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From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes: And A Trip Round It
Jules Verne; Louis Mercier [trans.]; Eleanor E. King [trans.]
1873
Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle : London
8.5" by 6.5"
viii [1], 2-323pp
SUMMARY
The scarce first UK edition of Jules Verne's classic works of nineteenth century science fiction, 'From the Earth to the Moon' and 'Around the Moon'.
First Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Fair
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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EU Postage: £ 16.99
European Postage: £ 17.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first UK edition of two classic science fiction novels by Jules Verne: 'De la Terre a la Lune' (1865) and its sequel, 'Autour de la Lune' (1870).
These works were first combined in their original French in 1872, with this work being the first English language edition.
Translated from the original French by Louis Mercier and Eleanor E. King.
Illustrated with a frontispiece and seventy-seven plates. Collated, lacking one plate.
Written more than a century before the Apollo mission, Verne's classic science fiction work is a somewhat prophetic account of man's first voyage to the moon.
Verne's novel tells the story of a group named the Baltimore Gun Club, who attempt to build an enormous space gun in order to launch three people, in a projectile, to land on the moon.
Verne's novel was referred to by Neil Armstrong during the 23rd July 1969 return journey of the Apollo 11, during a television broadcast.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Boards bright. Lacking back strip. Boards weakly held by a single cord each. Front free endpaper and frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Internally, binding tender, with first 33 pages working loose. Pages bright, with the odd instance of spotting and light handling marks, most concentrated to pages surrounding plates. Lacking one plate. Two plates detached and loosely inserted.
Overall Condition: Fair
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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