Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne, E A. Wilson, Limited Ed. Club, SIGNED

Verne, Jules, Los Angeles, California: Plantin Press for the Limited Editions Club, 1956, #1393/1500, Very Good+, 7 ½” x 10 ¾”, 4to, 325 pp. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, SIGNED by Edward A. Wilson.

Very Good+ quarto, paper over boards with watercolor marine design, green leather spine with gilt, small abrasion to spine, slight discoloration at headbands, laid in loose number 275 of The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club and informational leaf. Slipcase red paper over boards with white and black title sticker to spine; sunning along edges, 325 pp. Illustrations include printed gravures and full-color plates with colors applied by hand through stencils by Edward A. Wilson. Translation by Mercier Lewis and introduction by Fletcher Pratt. A groundbreaking 1870 science fiction adventure by Jules Verne following Captain Nemo’s undersea voyages aboard the Nautilus, this edition made more electric by Edward A. Wilson’s hand-stenciled full-color plates and printed gravure illustrations. An altogether handsome copy of a classic sci-fi story.

The Limited Editions Club was founded by publisher George Macy in 1929 with goal of delivering a monthly fine press edition of great works in literature, religion, history, philosophy, and poetry. The press worked with some of the best printers in the US and Europe, and sought the best artists to illustrate runs of 1500 or 2000 copies. Amatoria has acquired ~100 Limited Edition Club titles, to see more, visit the collection on our website.