Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875
Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, London 1875
FIRST Edition, FIRST UK printings of the three books which when combined create THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Trilogy by Jules Verne. This is the Scarce complete set of First UK Editions, First printings of the three books. The UK Sampson Low printings preceded the US printings, and are extremely scarce.
In September of 1875, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle published the first British edition of Mysterious Island in three volumes entitled “Dropped from the Clouds”, “Abandoned”, and “The Secret of the Island”. The UK editions preceded the US Editions, with all three copies in this set having the requisite 1875 date to the title page as required. Please note – The set of complete first printings very rarely show up on the market. This set is in the original issue bindings of green (Dropped From the Clouds) and purple/red (Abandoned and The Secret of The Island) cloth over beveled boards. Front cover and spine pictorially stamped in gilt and black, front cover lettered in blind against gilt and black, spine also lettered in black, back cover ruled in blind with central publisher’s device in blind. All edges of the page block are gilt. Original pale peach coated endpapers.
Dropped From The Clouds, 1875:
The book is in beautiful condition with crisp, clean beveled green cloth boards with bright unfaded gilt scene to the front and slightly faded gilt motifs to spine. The book has sharp corners with no edgewear. Full gilt outer page block. The book has benefited from being rebacked with the original cloth laid back down. As such, the binding is tight and square and quite readable. Original peach colored end papers, with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions. The original tissue guard is present but with age toning, and the interior pages are clean with but a very occasional handling mark. A superb overall clean crisp copy of this exceedingly scarce first UK printing. This book represents the largest value within the trilogy set as very very few first UK printings come up for sale.
Abandoned, 1875:
The book is in beautiful condition with vibrant purple/red cloth with crisp, clean beveled boards with a bright gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. The book has sharp corners with no edgewear. Full gilt outer page block. The book has benefited from being rebacked with the original cloth laid back down. As such, the binding is tight and square and quite readable. Original peach colored end papers with one small delicate scripted owner name otherwise no bookplates and no inscriptions. The original tissue guard is present but with age toning, and the interior pages are very crisp and clean internally with only a very occasional handling mark and withOUT the more typical stains and foxing. A very clean, crisp copy.
The Secret Of The Island, 1875:
The book is in beautiful condition with vibrant purple/red cloth with crisp, clean beveled boards with a bright gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. The book has sharp corners with no edgewear. Full gilt outer page block. The book has benefited from being rebacked with the original cloth laid back down. As such, the binding is tight and square and quite readable. Original peach colored end papers with a nearly scripted owner name and date to the front paste down, otherwise no bookplates and no inscriptions. The original tissue guard is present but with age toning and the interior pages are very clean internally with only a very occasional handling mark and withOUT the more typical stains and foxing. A very clean, crisp copy.
A very handsome, impossible to locate, extremely scarce set of these three books in the first UK printing of each title. Presents extremely well on the shelf! Please see the numerous images.
Shipping is for the set of three books with full insurance. Please note Verne books are quite heavy.
