Alternate English Titles:

Astounding Adventures Among the Comets
Anomalous Phenomena (Part 1 of 2, var. A)
Hector Servadac
Hector Servadac, or the Career of a Comet
Homeward Bound (Part 2 of 2, var. A)
Off on a Comet
Off on a Comet (Part 2 of 2, var. B)
To the Sun (Part 1 of 2, Var. B)
To the Sun? Off on a Comet!

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

On the coast of Algiers, French Captain Hector Servadac, his orderly Ben Zoof and the ground below their feet are ripped from the Earth by a passing comet. Their world changed around them, the pair begins exploring and is soon joined by others to make up a small colony. A Russian Count, the crew of his yacht, a group of Spaniards, a young Italian girl, a Jewish merchant and the French professor who tells them where they all are, traveling through space on a comet he's named Gallia. The only other human inhabitants of this world are a group of British soldiers, stationed on the piece of Gibraltar that was ripped away from the Earth. Confident they will soon be contacted by England in regards to their current situation, these soldiers want nothing to do with the other colonists. Meanwhile, the colonists find refuge in a volcano located on the comet and use it to survive the long journey away from the sun. When the comet completes its orbit (two years Earth time), the professor's calculations show that the comet will again make contact with the Earth.

First English Edition (Serial)	no image available at this time	Hector Servadac 1877 (published September 1877) George Munro New York Seaside Library
First UK Editon:		Hector Servadac; or the Career of a Comet 1878 Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington London Pictorial Brown and Green cloth Publisher's catalogue dated 1877
First US Edition:		Hector Servadac; or the Career of a Comet 1878 Scribner, Armstrong and Company New York Translated by Ellen E. Frewer 98 illustrations Pictorial Red and Green cloth List of Jules Verne Works, The Authorized Editions, list 6 titles with number 6 being "Hector Servadac" At the end of the book, two pages of adverts, 'Works of Jules Verne', and 'New Books'
Other Editions: 1878 Part 1: To The Sun? A Journey through Planetary Space 1878 (published October 1877) Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger Philadelphia 36 full-page illustrations Part 2: Off On A Comet 1878 (published May 1878) Claxton Remsen and Haffelfinger Philadelphia translated by Edward Roth 1878 variant missing some gilt details on cover Part 1: To The Sun? 1878 Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger George Munro Sons Seaside Library 1880circa Hector Servadac circa 1880 Good Things London Magazine Stahan and Co London 1891 Hector Servadac circa 1891 Street and Smith Publishers New York Arrow Library No. 39 1895 To the Sun [1895] David McKay Philadelphia 36 illustrations by Paul Philippoteaux probably published after Sept 1882 and before October 1896 1895 Off on a Comet [1895] David Mckay Philadelphia probably published after Sept 1882 and before October 1896 19xx Hector Servadac 19xx Hurst and Co, New York  nd Hector Servadac nd F M Lupton New York 1900 circa Hector Servadac circa 1900 F M Lupton, New York 1905 Hector Servadac 1905 Charles Scribners Sons New York 1 of at least 6 identical volumes 12 illustrations 19xx Hector Servadac nd F M Lupton Pub Co, New York 19xx Astounding Adventures Amoung the Comets nd Hurst and Co  with Dust Jacket  Hector Servadac Sampson Low Part 1: Anomalous Phenomena 1965 ARCO Publications London Part 2: Homeward Bound 1965 ARCO Publications London Fitzroy Edition Dustjacket Part 1: Anomalous Phenomena (1965) Associated Booksellers Westport, Connondon Part 2: Homeward Bound (1965) Associated Booksellers Westport, Conn Fitzroy Edition Dustjacket