Verne, Jules

The Wreck of the Chancellor

Jules Verne. Édouard Riou, illustrator. Ellen Frewer, translator. The Wreck of the Chancellor. Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger [together with:] Martin Paz. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, [1876]. Early American edition.

Small octavo. 358pp + 6pp ads. Illustrated with full-page plates by Édouard Riou. Publisher’s brown pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt and black to spine, front cover in black, endleaves in brown. Taves & Michaluk V014.

Published in 1876 utilizing plates from Osgood’s First Illustrated American Edition of 1875. Note the use of the word “Wreck” vs. “Survivors” to title page and binding.

Slight spine lean; extremities gently rubbed; lightly cracked to front hinge; uniform toning throughout; private library ink-stamp to first blank. Very good. Item #1417

Price: $450.00