LE TOUR DU MONDE EN QUATRE-VINGTS JOURS. Paris: Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation J. Hetzel et Cie, [1873]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-217 [218-220], 56 illustrations by A. de Neuville and L. Benett, plus two-page map at rear, nineteenth-century three-quarter leather and cloth. First edition, first printing of the volume simple with printer's code "1757 -- 73" on page [220], variant with printer's imprint on title leaf verso measuring 76 mm. instead of 82 mm. Verne's most popular novel, published in English as THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS and as AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, its better known title. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-154 and (1981) 1-165. Clareson, Science-Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 762. Bottin, pp. 359-60. Leather rubbed at edges, scattered foxing throughout, still a sound, tight, very good copy. (#134836).
Price: $750.00
No statement of printing. First printing has printer's code "1757 -- 73" on page [220].