The Best of Jules Verne

Overview:

  • Title: The Best of Jules Verne
  • Author: Jules Verne
  • Year: 1978
  • ISBN-10: 0890092702
  • Publisher: Castle Books
  • Pages: viii+470
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: The Clipper of the Clouds
  • Notes:
    • Edited by Alan K. Russell. Three novels with the original French illustrations. --unknown source for that and for the two 1978 essay titles
    • WorldCat library records (OCLC, below) support or imply the other data on contents, and report, quoting the title page presumably: -- "With original illustrations" -- "Selected and introduced by Alan K. Russell" -- 1 page of plates -- size 24 cm, 25 cm
    • "Original engravings. Over 150 illustrations." --listing in newspaper advertisement by Hudson's Books, "Anniversary: save 25% to 50% and more ...", Detroit Free Press 1979-06-07 p6A

      List price $7.99 to $11.99 is implied by Hudson's price $5.99 and "save 25% to 50%".
    The cover art is taken from one of the interior illustrations of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Credit for those is given the 1981 printing (possibly this one). The third story is given on the cover, title page and copyright page as "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", but the title given on the half-title page, actual story and on the page headers is "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth". This printing has been updated to match the later printing.