Last updated: February 7, 2024

Face au drapeau - 1896 

Facing the Flag - 1897

42 illustrations (Leon Benett)

[Voyages Extraordinaires #42 - 1 Volume - Les Deux Ameriques]

Image used with permission from
Project Jules Verne Illustrations by Bernhard Krauth, www.jules-verne-club.de

French
(J-M Margot)
Jules Verne
Encyclopedia
Myers
Bibliography
Galagher
Bibliography
FD
V044
Mxxx24
A79
Alternate English Titles:
    Battling Beneath the Waves
    Facing the Flag

    For the Flag
    A Mysterious Force
    Simon Hart: a Strange Story of Science & the Sea

Plot Synopsis: 
(courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)
The great pirate Ker Karraje kidnaps Thomas Roch, a great French inventor.

It is Karraje's plan that Roch build for him the ultimate weapon "The Roch Fulgurator."


Book Collecting Information:
Hetzel Editions:

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

First English/UK Serial: Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"This work appeared in The Boy's Own as Simon Hart: A Strange Story of Science and the Sea in issues found in annual volume 20, which covered the period from October 1897 through September 1898."

First US Serial:

Discovered November 7, 2023 - ANash

Battling Beneath the Waves:
A Story of the Most Wonderful Submarine War Engines Ever Invented

The San Fransisco Examiner (Sundays, usually near page 30)
Sunday March 21, 1897 to Sunday June 6, 1897 (12 parts - 18 chapters)

Text starts:
"The card which the manager of the Health House received that day, June 15, 1893, bore the mere name: "Le Comte d'Artigas."
Below the name in the corner of the card the following address was written in pencil: "On board the schooner Ebba, moored at Newbern, Pamlico Sound." "

First English & UK Editon:
(premium edition)

.

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In October 1897, Sampson Low published the first British edition of For the Flag, in crown 8vo., priced at 5s. The spectacular pictorial front cover shows the explosion scene in which bodies are hurled amid the blast."

This translation by Mrs. Cashel Hoey opens:

"Above this name, on a corner of the card, the following address was written in pencil: 'On board te schooner Ebba, at anchor at Newburn, Pamlico Sound.'"

For the Flag
1897
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London

Translated by: Mrs. Cashel Hoey

41 Illustrations

Gilt edges
Cover has bevelled boards
Tissue between Frontis and Title
Decorative/Floral endpapers

2nd Image courtesy of Andrew Cox Rare Books

First English & UK Editon:
(standard edition)



Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
(Same as above)

For the Flag
1897
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London

standard edition

Not bevelled boards
NOT gilt edges

1st Image courtesy of Andrew Cox Rare Books

First US Edition:

Facing the Flag
1897
F Tennyson Neely Publisher
New York

This translation opens:
"Below this name, in a corner of the card, the following address was written in lead pencil: 'On board the schooner Ebba, anchored off the New Berne, Pamlico Sound."

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"On December 9, 1896, F. T. Neely copyrighted Facing the Flag, followed with two deposit copies on January 11, 1897.
By January 16, 1897, Neely published several different unillustrated clothbound editions, plain, decorative, etc."

First US Edition:

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"On December 9, 1896, F. T. Neely copyrighted Facing the Flag, followed with two deposit copies on January 11, 1897.
By January 16, 1897, Neely published several different unillustrated clothbound editions, plain, decorative, etc."
(Same entry as above)

Facing the Flag
nd-circa 1897(?)
F. Tennyson Neely, Publisher
New York & London

1st Image provided by Dana Eales

Other Editions:

1897
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"
By May 8, 1897, Neely was still offering Facing the Flag as part of Neely's Library of Choice Literature No 61, priced at 50cents."

Facing the Flag
nd (?) -1897
F Tennyson Neely Publisher
New York

Neely's Library of Choice Literature
No. 61
50 cents

nd - 1898

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In September 1898, Sampson Low published a New Edition of For the Flag, crown 8vo., priced at 2s6d."

For the Flag
nd - 1898
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London

New and Cheaper edition

this undated later volume is 1/2 inch shorter than the dated 1st edition

edges NOT gilt
cover boards NOT bevelled

2 Images courtesy of Andrew Cox Rare Books

nd
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"F. M. Lupton Publishing COmpany reprinted the Neely edition in several different clothbound editions, plain, decorative design, etc."

Facing the Flag
nd
F M Lupton Publishing Co
New York

Image provided by Dana Eales

nd
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"F. M. Lupton Publishing Company reprinted the Neely edition in several different clothbound editions, plain, decorative design, etc."
(Same entry as above)

Facing the Flag
nd
F M Lupton Publishing Co
New York

217 pages

nd

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"F. M. Lupton Publishing Company reprinted the Neely edition in several different clothbound editions, plain, decorative design, etc."
(Same entry as above)

Facing the Flag
nd (copyright 1897)
The F M Lupton Publishing Company
New York

Ed: You pick the lady! Many different!

nd-1898
Facing the Flag
(1898)
F Tennyson Neely Publisher
New York

Neely's Imperial Library

1899

Facing the Flag
1899
F Tennyson Neely Publishers
New York

No. 2 Neely's Vacation Library

213 pages

1st pair of Images provided by Dana Eales

1900 - US Serial

Discovered November 7, 2023 - ANash

A Mysterious Force
The Fulton Democrat - A Thursday Weekly
M'Connellsburg, PA
Thursday May 24, 1900 to Thursday Aug 23, 1900
14 Parts - 18 Chapters

AND

Sun Gazette and Bulletin
Williamsport, Pa, USA

Tuesday October 22, 1901 to Friday November 15, 1901

19 parts (?) and 18 Chapters

Text Starts:
"Chapter I
The Sanitarium
Those who are familiar with the coast of North Carolina need not be told that the town of New Berne is near Pamlico sound and that within its borders was a noble sanitarium named Healthful House.
Just why its director or superintendent should have received a note from one Count d'Artigas soliciting permission to visit the establishment, he did not know."

nd

Facing the Flag
nd
The F. M. Lupton Publishing COmpany
New York

NO Frontis

Catalogue in back for "The Elite Series"
between 144 and 289 I only see "No. 261 Hector Servadac"

Ed: Unlike the below IDENTICAL Cover, this has "Lupton" on the spine, and NO Frontis

nd - 1902

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"Around 1902, Federal Book published various hardcover and papercover editions of Facing the Flag, priced at 20, 25, 30 and 50 cents, and 15 and 25 cents respectively.
A hardvoer edition identified on the spine as published by Federal Book Co., but identified on the title page as published by the F. M. Lupton Company, has a frontispiece which shows two men conversing dressed in 19th-century clothing, one standing with a rifle, and the other on horseback."

Facing the Flag
nd - 1902
Federal Book Co
New York

blue and red and grey shown

Facing the Flag
nd - 1902
Federal Book Co
New York
nd


Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"Around 1902, Federal Book published various hardcover and papercover editions....."

Facing the Flag
nd
The Federal Book Company Publishers
New York

The Aldis Series, No. 229 (on spine)
(I had written "Windsor Series"!)

Price 25 cents

217 pages

in wraps

First Book Image provided by Dana Eales
Second Book Gary Munson Collection

nd-?1897
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"F. M. Lupton Publishing Company reprinted the Neely edition in several different clothbound editions, plain, decorative design, etc."
(Same entry as above)

Facing the Flag
?nd
F M Lupton
New York

nd



Not listed in the Jules Verne Encyclopedia.

Facing the Flag
nd
Hurst & Company, Publishers
395-399 Broadway
New York

Dustjacket shown.

217 pages

6 pages of adverts

Jules Verne Series

Ed: The beige cover is more prevalent, but not as dark as this one shown. It may just be a poor photo.

Images provided by Dana Eales

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"For Christmas 1905, Sampson Low published this title as a reissue of works by the late Jules Verne. These books are fully illustrated uniform copyright editions, priced at 2s6d."

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"For Christmas 1906 , Sampson Low published this title in the fully illustrated uniform copyright edition, priced at 2s6d."

nd-inscribed 1908

Not listed in the Jules Verne Encyclopedia.

Facing the Flag
nd-inscribed 1908
Hurst & Co.
New York

217 pages

6 pages of adverts

1st image provided by Dana Eales

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In Spetember 1909, Sampson Low published a New and Cheaper Edition of For the Flag, crown 8vo., priced at 2s."

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1910, for Christmas, Sampson Low published For the Flag in the crown 8vo., handsomely bound cloth gilt edition in the New Illustrated 2s Series for Boys, with colored and other illustrations."

 nd
??Which one of the above Jules Verne Encyclopedia entries is THIS volume.??

For the Flag
nd
Sampson Low Marston and Co
London

1956
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1956, Sidgwick 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 "Thunderblast Bomb" from For the Flag."

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

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

1956
Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1956, Sidgwick 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 "Thunderblast Bomb" from For the Flag."
(Same entry as above)

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

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

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1961, the I. O. Evans version of the Sampson Low translation of this work was published in the Fitzroy Edition, entitled For the Flag, 192 pages, priced at $3 in America (Associated Booksellers) and 12s6d in Great Britain (ARCO)"

For the Flag
1961
ARCO Publications
London

Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"In 1961, the I. O. Evans version of the Sampson Low translation of this work was published in the Fitzroy Edition, entitled For the Flag, 192 pages, priced at $3 in America (Associated Booksellers) and 12s6d in Great Britain (ARCO)"
(Same entry as above)

For the Flag
nd - copyright 1961
Associated Booksellers
Westport, Conn

192 pages

0 illustrations

Copyright 1961 Iin England by
ARCO PUBLICATIONS

Opposite the Title page is a list of 20 titles in the Fitzroy Edition

Back of Dustjacket an ad for The Fitzroy Edition
ASSOCIATED BOOKSELLERS
Westport, Conn

Fitzroy Edition
Dustjacket unclipped $3.00

Collection Andrew Nash

Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"It was also published in the United States by Ace paperbacks."

For the Flag
#24800
ACE Books Inc.
1120 Avenue of the Americas
New York. NY 10036

Fitzroy Edition
Paperback

Collection Andrew Nash

 


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