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Numerous illustrations by Edward A. Wilson and an Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Tall 8vo, 268 pages, handsomely bound by Bayntun in full dark blue crushed morocco, orange leather spine labels, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. New York: Heritage Press, 1962. Fine.

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.