JULES VERNE – THE STEAM HOUSE
1881 FIRST U.S. EDITION – COMPLETE TWO-VOLUME SET
An exceptional 1881 First American Edition of Jules Verne's The Steam House, complete in its original two separately titled volumes:
Part I – The Demon of Cawnpore
Part II – Tigers and Traitors
Published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1881, this is the First U.S. Edition of Verne's extraordinary adventure novel, translated from the French and extensively illustrated.
This matching two-volume set is particularly desirable for its remarkably well-preserved condition, numerous period illustrations, and folding maps of India.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
Author: Jules Verne
Title: The Steam House
Part I: The Demon of Cawnpore
Part II: Tigers and Traitors
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place: New York
Year: 1881
Edition: First U.S. / First American Edition
Format: Two hardcover volumes
Language: English
Illustrated: Yes
Maps: Folding maps present
CONDITION
Exceptionally well preserved for a set published in 1881.
Both volumes remain attractive and highly presentable, with handsome original decorated bindings and remarkably clean interiors for their approximately 145-year age.
Pages remain unusually bright and clean with only minor age-related toning and occasional spotting. The illustrations and folding maps are present and well preserved. The bindings remain attractive and the complete set displays beautifully.
Part I bears an early handwritten ownership inscription, "Henry F. Huntington," on the title page.
Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition. Photographs form part of the description and show the actual two-volume set being offered.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Steam House (La Maison à vapeur) is one of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires, combining technological imagination with a sweeping adventure through British India.
The story centers around an extraordinary steam-powered mechanical elephant pulling a mobile residence across India – a wonderfully characteristic example of Verne combining real 19th-century technology with fantastic engineering, exploration, and adventure.
The English-language work was issued in two parts, The Demon of Cawnpore and Tigers and Traitors. Complete matching sets are considerably more desirable than individual volumes.
A scarce, complete, illustrated and exceptionally handsome 1881 First U.S. Edition set worthy of a serious Jules Verne, Victorian literature, early science fiction, or antiquarian book collection.
