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Re: first children's edition

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:31:38 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>, <JPelka~at~seznam.cz>

Dera Jiri,

Immediately after this message, I'll send you Le Testament d'un e as an
attached file.

Best of luck with your research,

Bill
wbutcher~at~netvigator.com
http://home.netvigator.com/~wbutcher/
1/F, 46A, Lung Mei Village, Taipo, Hong Kong


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Pelka
Sent: 16 February 2007 22:43
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Re: first children's edition


Dear friends,

I am doing MA Thesis about Jules Verne at the University of Antwerpen,
Belgium (and, doing my research, I have learned that beside Dr. Ox, there is
another relation of Verne and Belgium: his publisher and friend, Hetzel,
spent several years in exile in Brussels during turbulent years in France of
Napoleon, just before the Voyages extraordinaires started).

Now, I would greatly appreciate any and all advice and help with respect to
the Verne novel "The Will of an Eccentric".

Until now, I have located only one English language edition of "The Will of
an Eccentric" - Sampson Low, Marston and Co., London, 1900, but only in
overseas university libraries, and, all in special collections, unavailable
for inter-library loan service.


I was not able to find it at the Amazon site either.

I was only able to find the German edition at the Amazon.de site, but, alas,
they do not ship do Belgium this particular item (just wonder why this can
be).

Unfortunately, my French skills are, well, like advanced beginner (nice
oxymoron...), which is why I would greatly appreciate any help - I need this
book just to read it and make notes and afterwards I would gladly return it.

Quid pro quo: I have just found great small bookstore in Brussels where
there is a quite a nice series of "le Livre de Poche" Verne edition with
beautiful front cover as well as complete original illustrations, a
paperback facsimile of the original Hetzel edition (almost another
oxymoron), only as small as regular paperbacki.e. 11 by 18 cm). I would be
more than happy to exchange perhaps favors, as the case might be.

Looking forward to any replies.

Best wishes,

Jiri Pelka
Received on Sat 17 Feb 2007 - 02:37:57 IST

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