Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/n/a
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
This is a charming copy of the Jules Verne story that has seen the most translations and widest range of publishers even though it isn't aligned with Verne's usual futuristic/science fiction genre. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. This version is translated from French by Geo. M. Towle. It has 54 illustrations as originally issued by Osgood. Although worn, the original blue cloth boards still feature a faded but beautifully designed spine.
Synopsis
Jules Verne, born at Nantes, France, in 1828, of legal and seafaring stock, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. Although he studied law at Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. His most popular stories, besides 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870), include: Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), A Trip to the Moon (1865), Around the World in Eighty Days (1872), and Michael Strogoff (1876). In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century, The Discovery of the Earth (1878-80). After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died at Amiens, France, in 1905.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30
- Title
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Format/Binding
- Good for the book's age
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1873
- Pages
- 315
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- vintage book, jules verne, around the world in eighty days, classic literature, antiquarian book
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- Literature;
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