Around World Eighty Days by Verne Jules: Books (963 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First edition thus. Quarto. xiv,(2) 268 (2)pp. English vellum spine, gold leaf label lettered in black, over blue marbled paper covered boards. Housed in publisher's parchment and blue cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, title page vignette, and numerous colored text drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at their Plantin Press. Signed on the limitation leaf by the illustrator Edw. Wilson. This copy lacks the glassine dust jacket. Spine label very lightly rubbed and slipcase lightly sunned at edges and missing the spine label?

Hardcover. Edward Wilson (illustrator). Quarto (7" x 11") bound in white English vellum with boards covered in hand-marbled paper imported from France and a spine label lettered in gold leaf. Copy #751 of 1500 numbered copies printed at the Plantin Press with an introduction by Ray Bradbury and illustrated with plates by Edward Wilson with pochoir hand-coloring. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Around the World in Eighty Days. Jules Verne. Illustrated and signed by Edward A. Wilson. [1962] Limited Editions Club no. 1331/1500; slipcased hardcover in very good to near fine vintage condition. Unmarked other than signature and number on limitation page. Decorative blue boards with ivory leather spine overlay; crisp gold spine label. Clean, sharp, tight/square, tidy with a touch of wear at extremities, very light rubbing to spine. Slipcase is about near fine. Gift quality for the Jules Verne collector. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 315 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is green with gilt lettering and inlay. Boards are bound in same green cloth, and show moderate shelf and edge wear. Boards are somewhat loose as a result of splitting at hinges. Fraying to head and tail of spine. Mild bumping to fore corners, with exposed board at top corner of front board. Spine is cocked. Text block shows age toning throughout, heaviest on edges. Moderate shelf wear to edges of text block, with small stain on bottom edge. Adhesive staining on endpapers, with splitting to hinges resulting in looseness to boards. Front flyleaf is missing; first free endpaper somewhat loose. Dark stain at top of front hinge. Dark foxing on title page plateguard, which appears more lightly on plate and title page. Shelved in Case 8. 1400236. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Illustrated American Edition, Second Printing.

xvi,315,32 pp, Square octavo. Original heavily illustrated red cloth. Beveled boards. Gilt decoration and title on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Slight wear and soiling to the boards. Endpapers have been replaced but very well done. Frontispiece. In total 54 full page plates. Internally a very nice clean copy. A very smart looking, crisp copy. This is the true first UK edition of one of Verne's great classic tales. It seems that it was published in late 1873 but copies were dated 1874. The first issue point is the ads are dated Oct, 1872 like this copy. The book was very popular with the British public and there were at least 5 editions in the first year. Certainly nice copies are uncommon and this is a fairly priced copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very good. First. First Edition in original decorated cloth, dated 1874 on the title page but with a publisher's catalogue dated October, 1872 in the front of the book. Very good condition. Front hinge cracked but firmly attached. All plates present, one loose but easily reattached. Housed in a supplied slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A scarce edition of the first fully illustrated English-language edition of  Around the World in Eighty Days. With 2 plates missing on pages 57 and 249, and missing half title page . Booksellers imprint on the front free page and dedication dated May 12th '81. 8vo 315pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A scarcer blue bound first English edition of Around the World in Eighty Days with all illustrations present. Advertisements on the rear pages dated 1873. With 1874 on the title page (but 1873). Original blue cloth board with gilt and black illustrations. Faded and stained boards in places. 3cm tear on the spine. Wear to the edges and spine ends. All edges gilt. Previous owners bookplate on the front free page. Tissue guard with 6cm loose. Contents with light spotting. Binding loose on p16. 8vo 315 pp with 48 pages of publishers advertisements at the rear.

First American Edition. First American edition. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.75" with 315 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping and wear to spine and edges of the boards. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still well preserved. Both hinges are cracked but no mesh is exposed. Several gatherings sprung but still held by thread. Textblock nearly separated and detached at the center of the book near the loose gatherings. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O11-6).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Has had some extra regluing on spine and some more wear also. Please look carefully at pictures:). No writing inside or foxing. This is the first from 1873.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. xvi, 315 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece and 53 other full-page plates. Also an unlisted illustration of Verne's yacht the "Saint Michel" across from p xi. In-text illustration on p. 297. Green cloth with black and gold impressing. Mylar wrap, removed for photos. Spine deteriorated with chipped ends and holes in cloth. Corners worn. Front endpapers have signatures. Some slight chips to front free endpaper. Foxing and stains throughout. Signature on title page. Scarce 1873 printing of Verne's most popular novel. The book that provoked an interest in world circumference travel records that lasted to the age of space travel, a period of nearly 100 years. Lengthy introduction by Adrien Marx. Myers 54. Taves & Michaluk V011. First Illustrated US Edition with publication notice on title verso and 1873 printed at bottom of title. Printed in London by Gilbert and Rivington from the plates of the Sampson Low British first edition but with Osgood's title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1968 first edition thus. Number 82 from the Dent Dutton Children s Illustrated Classics [C.I.C.] series. Rare dustjacket design. Illustrated with 4 colour plates and line-drawings by W.F. Phillipps. Orange cloth, gilt titles on black panel with gilt border to front and spine, pictorial dj. Condition: Very good. Boards clean and tight. Slight rubbing to gilt. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright. Unclipped dj, with slight bumping to edges, sunning to spine. Now in removable plastic sleeve. Size: 8.5x6in / 22x15cm. 202pp. Weight: 395g.

First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing. Very rare, with "1873" on the title page, the vast majority having the year "1874" on the title page. The book measures 5.25" x 7.5", 315 numbered pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates throughout. Recently bound in beautiful green smooth goat leather, with gilt titling and raised bands to the spine. The book is in very good condition. Foxing to the fore-edges of the textblock with scattered foxing throughout. Two spots of rubbing to the fore-edge of the textblock. Lacks the frontispiece and the rear advertisements. A truly rare copy of this adventure classic. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(F3-30).

Hardcover. Limited Edition, #275/1500. Octavo, 268 pages; VG; bound in publisher's quarter white English vellum, marbled paper boards, spine with gilt label, blue titling; with publisher's glassine, missing spine, some tattering to edges; housed in publisher's blue/white slipcase, mild wear and rubbing; Limited Edition, #275/1500 signed by Edward Wilson; shelved Case 9 3/4. 1353226. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Around The World In Eighty Days, Jules Verne, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874, First Edition A First Edition (the First Edition seem to be split between 1873 and 1874 with later editions being specifically referenced to the title page) of one of Verne's most acclaimed works, illustrated througout. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French Valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in eighty days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. In good condition, the binding (W.H.Smith, The Strand) is straight and tight and the gilt lettering on the spine is bright. The boards are marked and there is some fading to the edges. There is slight damage to the top edge of the front board and some marks to the bottom edge of the spine. The end papers are pages are free from marks, tears or inscriptions save an owner's name, place and date to an early blank page. There is some foxing to the bottom edge. A rare and much sought after volume, unusual to find in such good condition, this would make an impressive addition to a library or a wonderful gift. Will be dispatched by courier, fully insured, carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.

Paperback original. First edition thus (& 1st printing). Small octavo, original cream wrappers printed in red and black. pp. [1-2] 3-124 [125-128: ads], The first of two volumes printing this novel. This copy of part one is mis-bound in the wrapper for volume two. Published December 18th 1997. Translated from the French. Published by Frank A. Munsey as part of their Red Seal Library Of Standard Books series: this Verne title was no 8 and no 9 in the series, split into two volumes. Corner tips of front cover chipped, several creases in rear cover, a good copy of this fragile little book.

Hardcover. Edward Wilson (illustrator). Quarto (7" x 11") bound in white English vellum with boards covered in hand-marbled paper imported from France and a spine label lettered in gold leaf. Copy #887 of 1500 numbered copies printed at the Plantin Press with an introduction by Ray Bradbury and illustrated with plates by Edward Wilson with pochoir hand-coloring. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: VERY GOOD. Wear to top and bottom of spine.Cracking to binding on title page.Black and white frontispiece." Presented by the New Durnham Baptist Sunday School Christmas 1887" stamp on front free end page. Signed by owner. Foxing to pages.Bumped corners. First American Edition. Slight staining to rear end pages. DATE PUBLISHED: 1873 EDITION: 315.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The 1873 first UK edition and the first illustrated edition in English. Rebound in leather. 1873 on the title page. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Hardcover. First Edition. First fully illustrated US edition. xvi, 315pp. Salmon cloth stamped in gold and black, bevelled edges, dark brown endpapers, all edges gilt. With fifty-four plates and an engraved illustration in the text by A. de Neuville and L. Benett and a small drawing by Verne. Introduction by Adrien Marx. Translated by George M. Towle. In his article in the July/August 1996 issue of Firsts Arthur B. Edwards notes that ". there is a fully illustrated Osgood octavo edition, published at the end of November, 1873, taken from the British sheets. This is titled Around the World in Eighty Days, and is very scarce. It seems to have had production problems that caused the spine to crack and chip when the book was read; consequently no 1873 copies have been seen in better than good condition (p. 42)." Cloth is worn at spine ends, spine panel faded, hinges a bit tender, neatly penned inscription on flyleaf dated Christmas 1873. A very good copy. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 1981, 1-165. Gallagher, Mistichelli and Van Eerde A30. Taves and Michaluk V011. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Inscribed and dated by Ray Bradbury on the title page. Originally published serially in 1872, this lively travel adventure novel recounts the perilous journey undertaken by sedentary London gentleman Phileas Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, in order to win a wager with Fogg's fellow Reform Club members. In his introduction, Bradbury rejects the argument that this is a work of science fiction, noting that "Phineas Fogg's adventure was just far enough from the possible to make it exciting and provocative, and it was near enough to fantasy to keep it from bogging down in humdrum reality." Tall octavo. Full dark blue leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition.

Condition: Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Staining to front panel.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). A later edition of this popular novel from French novelist and poet Jules Verne. Later edition. An early twentieth century edition of one of Jules Verne's most loved works, following the eccentric Englishman Phileas Fogg as he attempts to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days, in order to win a bet set by his friends at the Reform Club. Written by Jules Gabriel Verne, a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His work has been adapted for film and television since the beginning of cinema, as well as for comic books, theater, opera, music and video games. Three leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss to the cloth at the board tips. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Heritage Press printing bound in gray and blue decorated cloth. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Book is VG+. The spine is lightly rubbed and cloth is darkened. Otherwise fine in a Very Good cardboard slipcase that is darkened and faded at the edges. Shipping weight is three pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply to international orders.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in boards. Illustrated by Joseph Ciardiello.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. World classics edition, Reprint 1959, Pages clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped, Some small rips to dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: Fair. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to spine. Small dents to top edge of both boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Published in 1905, this is an attractive early Sampson Low printing of this Jules Verne classic, featuring pictorial covers titled in gilt, just under 7.5 inches tall, 315 pages, well illustrated. The covers have darkened with lightened patches to rear cover (see pictures) internally evidence of a removed bookplate to front pastedown, page edges browned throughout with a few handling marks else in good general condition.

leatherette. Small octavo, original dark blue leatherette boards with crest of Guildford Grammar School stamped in gilt upper board and gilt titled spine, pp 374. N.d., c. 1955. School prize bookplate front endpaper. Lightly rubbed to foot of spine. Near-fine condition. Two classic novels by Jules Verne. Everyman's Library edition in a beautiful binding.