![]() ![]() ![]() The "popular" edition advertises three Verne books published by Scribner, Armstrong, MERIDIANA, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, and A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (offered here in both "popular" and "complete" editions). The "popular" edition may have been published simultaneously with Scribner, Armstrong's more lavish 413-page "complete" edition, which sold for $3.00. Scribner, Armstrong's "popular" edition was published in June 1874 at 75ยข to undermine sales of the unauthorized edition published in Boston in 1874 by the Henry L. Although its title page is dated 1874, the Scribner, Armstrong edition was published 8 November 1873 at $2.00 per copy. This undated 305-page edition with 20 full-page illustrations was preceded by a 384-page Scribner, Armstrong edition with 52 full-page illustrations, printed from the plates of the British 1872 Sampson Low edition. First printing of Scribner, Armstrong's "popular" edition. 1-305, flyleaves at front and rear, 20 illustrations by Riou, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow endpapers. ![]()
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