Voyage Au Centre De La Terre (Journey to the Center of the Earth)

by Jules Verne

$8,800 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

Paris: J. Hetzel (Pierre-Jules Hetzel), 1864. 1st Edition, 3rd - 6th printing. Hardcover, fine binding. Very Good+. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE FIRST EDITION/EARLY PRINTING. No other 1864 copy for sale that I can find (as of this listing). The true first edition has only come to an established auction 5 times in the past 25 years. The scarce 1867 first illustrated edition sells for $3-4k. This is your opportunity to be one of only a few people in the world who owns a first edition of this Verne classic. The very rare first printing would list for $30,000-50,000 in US dollars or even more if one were to come up for sale. Many collectors have waited for years for a copy to surface. Overall Condition: VG+ BOOK INFO Published in 1864 by J. Hetzel (Pierre-Jules Hetzel) in Paris in 1864. In the original French. First edition, early printing as indicated by: 1. Title page with Pierre-Jules Hetzel J H printer device/monogram (to be replaced in later editions with a small vignette by Verne's chief illustrator, Edward Riou). 2. No publication date listed and publisher listed as D Education et De Recreation J. Hetzel, 18, Rue Jacob 3. Anywhere from a third printing through sixth printing as indicated by the printer being listed as L. Toinon & with no edition stated. (The printing number was only listed on the original covers for the third-sixth, and this copy has been rebound). NOTE: the exceptionally rare first issue, an octodecimo 18vo, states "Poupart-Daryl" as the printer. The second printin

• Publisher: J. Hetzel (Pierre-Jules Hetzel)
• Year: 1864
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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