DOCTOR OX, AND OTHER STORIES. Translated from the French of Jules Verne, by George M. Towle. Authorized Edition

Published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1874

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Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi 1-292 [293: ads for "The Saunterer's Series"] [294: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, title page printed in red and black, publisher's pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, all edges stained red, slate coated endpapers. First edition in English, first printing. A collection of four stories by Verne, "Doctor Ox's Experiment," "Master Zacharius," "A Drama in the Air" and "A Winter in the Ice," and "The Fortieth French Ascension of Mont Blanc" by Jules's brother Paul. Osgood's "authorized" edition announced as "in press" on 2 May 1874 was published in their unillustrated small format "Saunterer" series at $1.00, perhaps to compete with the Gill edition collecting the same material, but translated by A. L. Alger published in July 1874 at $1.50 as FROM THE CLOUDS TO THE MOUNTAINS. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2232. Bleiler (1978), p. 199. Reginald 14610. Myers 16. Taves and Michaluk V012. Gift inscription on the front flyleaf. Cloth lightly worn at edges, several abrasions to endpapers, several which are recolored on front paste-down, small stain on the contents leaf, else a clean, tight, good copy. (#173580).…

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Title
DOCTOR OX, AND OTHER STORIES. Translated from the French of Jules Verne, by George M. Towle. Authorized Edition
Author
Verne, Jules
Publisher
James R. Osgood and Company, Boston
Publication year
1874
Binding
Hardcover
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1st Edition
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