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Seven first editions Jules Verne, 1869-1876 VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Seven first editions by Jules Verne. London and New York: 1869-1876. First English and American editions in attractive original pictorial cloth. Includes the Mysterious Island trilogy in the first American editions; the second two uniform to each other, as issued. Comprises: Five Weeks in a Balloon. New York: D. Appleton, 1869. Provenance: Isaac Moore (gift inscription dated 1870, bookplate). * Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Boston: George Smith 1893. (Hinges cracked, bookplate removed.) * From the Earth to the Moon. London: Sampson Low, et al., 1873. Presentation copy from the publisher to his grandchild. (Light spotting, hinges cracked.) * The Mysterious Island. Dropped from the Clouds. London: Sampson, Low, et al, 1875. First English edition, published in the U.S. under the following title. Provenance: Brisbane of Brisbane (armorial bookplate). * The Mysterious Island. Wrecked in the Air. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, 1875. “Authorized edition,” probably the first American edition but perhaps following the Boston edition by a day or two. * The Mysterious Island. Abandoned. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, 1875. * The Mysterious Island. Secret of the Island. New York: Scribner, 1876. Together, seven volumes, octavo. Original pictorial cloth, mostly green stamped in black and gilt (some general rubbing), overall excellent condition; three volumes in green morocco-backed clamshell cases.