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New York: Scribner's & Sons, 1881. [Science Fiction Adventure] FIRST US EDITIONS. Complete in two volumes. Octavos (19 x 14 x 7cm), pp.viii; 262; [12], pp.viii; 246; [10]. With a total of 96 engraved plates by Benett, including a frontispiece to each volume. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles and black/gilt decoration to spines and uppers. No inscriptions, joints intact, contents mostly clean (marginal stain to pp.17/18 vol.II), spotting to eps., cloth a little rubbed, spines toned. A very good set. A feast of steam-powered elephants and revenge, set in India ten years after the great Sepoy rebellion of 1857. Both volumes are illustrated throughout with a multitude of atmospheric (or demented, depending on your perspective) engravings depicting the adventures of our somewhat bloodthirsty heroes as they criss-cross post-mutiny India, for the most part travelling inside a giant steam car pulled by a locomotive cast into the shape of a massive elephant. From any other author this…

The Demon Of Cawnpore, set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, is a vivid and dramatic historical novel by Jules Verne, featuring suspense and adventure. It was originally published in French and later translated into English by Scribner & Armstrong.