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First American edition. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.75" with 315 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping and wear to spine and edges of the boards. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still well preserved. Both hinges are cracked but no mesh is exposed. Several gatherings sprung but still held by thread. Textblock nearly separated and detached at the center of the book near the loose gatherings. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O11-6).

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.