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Un Capitaine de quinze ans - 1878
A Captain of Fifteen Years - 1878
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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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:
First UK
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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
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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
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
20 engravings
Published: November 1878
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First US
Fully Illustr. |
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Dick Sands, or the Boy Captain
1879 (publ. December 1878)
Charles Scribners Sons
New York
Translated by Ellen E. Frewer
Fully illustrated
Published December 1878
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Other Editions:
1882
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Dick Sands, or the Boy Captain
1882
Sampson Low
London |
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 |
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
? Series |
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
nd
A L Burt |
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Dick Sand
nd
A L Burt |
 
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Dick Sand
nd
A L Burt
New York
Shown with and without Dustjacket
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A Captain at Fifteen
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Street + Smith
New York
15 Cents
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1976
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Captain at Fifteen
1976
Golden Grasshopper
London
Shown in Dustjacket |
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