"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, illustrated [by Neuville and Riou], published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1917.

Hard boards, publisher's orange cloth, black lettering and decorations on front board and spine, gold decorations on spine [surface and shelf wear: see photos]; 5.1/2" x 8.1/4"; monochrome frontispiece with tissue guard, 427 pages on heavy stock paper + 11 plates on glossy paper [all listed plates are present]; a little wear and soiling, a few pages have bumped upper corner, very good condition.

Synopsis:

Ships are disappearing all over the world and it believed to be caused by a sea monster. Dr. Pierre Aronnax, author of the book The Mysteries of the Ocean Deep, his companion Conseil and Canadian harpooner Ned Land are hired by the U.S. government to find and destroy the monster. After months of searching their ship finds its quarry and in the ensuing collision, Dr. Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land are thrown overboard. In their efforts to survive, the trio find themselves on the surface of the "monster" itself, which turns out to be a submarine. Captain Nemo allows the trio to remain alive on board his submarine, the Nautilus, as his permanent guests...

The novel describes the protagonists' underwater adventures aboard the Nautilus, which was built in secrecy and now roams the seas beyond the reach of land-based governments. In self-imposed exile, Captain Nemo seems to have a dual motivation - a quest for scientific knowledge and a desire to escape terrestrial civilization. Nemo explains that his submarine is electrically powered and can conduct advanced marine research; he also tells his new passengers that his secret existence means he cannot let them leave - they must remain on board permanently...

First published in 1869-1870, its depiction of Captain Nemo's underwater ship, the Nautilus, is regarded as ahead of its time, since it accurately describes many features of today's submarines, which in the 1860s were comparatively primitive vessels.

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