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Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum - 1879

The 500 Millions of the Begum - 1879

[Voyages Extraordinaires #18 - 1 Volume - Les Deux Ameriques]

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
Reference
French
(J-M Margot)
Jules Verne
Encyclopedia
Myers
Bibliography
Galagher
Bibliography
 
CI
V019
M5
A45

Alternate English Titles:

    The Begum's Fortune

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:
Hetzel Editions:
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The covers of the UK and the American First Editions are identical.

The base of the spines are different

First UK Editon: 

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 (?)

First UK
Serial:
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

First US Edition Serial:
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

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)

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

First US Edition Hard Cover:

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

Other Editions:
1883 The Begum's Fortune
1883
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
London

1887

The Begum's Fortune
1887
Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington
London

"New Edition"

Last Image Courtesy of Dana Eales

The Begums Fortune

Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington Ltd
London

Jules Verne's Works
Low's Authorized & Illustrated Edition

1890

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

1890
The Begums Fortune
1890
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
London

"Pears Soap" edition

Pears Soap Edition description

The Begums Fortune
1890
Sampson Low, Martson, Searle & Rivington
London

Image Courtesy of Dana Eales

nd (circa 191x)
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

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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"

circa 1919
The Lottery Ticket
and The Begum's Fortune

circa 1919
Sampson Low
London
1958
The Begum's Fortune
1958
Bernard Hanison Limited
London

191 pages

Fitzroy Edition

The Begum's Fortune
nd - copyright 1958
Associated Booksellers
Westport, Conn

Copyright 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

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

2005

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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