Firsts: The Library of Robin and Kathryn Smiley
Thu, Aug 17, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 144
VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
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VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Boston: George M. Smith & Co., 1873. Second American edition and virtually the only obtainable edition as most copies of the first American edition published by James R. Osgood are believed to have been destroyed in the Great Boston Fire of 9 November 1872. FIRST ISSUE with the words ?The End? in broken type on p. 303. ?It is surmised that this type was not used in the printing of most copies and that copies with this notation are among the earliest produced of this edition? (Myers 56). It was adapted into many feature films, most notably Walt Disney?s 1954 live-action Technicolor, starring James Mason as Captain Nemo.
