Jules Verne Chez Hetzel

First and only octavo edition with 78 illustrations by George Roux, including 12 chromotypography prints and 2 colored maps.
Publisher's binding by Hetzel "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red percaline signed A. Lenègre, polychrome front cover signed Engel featuring the title in a black and gilt fan, multiple black and gilt frames, a gilt elephant head in the upper left corner, three small illustrations and various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, back cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several colored and gilt illustrations, all edges gilt.
Spine somewhat faded with rubbing at headcaps. Blue endpapers...

Edition illustrated by Riou.
Hetzel publisher's binding "au globe doré" in full red percaline signed Engel, front cover polychrome signed Blancheland depicting various gilt navigation instruments in a frame of gilt chains topped with green plants, back cover of type "h" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse decorated with several color and gilt illustrations, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Gift inscription in ink on the half-title page.
Spine slightly faded and rubbed at headcaps, blue endpapers replaced, corners very slightly bumped, a discreet restoration at the foot of the front cover joint.

VERNE Jules
Nord contre Sud
[Texar's Revenge, or North Against South]
Hetzel, Paris 1887, 17 x 28 cm, publisher's binding
First edition with 85 illustrations by Benett and a map of the world at end. Publisher's catalogue at end.
Publisher's binding aux deux éléphants et à l'éventail, signed Souze and bound by Lenègre. Spine type D (cf. Jauzac), lower cover type n. Headpieces and edges slightly rubbed. A few thin lines of discoloration to lower cover. Four centimeters crack to endpapers. Occasional faint spotting.
A very good copy, rare in this color.
An adventure story set during the American Civil War, this work is a...

First edition. Contributions by A.-M. Gossez, R.-M. Cleyfeyt, Henri Martineau, Sébastien-Charles Leconte, Léon Bocquet among others. Our copy is complete with the portrait of Achille Segard by the painter Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer as a separate plate.

First edition.
Contributions by M. Maeterlinck, A. Graud, R. de Gourmont, A. Mockel, L. Tailhade, J. Copeau, H. Ghéon among others.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Contributions by A. Breton with 'D'or vert', J.E. Blanche, P. Fort, E.Sellière, J. Giraudoux among others.
Handsome copy despite marginal sunning to the covers.