A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne, (Scribner Armstrong, New York, 1874), first American edition, hardcover, published November 8, 1873, with title page dated 1874, 52 illustrations by Riou, no advertisements, the first U.S. edition was published in two bindings, blue and orange, this is the blue binding edition, with pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black, entirely original, not recased or restored, cloth loss at tips, cocked, (foxing only on contents page, first page and last three pages), 7" x 5", 384 pages.