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Very early Edition, with the same Cover illustrations as the 1872 First edition on front & spine. Also the same B&W illustrations by Riou. Title Page Dated 1874. Frontis illustrated with "the Central Sea", protected by tissue guard. Title Page has a Vignette illustration of a shoreline inhabited by Prehistoric Animals. Recased in Blue cloth cover with the original illustrated cloth from front and spine onlaid. Black & gilt illustration of the Explorers Raft on the Central Sea on front. Black & Gilt Lettering with Black Linear border and a Star at th top. Inset is a Black & Gilt Vignette illustration of the Explorers in the underground Caverns. Similar illustration on spine, with Gilt Lettering & Grounds for Lettering and 3 stars at the top. Illustrator's name on spine. (see photos). New Endpapers. 4 Contents Pages. 384 Pages + Publisher's Adverts. 610g, 7 1/2" Tall. Complete with 52 Illustrations. Hinges sound & Binding firm. No inscriptions. One page has some patchy blue discolouing. A very occasional small spot of light foxing or marginal fingermark, Pages in nice, clean condition. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall.

From the Earth to the Moon is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1865. The story tells of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous space gun to launch three people—the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet—towards the Moon.