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Norman Wolcott
The Choptank Press is dedicated to the quality reproduction of classic and out of print works, principally those of Jules Verne witih original illustrations, on Project Lulu. Questions contact nwolcott2@post.harvard.edu
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Print: $13.01 Download: $1.00 Lewis Mercier was the chaplain of the Foundling Hospital, one of the most prominent charities in London in the 19th century. Almost bankrupt, he was forced to turn to the translating business in extremis to avoid debtor's prison for himself and his family. His translations deleted 15-20% of Verne's writing, at the publisher's direction. This essay describes the modern detective work which has revealed how Lewis Mercier was forced to create these desecrated translations of Verne's most popular novels which have remained the most published versions for almost 150 years. With full color maps and photographs.
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Print: $20.00 The Southern Star is a work of Verne written in 1884. This translation in a republication and reconstruction of the original version published by George Munro, New York, in the Seaside Library. The story is about the creation of an artificial diamond, showing that Verne was as usual about 100 years ahead of his time. Enjoy this work as you would have read it in Verne's lifetime. A rare work in English it is made available here by the Choptank Press as one of their Heritage Editions which are republications or recreations of original Victorian texts. Any profits from the sale of Heritage Editions are put to the preparation of further projects.
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Print: $40.00 North against South is a story about the American Civil War. This book is a republication of the original edition published in 1888 by Sampson Low in London wiith the original blue cover containing 65 beautiful illustrations from the original French edition. A rare work in English (almost $10,000 at Sumner & Stillman) it is made available here by the Choptank Press as one of their Heritage Editions which are republications or recreations of original Victorian texts. Both 11" and 6x9" versions are available. Any profits go toward the cost of future projects.
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Print: $45.00 North against South is a story about the American Civil War. This book is a republication of the original edition published in 1888 by Sampson Low in London with the original blue cover containing 65 illustrations from the original French edition. The 11" size displays the exquisite illustrations in their full glory. A rare work in English (almost $10,000 at Sumner & Stillman) it is made available here by the Choptank Press as one of their Heritage Editions which are republications or recreations of original Victorian texts. Any profits go toward costs of providing future Heritage Editions. Verne collectors will want the 11" version with its beautifully detailed engravings from the original English edition.
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Print: $8.16 Download: $1.25 This volume consists of two separate tales. The first is a fictionalized narrative of Verne's 1867 passage from Liverpool to New York aboard "The Great Eastern," the largest iron ship ever built and one of the wonders of its age.
The second tale is fictional, more in Verne's usual style: a Glasgow shipowner devises an adventurous plan to run the Union blockade of southern ports during the Civil War, in order to bring a load of cotton back to his city's 25,000 idle looms. Only the Blockade Runners is in this volume.
This dual language version also contains the French original "Les forceurs de blocus", 1865. Illustrations by Ferat.
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Print: $5.93 Download: $1.25 This volume consists of two separate tales. The first is a fictionalized narrative of Verne's 1867 passage from Liverpool to New York aboard "The Great Eastern," the largest iron ship ever built and one of the wonders of its age. The second tale is fictional, more in Verne's usual style: a Glasgow shipowner devises an adventurous plan to run the Union blockade of southern ports during the Civil War, in order to bring a load of cotton back to his city's 25,000 idle looms. Only the Blockade Runners is in this volume, the Floating City will be added in later edition. Illustrations by Ferat
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Print: $45.00 Clovis Dardentor is number V045 in the Taves and Michaluk listing of the works of Jules Verne. This book is a reproduction of the first edition of Clovis Dardentor published by Sampson Low in England in 1897. 45 of the 47 original French illlustrations are included in this Sampson Low edition. This humorous tale is of two cousins who travel from France to Algeria to join the African Legion but meet up with a millionaire on the boat trip across the Mediterranean. Never published in the US, it has only been available from rare book dealers for upwards of $6000. It is now available from the Choptank Press for the first time in the United States. This is a Heritage Edition which is a republication of the original Victorian text.
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Print: $6.00 Download: $1.00 Lewis Mercier was the chaplain of the Foundling Hospital, one of the most prominent charities in London in the 19th century. Almost bankrupt, he was forced to turn to the translating business in extremis to avoid debtor's prison for himsself and his family. His translations deleted 15-20% of Verne's writing, at the publisher's direction. This essay describes the modern detective work which has revealed how Lewis Mercier was forced to create these desecrated translations of Verne's most popular novels which have remained the most published versions for almost 150 years.
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Print: $13.67 Download: $7.50 A replica of the original translation published by George Munro in 1877 as #43 of the Seaside Library. An almost literal translation of the French original, enlarged, for purists who like their Verne "straight". The last 10 chapters were taken from the Sampson Low translation--see other Choptank Press books Hector Servadac for the new translation of these ten chapters.
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Print: $14.60 Download: $6.00 "The beauty that a pebble can provide may be expressed in its form, colour, pattern or texture, and a really, fine, well finished pebble may have merit in all these ways." Author F.A.Hampton under the pen neme of Jason Hill wrote two horticultural works of rare distinctiion, The Curious Gardener and The Contemplative Gardener illustrated by John Nash. This book introduces the pleasures of collecting pebbles and provides an introduction to the geology and history buried in their composition and form. His books are written gracefully, packed with first hand and out of the way knowledge, suffused with quiet humour, and display his extensive knowledge of the British countryside. His curiosity, geniality, and originality of outlook are qualities evident in his literary works, qualities which have made his books collectors' items. An entrancing addition to his previous writings.
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Print: $45.00 This version of Hector Servadac is a mammoth work containiing (I) An enlarged replica ot the Seaside Library edition # 43 as published by George Munro, New York, 1877; (II)A typset version of the same in large readable type; (III) A new translation of the last 10 chapters from the original French by Norman Wolcott and Christian Sanchez in the literal style of the remainder of the book; (IV) 100 illustrations from the original publications enlarged to 8 1/2"x11" format. Not a computer rehash of an online text, this work was over six months in preparation and includes introductory material describing the publishing history and early controversy about the book. Readers will find this to be the most complete and literal translation available.
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