Thriller Fiction
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1897.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
A comic adventure novel in which two young men seek a wealthy man to adopt them so they can marry his ward and niece respectively. First published in French in 1896.
Thriller Fiction
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1900.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
An adventure novel based on the board game 'The Game of the Goose'. "In 1897, the first Baedecker guidebook for the U.S. was published, and Verne used this as the source for his descriptions of the modes of transport, timetables, and geographic descriptions of the numerous places the twelve participants were required to visit in order to claim the prize." (Wikipedia)
Thriller Fiction
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, n.d. [1890s].
'New and Cheaper Edition'. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
A relatively unknown adventure novel drawing on Verne's interest in exploration and geography.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey.
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1898.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth over bevelled boards.
Verne's adventurous sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, recounting the schooner Halbrane's voyage from the Kerguelen Islands in search of the missing Pym and his captain brother, Len Guy.
Victorian Literature
(P'tit Bonhomme)
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, n.d. [c.1900].
'New and Cheaper Edition'. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.
A heart-warming story of a young Irish orphan's trials and tribulations in the late 19th century.