6/10/2023 0 Comments World tour in 80 days![]() This conflict was resolved in 1993 when Around the World in 80 Days took its final journey before Tussauds re-aimed the ride at a younger audience by transforming the boat ride into the fabulous toy factory that was Toyland Tours. There was a central conflict in the attraction however - whilst it was basically a children's ride, it had a subject that was more appealing to an older generation who would appreciate the detailed rendering of the scenes from around the world. As well as the animatronic figures, many of the scenes included signifiacnt set pieces, from the Sphinx looming over the boat in Eygpt, to a a host of windmills in Holland and the Eiffel Tower with accompanying water feature in Paris. It was a quiteisessital 1980s dark ride filled with minitaure animatronics, where no matter which direction you looked there was always something new to see. As with many of the attractions of this era it was designed to compete with Disney as the UK's answer to It's a Small World, and was an impressive undertaking for the fledgling park. Michel embossed in red on black cloth.Around the World is almost a perfect ecapulation of everything that Alton Towers aspired to be in the 1980s. The front cover repeats the same design on the back cover, with the title, author's name and the St. The 1877 edition closely resembles Osgood's Saunterer's Series, with the title changed to Around the World in Eighty Days, and a handful of full-page ilustrations included. Lee and Shepard obtained the plates for all three of these works from Albert Mason, who purchased them at the Osgood sale. " By December 23, 1876, Lee and Shepard offered their Handy Verne Series, three volumes containing Tour of the World in 80 Days, Winter on Ice, and Wreck of the Chancellor, each $1. The below image Frontis is reproduced in miniature in the above Gilt banner! ![]() This volume has a Custom Leather Binding that replicates the original binding! ![]() Nd-maybe as early as Dec 1875, but maybe Feb 1876 Sampson Low, Marston,Searle and Rivington Ltd Which of course is a literal translation of Voyages Extraordinaires In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington Oddly, my Brick copy is THICKER than my Green copyĪnd reprinted from the columns of that journalĮntered According to Act of Congress in the year 1874, by Charles E. The cover of my Green copy, has a definite vertical line pattern (cover, spine, back) where my Brick cover, has a faint, but "really fine" diagonal pattern (if discernable at all!) John's Square, London (as shown on page 315)Įxtremely Rare with 1873 date on title page [Ready'īound from English sheets of Gilbert and Rivington, Printers, Uniform in size and style with "Meridiana," by the same Author. In: The St James' Magazine & United Empire ReviewĮarlier than the title page for that part of the Christmas Box, page 22 is an ad for: The more common find is with 1874 on the title page!!!ġ873 is so rare, that many sellers sell 1874 as a 1st UK Edition I have compiled some Around the World Records on their own pageīook Collecting Information: Hetzel Editions:Įxtremely Rare with 1873 date on title page. Numerous people have gone around the world faster than Phileas Fogg, and there are always records being broken. Timeframe of novel: Events take place between October and December 1872 The main character of this book is Phileas Fogg. Note: In some books and cartoons/comics, the mainĬharacter is incorrectly called Phineas Fogg. Phileas Fogg accepts a wager that he can't travel around the world in eighty days, but it looks like trouble when Fix trails him, believing him to be a suspected gentleman thief. Project Jules Verne Illustrations by Bernhard Krauth, Bibliographic Understanding this page Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours - 1873 Around the World in Eighty Days - 1873 Illustrations par de Neuville et L.
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