{"product_id":"1870s-jules-verne-from-earth-to-the-moon-the-mysterious-island-etc-rare-verne-dime-novel-editions","title":"1870's JULES VERNE. From Earth to the Moon! The Mysterious Island, etc. Rare Verne Dime Novel Editions.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eA wonderful composite sammelband volume collected at the height of 19th-century American \"cheap library\" publishing. Assemblages like this capture how Jules Verne’s science fiction and other popular European writers' works were serialized, often pirated, and consumed by the American public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eIn the 1870s, prior to the International Copyright Act of 1891, publishers like Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. in Chicago (\u003ci data-index-in-node=\"361\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Lakeside Library\u003c\/i\u003e) and George Munro in New York (\u003ci data-index-in-node=\"413\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Seaside Library\u003c\/i\u003e) routinely issued unauthorized, low-cost newsprint editions of popular European authors. Offered for mere cents per issue in large quarto format, these paper-covered series, while not favorable to the authors, had the effect of democratizing literature and spreading an author's influence rapidly. And Verne was no exception. Publications like this played a pivotal role in popularizing his speculative, adventure, and travel fiction, such as \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"729\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eFrom the Earth to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"757\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Mysterious Island\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"784\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eFive Weeks in a Balloon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eA fascinating reader-curated example of 19th-century bookbinding. Because fragile paper-bound library issues were intended to be ephemeral, avid readers frequently collected loose parts across different competing series and paid a local binder to unite them into a single, custom hardcover compendium. Combining the included 15 individual works from two rival publishers into one continuous omnibus not only preserved fragile newsprint that rarely survived the era, but also created an extraordinarily comprehensive early American retrospective of Jules Verne's groundbreaking body of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eThe volume includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. From the Earth to the Moon! In 97 Hours and 20 Minutes. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp. 526-552 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Doctor Ex's Experiment. A Winter Amid the Ice. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.409-430\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. A Drama in the Air. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.431-440\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. Hector Servadac. Travels and Adventures through the Solar System. The Seaside Library. New York. George Munro. pp.1-40\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. Five Weeks in a Balloon. The Seaside Library. New York. George Munro. pp.1-27\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. The Field of Ice; Or, The Adventures of Captain Hatteras. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.165-196\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. The Black-Indies. The Seaside Library. New York. George Munro. pp.113-144\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. Survivors of the Chanellor. Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger. The Seaside Library. New York. George Munro. pp. 1-30\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. Michael Strogoff; Or, the Courier of the Czar. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp. 569-613\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. The Mysterious Island. Parts I \u0026amp; II. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.477-576  [with] Vern, Jules. The Mysterious Island. Part III. The Seaside Library. New York. George Munro. pp.1-22 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[with]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. Meridiana: Or, Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa; and the Block Runners. The Seaside Library. New York. George Munro. pp.1-36 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[With]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerne, Jules. The Fur Country; Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.425-486\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso of note, two non Verne items make an appearance, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeale, William Johnson. The Flying Dutchman. A Tale of the Sea. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.769-801\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHope, Stanley. A New Godiva. A Novel. The Lakeside Library. Chicago. Donnelley, Loyd \u0026amp; Co. pp.145-182 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood + overall, with the entirety being bound in a period, small folio half leather binding. Some occasional repairs, tears, and corner losses. The first and last few pages, as usual, have taken the worst of it. Text does not seem to be impacted. Because the issues were issued in very slightly different sizes, there also exists some slight curling to foredges that were able to bend over a slightly narrower imprint before or after it. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51162235994148,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-24-2026SpecsFineBooks-8.jpg?v=1784933246","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1870s-jules-verne-from-earth-to-the-moon-the-mysterious-island-etc-rare-verne-dime-novel-editions","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}