Jules Vern's book “Claudius Bombarnac” was published in the French language in 1893. It was then translated into English:

October 1894, UK, London: Sampson Low. 279 pp., First UK edition
1894, US, New York: Lovell, Coryell and Co., 279 pp., First United States edition, (called: “The Special Correspondent”, or “The Adventures of Claudius Bombarnac”

The book is an adventure novel with its main character "Claudius Bombarnac", a reporter assigned to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway.

The book on sale via the Fine Art Hut is the First Uk Edition. In 1894 the book was priced for sale at 6s (6 shillings). The front cover shows Bombarnac standing on a train car with two other passengers, as one of them fires his rifle at a panther about to leap on the train. Scarce book

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Title: Claudius Bombarnae

Author: Jules Verne

Edition: First Edition (in English)

Publication Date: 1894

Publisher: Sampson Law, Marston & Company Limited, London, England

Binding: Hardcover, bound in plum/red cloth with pictorial cover

Pages: 279 pages

Dust Cover: N/A

Condition: Title written in gold gilt on cover and spine (but more faded on spine). Edges gold gilt. Illustrated title page. Protective tissue frontispiece with partial rip. Spine re-bound. Some foxing mainly to tissue. Previous owner name stamped to title page. Book in protectve plastic. Overall a very good copy for its considerable age, around 130 years

ISBN: N/A
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Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

Jules Verne published a series of short stories/novels, called 'Extraordinary Voyages' or 'Amazing Journeys', numbering some 54 novels, which were published between 1863 and 1905.

Pierre-Jules Hetzel (15 January 1814 – 17 March 1886), was a French editor and publisher that published these early works.

Jules Verne's novels include, among others:

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864);

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870); and

Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).

A number of his works have been adapted for film and television.

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