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Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).
The Green Ray (French: Le Rayon vert) is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne published in 1882 and named after the optical phenomenon of the same name. It is referenced in a 1986 film of the same name by Eric Rohmer.
Below is a recent realized price for a Jules Verne Green Ray 1883 1st English edition issue. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Jules Verne Green Ray 1883 1st English Edition Issue. Sold for nearly $10,000.
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Jules Verne Signed Book: “Le Tour Du Monde”
Signed copy of Jules Verne’s “Le Tour Du Monde En Quatre-Vingts Jours.” J. Hetzel: Paris, circa 1880. 38th edition. French edition of “Round the World…” Signed in ink to half-title page, “Hommage de l’auteur / Jules Verne.” A classic signed copy of Verne’s most popular work which recounts the varied and wonderful adventures of Phileas Fogg and the faithful Passepartout. Wear to edges, ends and joints of half-marble boards. Light dampstaining slightly affects inscription, though signature remains clear. Box housed in black cloth hardcase; gilt writing to side reads “Tour Du Monde En Quatre-Vingts Jours / Jules Verne / Presentation Copy / Paris c. 1880”. Foxing and toning throughout, else good condition. Sold for $4,800.
Jules Verne Autograph Letter Signed
Jules Verne autograph letter signed, responding to a child who requested his photograph, dated January 1875, shortly after the first theater performance of “Around the World in Eighty Days”. Composed on 9 January 1875 from Amiens, France, letter in French translates in full, “My dear child, / I do not have a photograph that I can send you, and I regret it, because you are asking me in a very kind way. So I can only answer you, and I do so with the greatest pleasure. / Believe me, your friend / Jules Verne”. Letter on bifolium measures 4″ x 5.375″, accompanied by original mailing envelope in Verne’s hand. Fold, and light toning and wear, overall very good condition. Sold for $1,155.
Rare first edition, first printing of one of the most desired books in the history of literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ”The Great Gatsby,” published by Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York: 1925, with the nearly impossible to find first printing dustjacket. Every point is present: 1925 is printed on title page; Charles Scribner’s Sons logo appears on the copyright page with no subsequent printing statements; ”chatter” appears on page 60; ”northern” appears on page 119; ”it’s” is printed on line 16 of page 165; ”sick in tired” is found on page 205; ”Union Street station” is mistyped on line 7-8 of page 211. Bound in dark green cloth boards with title and author’s name blind-stamped to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Francis Cugat’s scarce original unrestored first printing dustjacket has the lowercase ”j” in ”jay Gatsby” on the back panel hand-corrected in ink. Sold for $50,000.
Very rare ”Gone With the Wind” novel signed by the cast. New York: The MacMillan Co., 1938, later edition. Novel is signed on the front endpapers by the leading cast members: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Ona Munson, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, Thomas Mitchell, Carroll Nye, Oscar Polk, and unit manager William J. Scully. Underneath their signatures are the names of their ”Gone With the Wind” characters, written in another hand. Housed in a custom leather clamshell box with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, ”Gone With the Wind / Autographed by Twelve Members of Cast”. Book measures 6” x 9”. Toning to signature page, otherwise very good. With PSA/DNA for all actor’s signatures. Sold for $15,000.
First Edition Set of Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” — “Fellowship of the Ring” & “Return of the King” Are First Printings; “Two Towers” Is Second Printing — All Three Are Near Fine
Very rare first edition, early printing set of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1954 & 1955. All three are in extraordinarily near fine condition for both the books and their original dust jackets. “The Fellowship of the Ring” is a first edition, first printing (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) with map attached to rear flyleaf. Publisher’s red cloth with gilt spine titles. With signature mark “4” at the bottom of page 49. Original dust jacket priced “21s net”. “The Two Towers” is a first edition, second printing (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) with map attached to rear flyleaf. Publisher’s red cloth with gilt spine titles. Original dust jacket priced “21s net”. “The Return of the King” is a first edition, first printing (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955) with map attached to rear flyleaf. Signature mark “4” present on page 49, and all lines of type sag in the middle. Publisher’s red cloth with gilt spine titles. Original dust jacket priced “21s net”. All measure 5.75″ x 9″ with top edges red. A beautiful set with only minor edge wear, toning to endpapers and very light wear to jackets. One of the nicest “Lord of the Rings” sets available. Sold for $14,588.
James Joyce Autograph and an Henri Matisse Autograph in a Scarce Limited Edition of “Ulysses”
Scarce copy of “Ulysses” rare book by James Joyce, illustrated by Henri Matisse. New York: The Limited Editions Club: 1935. Number 297 of a limited edition run of 1500 copies. One of only 250 such copies signed by both Joyce and Matisse. Boldly signed by the author and illustrator on limitation page. Full brown buckram boards with gilt embossing to front cover and backstrip. Large octavo measures 9″ x 11.5″. Volume runs 420pp. with an introduction by Stuart Gilbert and illustrations by Henri Matisse including 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings and six original soft-ground etchings. In 1935 George Macy, founder of the fledgling Limited Editions Club, made the bold decision to commission Matisse to illustrate Joyce’s controversial and previously banned masterpiece, “Ulysses.” Matisse, understanding that Joyce’s work parodied the original eighteen episodes of the “Odyssey,” chose to create his 26 full-page illustrations as actual illustrations of Homer’s original work. Matisse later signed all 1500 of Macy’s limited edition, however, as legend has it, when Joyce realized that Matisse had been working from Homer’s “Odyssey” rather than his novel, he refused to sign any more than the 250 copies he had already signed making this double-signed edition exceedingly rare. Rare book without original slipcase, else fine condition. Sold for $14,460.
Ernest Hemingway Signed First Limited Edition of ”A Farewell to Arms” — Scarce in Original Slipcase
Ernest Hemingway signed limited first edition of his post-WWI classic, ”A Farewell to Arms”, housed in its original limited edition slipcase, with numbers matching. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Published on 27 September 1929 in a limited edition of 510 numbered copies, this being #214, signed boldly ”Ernest Hemingway” in black fountain pen. In matching slipcase with Charles Scribner’s Sons plate, again listing the limited edition as #214. Measures 6.5” x 9.5”. Some chipping to seams of slipcase, overall in very good condition. Chipping to spine label, otherwise book is near fine. Sold for $10,313.
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Mark Twain “Jumping Frog” Rare Book
New York: C. H. Webb, 1867 first edition of Mark Twain’s rare book “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches”. Original boards with gilt frog on cover, blind stamped on rear cover. Beveled edges. Front cover has bumped corners, slight front hinge rub. Lower rear of spine cap chipped. Light foxing on some pages. Spine tight. All first issue indications present: single ad leaf on cream paper inserted before title page, the number “1” unbroken on page 21, “life” unbroken type on page 66, “i” in “this” unbroken type on page 198. Two red drops on cover. Good condition. Excllent Mark Twain 1st editon/ 1st printing. Sold for $5,264.
“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” Signed
Ian Fleming signed copy of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. Published by Jonathan Cape: London: 1963, first edition, second impression. Fleming boldly signs the front free endpaper, “Ian Fleming” in blue ink. Signed page is also inscribed by previous owner. Fleming’s tenth James Bond novel runs 288pp., bound in black cloth boards with silver lettering. Measures approximately 6″ x 9″. Cocking to spine and vertical bend to rear board. Very good overall. Creasing and chipping to illustrated dustjacket; very good. Housed in a custom black slipcase. Sold for $4,834.
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