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North Against South
Jules Verne Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London · 1888
First Edition. Very scarce UK first edition of this novel set during the American Civil War. The first French edition, under the title Nord contre Sud, appeared in Autumn 1887.
This UK edition, with the same copious illustrations as the French volume, came out for Christmas 1887 but was post-dated 1888. Unusually the publishers paginated the book in two parts, 1-173 and 1-154 (plus 64 tipped in plates), knowing that they would subsequently issue in the book in 2 volumes. There was just one printing of the book under this title as the subsequent printings used the sub-titles Burbank the Northerner and Texar the Southerner.
The Myers' bibliographies are singularly uninformative about this book (their No. 49), erroneously noting that it appeared in pictorial wraps. Grey cloth lettered in gilt and illustrated in black and red. All edges gilt, modern replacement pale yellow endpapers.
Boards very slightly warped and minor soiling to front cover but overall an attractive and internally very clean copy. Benett (illustrator).
Written by Dr Jeremy Parrott, who has the book in his hands. Nothing here is generated from a catalogue record.
Bibliographic detail
| Author | Verne, Jules |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London |
| Date | 1888 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good |
| Stock reference | ab_95088814 |
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