Works of Jules Verne (11 volume limited edition set, Prince Edward of Wales edition) by VERNE, Jules; HORNE, Charles F. (editor) - 1911

New York and London: Vincent Parke and Company. Very Good. 1911. Hardcover. An incomplete 11-volume set of the works of the great French novelist, poet and playwright Jules Verne (1828-1905). Number 210 of a limited edition of 500 sets, each originally consisting of 15 volumes in this Prince Edward of Wales Edition. Edited by Charles F. Horne. --- INCLUDED in this set are Volume 1: A Drama in the Air; The Watch's Soul; A Winter on the Ice; The Pearl of Lima; The Mutineers; Five Weeks in a Balloon / V2.: Adventures of Captain Hatteras; A Trip from to the Moon; Tour of the Moon / V4.: In Search of the Castaways / V6: Mysterious Island (Second Volume) / V8: The Survivors of the Chancellor; Michael Strogoff / V9: Off on a Comet; The Underground City / V10: Dick Sands; Measuring a Meridian / V11: Begum's Millions; Tribulations of a Chinaman; Giant Raft (part 1) / V12 Giant Raft (part 2); The Steam House / V13: The Crusoe School; Star of the South; Purchase of the North Pole / V14: Robur the Conqueror; The Master of the World; The Sphinx of Ice. MISSING from this set are: Volume 2 (Journey to the Center of the Earth, and English at the North Pole); Vol. 5 (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Mysterious Island-Part 1); Vol. 7 (A Floating City, and Around the World in Eighty Days) and Vol. 15 (Exploration of the World). --- Volumes in full rust cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in black on spines. Vol. 1 with limitation page featuring a color portrait of Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII) and tissue-protected color frontis illustration and 2 sepia-toned interior illustrations. Remaining volumes with a few color frontis illustrations and with 2 or 3 additional sepia illustrations each vol. Top edges gilt. --- With chafing and ragged cloth to some spine ends, dulling to textblock edge gilding, a little sunning to spines and tears to leaves in about 10 places, mostly due to improper opening of them; but overall interiors are clean, bright and textblocks are firm in this impressive set of works by this early master of the science fiction genre. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); 8vo 8" - 9" tall .