VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. 8vo. Illustrated with 80 illustrations. 323, [3, blank] pp. Publisher?s full brown cloth, front board and spine decoratively stamped in black and gilt, brown coated endleaves (binding worn and soiled, hinges cracked, endleaves edgeworn, a few text leaves with creases at upper corner, text toned, several gutters starting, a few previous owner?s pencil notes). Good. FIRST AMERICAN HARDCOVER EDITION, WITH ?A Journey to the Centre of the Earth? AD ON VERSO OF TITLE-PAGE.