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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873. First London edition, catalogue dated October 1873. Illustrated.. xvi, 351, [1, blank]; 48 (catalogue) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brick pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, a.e.g. Recased. Very good. Half morocco clamshell box. First London edition, catalogue dated October 1873. Illustrated.. xvi, 351, [1, blank]; 48 (catalogue) pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First London edition of Jules Verne's great novel of adventure and transportation, Le tour du monde en quatre vingts jours (first pulished in Paris in 1872-3). Myers, p. 61 (1873 title page not seen)

Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (roughly £2 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

Identifying a first edition of 'Around the World in Eighty Days' will often depend on publisher identification, as first editions were typically published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel with specific cover artwork characteristic of Hetzel's publications. The true first edition was published (in French) in 1872.