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Numerous color illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. The English version made from the French by Mercer Lewis, with a new introduction by Fetcher Pratt. 325 pages. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound by Baynton in full dark blue crushed morocco, orange leather spine labels, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. New York: Heritage Press, 1956. Fine.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. The story tells of Captain Nemo and the underwater adventures of his submarine, the Nautilus, as it goes around the world beneath the sea.