste-on image cover
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
*** Library Binding, Beige (?) (with black ink) ***
The Mysterious Island
nd - copyright 1920
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page NOT "dated"

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1924

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1924
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"

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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
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Mysterious Island: Dropped from the Clouds
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
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*** NO Dropped From the Clouds Copy of Plain Outline Monkey Cover Seen ***
Message IF you have an image! |
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
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Mysterious Island: Dropped from the Clouds
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
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The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
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*** NO Abandoned Copy of Plain Outline Monkey Cover Seen ***
Message IF you have an image! |
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
  
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The Mysterious Island: Abandoned
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
"IMP"Dustjacket and the revealed cover shown
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930

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Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
"IMP"Dustjacket and the revealed cover shown
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
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Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
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nd - circa 1924 to 1930
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Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island
nd (circa 1924 to 1930)
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London
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1925

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1925 *** Title page not seen ***
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"?? ** unseen**

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1926

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1926
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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1927

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1927
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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nd - copyright 1927

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The Mysterious Island
nd-copyright J H Sears & Co, Incorporated - 1927
J. H. Sears & Company, Inc.
Publishers New York
Illustrated by Lloyd Osborne
The Father and Son Library (top of title page)
Copyright, rear of title page

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1929

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1929
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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1930

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
*** Library Binding, Blue (with black ink and white ink) ***
The Mysterious Island
1930
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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Mysterious Island: Dropped From the Clouds
nd
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
London
Small Ship Cover
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1933
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1933 ** Title page not seen
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated" ** Title page not seen
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1935

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island 1935
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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1940

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1940
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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1946

   
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
1946
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
in Dustjacket.
DJ illustration, matches cover of book.
Ad for $2 illustrataed Classics on back of DJ
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nd - Copyright 1946

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
nd - Renewal Copyright 1946
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page NOT "dated"
Green Cloth

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island 1948
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
In Dustjacket
Dustjacket Illustration different from Cover Paste-down illustration
Rear of DJ an at for:
Scribner $2.50 Series of Illustrated Classices for Young Readers
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1948
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
*** Library Binding, Brown ***
The Mysterious Island
1948
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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1951

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N C Wyeth Illustrated
*** Library Binding, Blue (with black ink and white ink) ***
The Mysterious Island
1951
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page "dated"
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N C Wyeth Illustrated
The Mysterious Island
nd - 1988 ISBN
Charles Scribner's Sons Books for Young Readers
New York
Macmillan Publishing Company
866 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
Collier Macmillan Canada Inc.
Illustrations by N C Wyeth
Title page NOT "dated"
Dustjacket with same image as "original" cover, while this cover blue!
Printed in the USA

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1956
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The Mysterious Island
1956
Grosset and Dunlap
New York
Rebound? Library binding?
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1957
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The Mysterious Island
1957
The World Publishing Co
New York/Cleveland
Dustjacket shown
Illustrated by Henry C Pitz?
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1959 .......................................... 1959
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Part 1:
Dropped From the Clouds
1959
Bernard Hanison
London
191 pages
Copyright 1959 by Bernard Hanison
10 Fitzroy Street, London, W.1., England
Back of Dustjacket ad for The Secret of the Island
12s 6d net
Bernard Hanison Fitzroy Street, London, W.1.
Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket unclipped 12s 6d net
Base of Dustjacket spine - BH Bernard Hanison
Base of Book Cloth spine - BH Bernard Hanison
My copy former New Zealand
National Library Service
& Richmond Working Men's CLub
Collection Andrew Nash
Part 2:
The Secret of the Island
1959 Bernard Hanison Limited
London
175 pages
1 illustration (Frontispiece)
Copyright 1959 by Bernard Hanison Limited
10 Fitzroy, London, W.1., England
Before Frontis list of 10 Fitzroy Edition titles
Back of Dustjacket ad for Dropped from the Clouds
12s 6d
Bernard Hanison Limited
10 Fitzroy Street, London, W.1.
Fitzroy Edition Dustjacket clipped
Base of Dustjacket Spine - BH Bernard Hanison
Base of Book Cloth spine - BH Bernard Hanison
Collection Andrew Nash
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1959
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Ed Note: I have to research, to see if this exists,
without the Bernard Hanison publisher....
Part 1:
Dropped From the Clouds
1959
ARCO Publications
London
191 pages
0 illustrations
Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket
Part 2:
The Secret of the Island
1959
ARCO Publications
London
Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket
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1959
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Part 1:
Dropped From the Clouds nd - copyright 1959
Associated Booksellers
Westport, Conn.
191 pages
0 illustrations
Opposite the Title page a list of 10 titles in The Fitzroy Edition
Copyright 1959 in England by Bernard Hanison
10 Fitzroy Street, London, W.1.,England
Back of Dustjacket - Ad for The Secret of the Island
Dustjacket unclipped $3.00
Collection Andrew Nash
Part 2:
The Secret of the Island
(1959)
Associated Booksellers
Westport, Conn.
191 pages
Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket
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Mysterious Island
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Movie Tie-in paperback
"Five Union prisoners of war excape by balloon from Richmond to the...Mysterious Island"
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1992

(Note, the spine is NOT faded, I just overcorrected to see the lettering!..oops)
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The Mysterious Island
nd-Copyright 1992
Self-published Hardcover by Sidney Kravitz
Dover
New Jersey
Translated by Sidney Kravitz
Includes map of Lincoln Island
appears Typed
Hardcover by Turul Bindery Inc.
Note: the Spine is not faded, it IS the same colour as the cover!
Collection Andrew Nash
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The Mysterious Island
2001
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, Conn
First new unabridged translation since 1876 of one of Verne's best-known novels.
Translated by Sidney Kravitz
Edited by Arthur B. Evans
Contents of this volume:
728 pages
44 illustrations
(Note: Introduction and Critical Material by William Butcher)
- Introduction (by William Butcher)
- Notes on Previous Translations (by William Butcher)
- Inception of the Novel
- The Manuscripts of "Uncle Robinson"
- The Manuscripts of The Mysterious Island
- Publication of The Mysterious Island
- Prefaces to The Mysterious Island, Two Years Vacation, and Second Homeland
- A Few Words to the Readers of The Mysterious Island
- Preface to Two Years Vacation
- Preface -- Why I Wrote Second Homeland
- Abbreviations
- The Mysterious Island (Translated by Sidney Kravitz)
- Notes
- A Chronology of Jules Verne
- Select Bibliography
- Principal Works of Verne Cited
- Studies of The Mysterious Island
- Books on Verne
- The Principal Sources of The Mysterious Island
- Appendix A: The Origins of The Mysterious Island
- Appendix B: Verne's Other Writing on the Desert-Island Theme
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8195-6475-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8195-6559-8
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-8195-7456-5
Collection Andrew Nash
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2001
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The Mysterious Island
2001 Modern Library Edition
Random House Inc.
New York
30 (xxx) page introduction and preface, 629 pages (Mysterious Island)
70 illustrations including a map of Lincoln Island
Introduction by: Caleb Carr
Translated by: Jordan Stump
Modern Library Edition
Hardcover (with DJ) and paperback
- ISBN 10: 0679642366
- ISBN 13: 9780679642367
Note: "Advance Reader's Edition" (proof) is missing the Bigraphical Note, List of Illustrations, and the Introduction and Translators Preface!
Ed: THIS has been written about this volume:
"The Mysterious Islandis restored here to its original robustness in Jordan Stump's striking new rendition. This major re-presentation also features an Introduction by Caleb Carr, and over eighty illustrations reprinted from the original 1875 French edition."
Hardcover (DJ) Collection Andrew Nash
Paperback (advnaced reader's Edtion Collection Andrew Nash
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2002
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The Mysterious Island
2002
Penguin Random House
New York
Paperback, 768 pages
Introduction by: Caleb Carr
Translated by: Jordan Stump
Series: Modern Library Classics
- ISBN-10 : 0812972120
- ISBN-13 : 978-0812972122
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2004
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The Mysterious Island
2004
Random House
New York
Paperback - 768 pages
Introduction by: Caleb Carr
Translated by: Jordan Stump
Series: Modern Library Classics
- ISBN-10 : 0812972120
- ISBN-13 : 978-0812972122
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