Books for Boys: Taj/Onion Dome - Monkey/Jungle - Big ShipThis Series of books were produced by Sampson Low from the around 1914 into the 1930`s.
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Three different cover designs look this this: |
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Taj / Onion Dome | Monkey / Jungle | Big Ship | ||
The Colour and Plain Outline styles, look like this: |
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Colour - Taj | Colour - Monkey | Colour - Big Ship |
Plain - Taj | Plain - Monkey | Plain - Big Ship |
FULL List of Titles for each of the Colour Cover designs
*** These Sampson Low COLOUR covers were ONLY used for Jules Verne titles!!! *** |
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COLOUR Taj/Onion Dome |
COLOUR Monkey/Jungle |
COLOUR Big Ship |
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The earliest Colour covers had the Title on the Spine in Gilt. These date from 1914/1915. Research: A Colour-Taj Five Weeks, with Black lettered spine Title, has a catalogue in the rear, with an ad saying "Jeffrey Farnol's new Novel will be entitled Beltane the Smith and may be expected in the Autumn". With some digging, Philip Hollaway has found this book was released in August 1915, SO the Black Lettered Five Weeks Spine was published at least before that, AND thus we can assume that the Gilt lettered Five Weeks spine was discontinued before that!, thus the estimate of 1914/1915 for the Gilt lettered spines! ALSO a Colour-Big Ship Abandoned, has a Gilt lettered spine, and the book is inscribed 1915. Examples: The Gilt lettered Spine Titles include:
The Black lettered Title spines would date from 1915 onwards. Examples: |
At the moment (May 2023),
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Colour "any" design | Outline Taj | Outline Monkey | Outline Big Ship | |
Clipper of the Clouds | ||||
Secret of the Island | ||||
The Vanished Diamond | ||||
Jump to a chart of ALL KNOWN Covers in these 3 series. |
The EIGHT images on the Spines of the Colour Covers | |||||||
Balloon | Taj | Castle | Tree | Tiger | Polar Bear | Ship | Cannon/Moon |
Castle / Mont St Michel | Tree | Tiger | Ship |
Spine Image usage for Colour Cover Designs | |
Spine Image | Titles with that Corresponding Spine Image |
Balloon |
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Taj |
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Castle / Mont st Michel |
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Tree / Vine |
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Tiger |
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Polar Bear |
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Ship |
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Cannon/Moon |
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NO Colour Cover seen for these Titles |
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Colour Cover - & Outline Taj & Outline Monkey & Outline Big Ship ChecklistPDF - Checklist (V9 - 13/05/2024) |
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Num. | Title | Colour Cover | Taj - Outline Cover |
Monkey - Outline Cover |
Big Ship - Outline Cover |
1. | Abandoned
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2. | Adventures of Three Englishmen
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3. | Adrift in the Pacific
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4. | Archipelago on Fire
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5. | Around the World in Eighty Days
- This Colour cover has been seen in 2 different colour variations:
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6. | The Blockade Runners
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7. | Burbank the Northerner
Note: The Cloth on this book, is more Pink, than the "Reds" of these books |
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8. | The Child of the Cavern
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9. | The Clipper of the Clouds
- This Colour cover has been seen in 3 different colour variations:
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10. | The Cryptogram
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11. | Dick Sands | ||||
12. | Dropped From the Clouds
- This Colour cover has been seen in 2 different colour variations:
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13. | 800 Leagues on the Amazon
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14. | The End of Nana Sahib | Why is there no COLOUR cover of this? This is the mate to Tigers and Traitors! This volume is only part 1 of The Steam House. |
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15. | Five Weeks in a Balloon
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16. | The Flight to France | ||||
17. | A Floating City
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18. | The Floating City and the Blockade Runners | ||||
19. | The Floating Island
- This Colour cover has been seen in 2 different colour base bindings:
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20. | From the earth to the Moon
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21. | From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It
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22. | The Fur Country
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23. | Godfrey Morgan
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24. | Hector Servadac
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25. | The Lottery Ticket
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26. | The Lottery Ticket and the Archipelago on Fire
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27. | The Lottery Ticket and The Begums Fortune
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28. | The Lottery Ticket and the Flight to France
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29. | The Lottery Ticket and The Vanished Diamond
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30. | Mathias Sandorf
- Light Green Cloth Note: This cover has a different Font from ALL the other books |
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31. | Michael Strogoff
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32. | The Mysteriy of the 'Franklin'
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33. | Purchase of the North Pole
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34. | Round the Moon
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35. | The Secret of the Island
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36. | Survivors of the Chancellor
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37. | Texar the Southerner
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38. | Tigers and Traitors
- Light Blue Cloth with Gilt Spine THIS is only part 2 of the Steam House story. End of Nana Sahib is part 1. |
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39. | The Tribulations of a Chinaman
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40. | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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41. | The Vanished Diamond
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42. | A Winter Amid the Ice
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