1873 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The third edition in English. The first English edition was published in November 1872, with 1873 to the title page. The second and third editions followed in 1873.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and one-hundred and nine plates.

Eight pages of adverts to the rear, dated 1872-73. 

Half-title is present.

Collated, complete.

A classic science fiction adventure novel following the story of marine biologist Pierre Aronnax and his manservant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land, who are thrown overboard when a monster attacks. 

'Vingt Mille Lieues Sous les Mers' was a pioneering work of sci-fi, with Captain Nemo's underwater ship, the Nautilus, describes many features of modern submarines, at a time when they were in their early days. Verne was inspired by seeing the Plongeur at the 1867 Exposition Universelle.