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Le Sphinx des glaces - 1897 

An Antarctic Mystery - 1898

68 illustrations (Georges Roux)

[Voyages Extraordinaires #44 - 2 Volumes - Les Terres Polaires]

French
(J-M Margot)
Jules Verne
Encyclopedia
Myers
Bibliography
Galagher
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SG
V046
Mxxx
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Alternate English Titles:
    Antarctic Mystery (An) 
    Captain Len Guy;or, An Antarctic Mystery 
    Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym

Plot Synopsis: 
(courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)
Edgar Allan Poe's telling of Arthur Pym's narrative is shown to be true as events come together that bring out clues that help Captain Len Guy trace the fate of his brother's ship the Jane; the very ship that Arthur Pym was on board at the time of his disappearance. Through the efforts of Mr. Joerling, the crew of the Halbrane is enticed to make the trip to Antarctica to search for any survivors of the Jane.
***NOTE:***
Jules Verne wrote Le Sphinx des Glaces as a sequel to Edgar Allen Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838). Poe was one of Verne's favourite authors
Penguin Books has published The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Poe, in paperback form
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Book Collecting Information:
Hetzel Editions:

This listing contains ALL Jules Verne Encyclopedia bibliographic entries for this book.

First English Editon:




Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In October 1898, Sampson Low published the first edition of An Antarctic Mystery, in crown 8vo., fully illustrated, and priced at 6s. The translation was made by Cashel Hoey."

An Antarctic Mystery
1898
Sampson Low, Marston & Company
London

Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey

Note: The White on the cover tends to chip off.

Red, Blue, Olive shown

336 pages

gilt edges
Bevelled boards

Fully illustrated with Frontice and 63 illustrations inserted

Only a 6s version mentioned in period ads.

SIZE: 7.75 x 5.25 inches

** If you hold a volume dated 1898, and it ONLY has 17 illustrations, then it is a smaller, LATER, 1905/1906 edition.

Information courtesy of Andrew Cox Rare Books

First US Edition:




Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"By November 26, 1898, Lippincott published their first edition, in 12 mo., pictorial cloth, priced at $1.50. This translation is the same as that of the Sampson Low edition."

An Antarctic Mystery
1899 (actually published in 1898 and seen inscribed Xmas 1898)
J B Lippincott Company
Philadelphia

Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey

17 illustrations

Editions of this book have been noted with inscriptions for Christmas 1898.

Serial: Boys' Stories of Adventure and Daring (July 1898)


Above issue No 18 ............and an issue with Chapter 8!


Chapter 8 (VIII)

**NEW Discovery by Philip Hollaway (June 7, 2022)**

NOT listed in the Jules Verne Encyclopedia

An Antarctic Mystery
1898 (July 24, No. 18)
Boys' Stories of Adventure and Daring
W. Lucas,
26 Dean Street, Fetter Lane
London

Serial starting Issue No. 18, July 24, 1898

Printers: Sully & Ford

Price: one halfpenny

Ed: It is believed the story starts in issue No. 18
from this image name!

Ed Note: From below information (Peeps into the Past):
by Phil Stephensen-Payne, Galactic Central Publications
Galactic Central (philsp.com)
IF No 1 is March 27, 1898 & No 44 is Jan 23, 1899
Then, No 18 is July 24, 1898
(thus below, the paper size change, No 27, is incorrectly put on Nov 16, 1898, but No 27 SHOULD be Sept 25, 1898)

Information gleaned from: Peeps into the Past
from this:
“BOYS’ STORIES OF ADVENTURE AND DARING; the Biggest and Best Boys’ Journal.”  Published by W. Lucas, 26, Dean Street, Fetter Lane.  Printers, Sully & Ford.  No. 1, March 27, 1898.  Price one halfpenny.  32 pages, 5½ in. by 8¾ in.  Serials, “The Treasure Seekers,” “The Marsden Sand Boy War,” by E. H. Burrage, “The Roar of Britannia’s Guns,” by S. D. Clarke, “Rascals, Black and White,” by the author of “Handsome Harry,” “An Antarctic Mystery,” by Jules Verne.  From No. 27, Nov. 16, 1898 the size of the page was enlarged to 9 5/8 in. by 11½ in., 16 pages, price one penny.  The issues ran to 44 numbers, Jan. 23, 1899.

Discovered by Philip Hollaway

Serial: Boys Own Paper / Annual (start Oct 1898)
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"This work also appeared in the Boy's Own as Captain Len Guy in issues found in annual volume 21, which covered the period from October 1898 through September 1899."

Captain Len Guy;
or The Antarctic Myster
y
The Boys Own Paper
1898 (Oct)-1899(Sept)
London

Other Editions:
1900

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"By November 24, 1900, Lipincott had reprinted this work in several different bindings. The reprint edition, bound similarly to Lippincott's first edition, appeared in a dustjacket with the same design as the front cover."

An Antartic Mystery
1900
J B Lippincott
Philadelphia

Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey

17 b+w illustrations on glossy stock

336 pages

1900 Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"Another edition also apeared in Lippincott's Popular Books For Boys series, 12mo., ornamental cloth priced at $1.00"

An Antartic Mystery
1900(?)
J B Lippincott
Philadelphia

Popular Books for Boys

1901
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In November 1901, Sampson Low published a fully illustrated Cheap Edition of An Antarctic Mystery, in crown 8vo., priced at 2s6d."

An Antarctic Mystery
nd
Sampson Low, Marston & Company
London

Ed: The title page has NO DATE, but the book is FULLY illustrated with 64 illustrations, including frontice

1898 but really 1905
NOT mentioned in the Jules Verne Encyclopedia

NOTE: This IS a later edition, BUT still has 1898 on the title page.

The difference being that this volume is shorter in size, as part of the 1905/1906 Uniform Edition but "seems" to retain the date 1898.

About 1/2 inch shorter, and 1/4 inch narrower than the 1st Edition
AND
ONLY HAS 17 illustrations

An Antarctic Mystery
1898 (1905)
Sampson Low
London

ONLY 17 illustrations

Size: 7.25x5 inches (smaller than true 1898 1st edition)

"pp. [xiii], 336; 17 plates (as per List of Illustrations )"

*** above pagination is from a 1st edition book listing BUT as we now know, it is NOT a 1st edition

Many of these volumes, even though dated 1898, have been observed with Bookplates of 1905 or later!

Information courtesy of Andrew Cox Rare Books

1908

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1908, Lippincott again had reprinted this work in another cloth edition."

An Antarctic Mystery
nd
J B Lippincott
Philadelphia

Dustjacket shown

Cover Image courtesy of Dana Eales

This book has a Jules Verne "mate":
In Search of the Castaways
1911 Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1911, Vincent Parke and Company published the fifteen-volume set, Works of Jules Verne, edited and introduced by Charles F. Horne. Volume fourteen contains The Sphinx of Ice."

Click to see a FULL description of the MANY editions of this set of Jules Verne books.

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1956, Sidgewick and Jackson (London), and Rinehart and Company (New York) published I. O. Evan's Jules Verne Master of Science Fiction, which contains selections from various works by Jules Verne, including "End of the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" from An Antarctic Mystery."

Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction
1956
Sidgwick and Jackson
London

with Dustjacket and 1 photo (of Verne opposite the title page)
236 pages

Jules Verne: Master of Science Fiction
nd
Rinehart & Company, Inc
New York

with Dustjacket and 1 photo (of Verne opposite the title page)

1960
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1961, this work was published in tghe Fitzroy Edition as The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym, by Edgar Allean Poe and Jules Verne, devised and introduced by Basil Ashmore, 191 pages, priced at $3 in America (Associated Booksellers) and 12s6d in Great Britain (ARCO). The volume contains edited versions of both the original Poe as well as Verne's sequel."

The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym
1960
ARCO Publications
London

Devised and Introduction by Basil Ashmore

1960
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1961, this work was published in tghe Fitzroy Edition as The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym, by Edgar Allean Poe and Jules Verne, devised and introduced by Basil Ashmore, 191 pages, priced at $3 in America (Associated Booksellers) and 12s6d in Great Britain (ARCO). The volume contains edited versions of both the original Poe as well as Verne's sequel."
(same entry as above)

The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym
nd - copyright 1960
Associated Booksellers
Westport, Conn

191 pages

0 illustrations

Devised and Introduction by Basil Ashmore

Opposite the Title page is a list of 17 titles in The Fitzroy Edition

Copyright 1960 in England by
Arco Publications

Back of dustjacket an ad for The Fitzroy Edition
Associated Booksellers
Westport, Conn.

Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket clipped (3.95 in pencil)

Collection Andrew Nash

1964
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1964, Hamilton of London published a Panther Book edition of the Fitzroy version of The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym, 206 pages."

The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym
1964
Hamilton
London

Panther Book edition

1975
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"Gregg Press republished the Lippincott 1899 edition in 1975, with a new introduction by David G. Hartwell."

An Antarctic Mystery
1975
Gregg Press
A Division of G. K. Hall & Co.
Boston

With a New Introduction by David G. Hartwell

David G. Hartwell, Editor

L.W. Currey, Associate Editor

1975
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1975, Penguin Books first published their paperback edition of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, with excerpts from Le Sphinx des Glaces, an introduction and commentary by Harold Beaver and was reprinted several times in subsequent years."

The Narratives of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe
1975
Penguin
London

This edition published after the publication date of the Jules Verne Encyclopedia.

The Sphinx of the Ice Realm
xx
Suny Press

Translated by Frederick Paul Walter

The first complete English translation of Jules Verne's epic fantasy novel.

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