Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum - 1879
The 500 Millions of the Begum - 1879
Image used with permission from
Project Jules Verne Illustrations by Bernhard Krauth, www.jules-verne-club.de
(above image used on UK and US First Edition covers)
Bibliographic
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French
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Jules Verne
Encyclopedia
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Myers
Bibliography
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Galagher
Bibliography
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CI
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V019
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M5
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A45
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Alternate English Titles:
Plot Synopsis (courtesy of D. Kytasaari
- http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)
Dr. François Sarrasin, a Frenchman, and a German named Professor Schultz are the sole heirs to a fortune of 525 million francs left by their mutual relative, a deceased Begum of India. With his half of the fortune, Dr. Sarrasin builds an ideal community called Frankville in the northwestern section of the United States. Professor Schultz uses his half of the money to construct his own city called Steeltown, where the main output of the city is weapons of destruction. Schultz's real intent with Steeltown is to see to the destruction of Frankville.
Book Collecting Information:
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The covers of the UK and the American First Editions are identical.
The base of the spines are different
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First UK Editon:
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The Begum's Fortune
followed by
The Mutineers on the "Bounty"
1880
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
London
Pictorial Green and Brown cloth
Published November 1879
translated by W G H Kingston
32 pp ads dated
April 1879 (?)
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First UK
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The Begum's Fortune
as published in:
The Leisure Hour
1879 (July to November)
R K Burt
London
serial published in 17 parts
starting July 19 and concluding November 8
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First US Edition Serial:
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The 500 Millions of the Begum
1879 - September Vol XXIV No. 619
The New York Fireside Companion A Journal of Instructive and Entertaining Literature
George Munro
New York
New York Fireside Companion #s 619 - 632
Published September 1879 to December 1879 in a weekly format
Note: Munro copyrighted the "Seaside Library" edition September 1879, and it was published by October 23, 1879
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The following parallels Munros release!
The Begum's Fortune
1879
Fireside Monthly
Leslie and Co.
New York
Fireside Monthly Vol III #6, to Volume IV #3 (?)
Published September 1879 to December 1879 in a monthly format
Note: this appears to be published parallel to the George Munro edition although in a monthly format, while the Munro is a weekly format
Information brought to my attention by
Joe (PULP9860@aol.com)
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First US Edition Wrappers: |
500 Millions of the Begum
1879
Seaside Library
George Munro
New York
in Wraps(?)
Seaside Library quarto edition, number 634
Published: October 23, 1879
triple column format
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First US Edition Hard Cover:
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The Begum's Fortune
followed by
The Mutineers on the "Bounty"
nd(1879)
J B Lippincott and Co
Philadelphia
Published Nov 15, 1879
translated by W G H Kingston
Maybe same cover because printed by William Clowes and Sons of London
Red Image Courtesy of Dana Eales
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Other Editions:
1883 |
The Begum's Fortune
1883
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
London
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1887
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The Begum's Fortune
1887
Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington
London
"New Edition"
Last Image Courtesy of Dana Eales
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The Begums Fortune
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington Ltd
London
Jules Verne's Works
Low's Authorized & Illustrated Edition
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1890
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Pears Soap Edition description
The Begums Fortune
1890
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
Image and listing information provided by Dana Eales
London
"Pears Soap" edition
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1890
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The Begums Fortune
1890
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
London
"Pears Soap" edition
Pears Soap Edition description
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The Begums Fortune
1890
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
London
Image Courtesy of Dana Eales
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nd (circa 191x)
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The Begum's Fortune
The famous and thrilling story which foretold the advent of the long range gun
191x
The Fleetway House
London
in wrappers
The Boys' Friend Library
"wartime price 4d"
ad for Sampson Low copyrighted edition
Collection Andrew Nash
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nd (circa 1920) |
The Begum's Fortune
nd (circa 1920)
The Fleetway House
London
in wrappers
The Boys' Friend Library, No. 439
Note: this edition same as above, except this says "No. 439" where the earlier edition says "wartime price 4d"
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circa 1919
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The Lottery Ticket
and The Begum's Fortune
circa 1919
Sampson Low
London |
1958
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The Begum's Fortune
1958
Bernard Hanison Limited
London
191 pages
Fitzroy Edition
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The Begum's Fortune nd - copyright 1958
Associated Booksellers Westport, ConnCopyright 1958 in England by Bernard Hanison
10 Fitzroy Street, London, W.1.,England
191 pages
0 illustrations
Opposite title page, a list of "First Titles" (3)
and "In preparation" (9 titles including Abandoned not published seperately)
Front of Dustjacket, top right, "The Fitzroy Edition"
Back of Dustjacket ad for Five Weeks in a Balloon
$3.00
ASSOCIATED BOOKSELLERS
WESTPORT, CONN.
Back inner flap, ad for A Floating City
Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket unclipped $3.00
with text "The Fitzroy Edition"
Associated Booksellers
Westpoer, Conn.
Base of Dustjacket spine - AB (in circle) & ASSOCIATED BOOKSELLER (in rectangle)
Collection Andrew Nash
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The Begum's Fortune
#H-49
1970
Ace Books Inc.
1120 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Fitzroy Edition Paperback
Collection Andrew Nash
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2005
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The Begum's Millions
2005
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, Conn
Early Classics of Science Fiction series
Verne’s first cautionary tale about the dangers of science -- first modern and corrected English translation.
Contents of this volume:
304 pages
43 illustrations
- A Note on the Translation
- Introduction (by Peter Shulman)
- The Begum's Millions (translated by Stanford L. Luce)
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Jules Gabriel Verne: A Biography
- About the Contributors
ISBN-10: 0819567965
ISBN-13: 978-08195679 (Hardcover Buy from Amazon)
ISBN-10: 0819574694
ISBN-13: 978-0819574695 (Paperback Buy from Amazon)
Collection Andrew Nash
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