THE WORKS OF JULES VERNE, WITH FIVE HAND-COLORED PLATES, HANDSOMELY BOUND
VERNE, Jules. The Works. New York and London: Vincent Parke, (1911). Fifteen volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter russet calf gilt, raised bands, yellow morocco spine labels, top edges gilt, uncut and mostly unopened.
Handsomely bound Prince of Wales edition, number 48 of only 500 sets produced, of the French master’s works, with hand-colored limitation page portrait in Volume I, frontispiece portrait of Verne in Volume XV, four color plates, and 40 tinted and monochrome plates, handsomely bound.
Verne is considered by many to be the father of science fiction, with a prodigious oeuvre of novels and short fiction. This edition of his works includes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Also includes the first edition in English of Verne's later novel, The Master of the World, preceding the first separate English and American editions of 1914. Edited and with introductions by American scholar Charles F. Horne. Many of the works appear under title variants as found in Taves & Michaluk (95-102). Myers & Myers, 67.
Interiors fine, spines evenly toned. A very attractive set.