Jules Verne, Part 33

(Continued from Jules Verne, Part 32)

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /  Various

It's become clear to mt that since the novel was first published, there's been a TON of editions, each with different art both on the covers and (sometimes) inside.  Others have compiled and cataloged this far more than I'd care to at the moment, but I would like to assemble here some of my favorites.

TWENTY THOUSDAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAS  /  1st UK Edition
cover design by??   (Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle  /  1873)

While the very 1st printing did not contain illustrations, soon after that came editions with no less than 118 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville & Edouard Riou!!  All of them have been nicely collected at
The Illustrated Jules Verne site.  Not to be missed!

Most of the variious editions in the late 19th century seem to be of the "engraved" variety.  The early 20th century saw the first versions with more "modern"-style illustrations, apparently on paperback editions. 

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
cover by ??   (Street & Smith  /  1902)

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
cover by ??   (Street & Smith  /  1905)

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
cover by ANTON OTTO FISCHER   (John C. Winston & Co. / Chicago  /  1932)

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
cover by W.J. AYLWARD   (Scribner / New York  /  1937)

Interior illustration by W.J. AYLWARD

This one has a special meaning for me, as this is the paperback edition I have in my collection!  I got it, probably, sometime in the late 60s from a local "used books" store run by a terrific guy named Mr. Devone.  Unlike most of the paperbacks I got from him, this one took me until the late-80s to finally read, which I did, on the train going back and forth to art school.  Note that The Nautilus is clearly inspired by the one in the 1954 film.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
cover by ??   (Airmont Books  /  1963)

Here's another one where it's clearly The Nautilus from the 1954 film.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
cover by ??   (Corgi Books  /  1975)

Playmore, Inc. (in association with I. Waldman & Son, Inc.) published a series of "Moby Books Illustrated Classics Editions" with abridged text and comics-style artwork aimed at younger readers, from 1977-1983.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by AL LEINER   (Playmore, Inc.  /  January 1977)

Page ??  /  art by PABLO MARCOS

Bullseye Step Into Classics  /  20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by JOSE MIRALLES  (Random House  /  1983)

Page 5  /  art by GINO D'ACHILLE

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Waldman Publishing Corp. did a series of hardbound Great Illustrated Classics.  There are so many of these types of editions, but this one caught my eye because the art so blatently references not only the 1954 film (though with a very different design for The Nautilus), but also the 1929 MGM film,  
THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND!  I'm wondering if this is a reprint of the 1977 edition with Pablo Marcos art?

Great Illustrated Classics  /  20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by ??  (Waldman Publishing Corp.  /  1992)

Stepping Stones  /  20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by JOSE MIRALLES  (Random House  /  1994)

2002 saw one of the dumbest things I'm including in this by-now over-long overview.  Cengage Learning decided to reprint the 1977 Playmore, Inc. / "Moby Books Illustrated Classics Edition" as part of their "Heinle Reading Library Illustrated Classics Collection".  That's more of a mouthful than this is worth.  This is the one with Pablo Marcos art.  I can only tell that because I read it in the fine print at the Barnes & Noble website.  What's "dumb" abnout this?  On the cover, it says "Illustrated Classics Edition"-- and, LOOK! There's NO illustration no the cover!  Somebody got paid good money to edit this series this badly.

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover design by (?? )   (Cengage Learning  /  November 2002)

Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. did an abridged version as part of their "Classic Starts" series.  This caught my attention for 2 reasons.  First, the Barnes & Noble site mistakenly had a 14-page preview of THIS connected with the above-listed Pablo Marcos version, and the Amazon.com site had some of the most hate-filled negative reviews I've ever read of any book listed there!  (Maybe some people don't "get" what an "abridged" children's version of a novel is?)  At least the cover's nice!

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
cover by DAN ANDREASEN   (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.  /  March 2006)

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  /
illustration by ANATOLY ITKIN   (??  /  2012)

(Continued in Jules Verne, Part 34)

Copyright (C) the various publishers & artists

Scan of 1873 Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle edition
     & 1902 Street & Smith edition from the Jules Verne.Ca site
Scan of 1905 Street & Smith edition from the Heritage Auctions site
Scan of 1932 John C. Winston & Co. edition
     from the Norman Rockwell France site
Scan of 1937 Scribner edition cover from the eBay site
Scan of 1937 Scribner edition interior from the Michael May site
Scan of 1963 Airmont edition from the Hilobrow site
Scan of 1975 Corgi edition from the Flickr site
Scan of 1977 Playmore Inc. edition cover from the Ken Eriksen site
Scan of 1977 Playmore Inc. interior art from the
     Mars Will Send No More blog
Scan of 1983 & 1994 Random House editions from the Amazon.com site
Scan of 1992 Great Illustrated Classics edition from their website
Scan of 2002 Cengage Learning reprint from the Barnes & Noble site
Scan of 2006 Sterling Publishing edition from the Barnes & Noble site
Scan of 2012 Anatoly Itkin art from Illustration Alcove site

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Visit the Vern.ca site to see various editions of the original novel!
Read the book for FREE!
See The Illustrated Jules Verne /   
     118 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville & Edouard Riou!!

See the 20,000 LEAGUES overview!
Read the Jesse Marsh 20,000 LEAGUES adaptation!
Read the Frank Thorne 20,000 LEAGUES adaptation!
Read the Wally Wood 20,000 LEAGUES parody!
Read the Jack Kirby 20,000 LEAGUES parody!
Read the Dan Spiegle CAPTAIN NEMO series!
Read the Jim Fair CAPTAIN NEMO series!
Read the Bill Baker 20,000 LEAGUES adaptation!
Read the Gary Gianni 20,000 LEAGUES adaptation!
Read the Ernie Colon 20,000 LEAGUES adaptation!

See the JOURNEY overview!
See the MYSTERIOUS ISLAND overview!