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Sampson, Low, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The 1873 first UK edition and the first illustrated edition in English. Rebound in leather. 1873 on the title page. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

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.