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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas -- the F. P. Walter translation

From: Michael Everson <everson~at~evertype.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:40:54 +0100
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I am delighted to announce the publication of F. P. Walter's
translation of "Vingt mille lieues sous les mers" -- "Twenty Thousand
Leagues under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World".

The book, available now in hardcover, was typeset by me using two
Fournier fonts which were designed during Verne's lifetime, and the
book sports the original 1871 illustrations by Alphonse-Marie de
Neuville agus Édouard Riou. The two maps have been (rather
painstakingly) re-set in English.

I have a page on my own website at http://www.evertype.com/books/20k-leagues.html
  with translations which gives the text of the translator's
introduction as well as the table of contents.

The book is available for order from from Amazon:

In the US from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/190480828X/evertype-20
In Canada from http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904808158/evertype-20
In the UK and Ireland from http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/190480828X/evertype-21

I have uploaded "Search Inside!" PDFs to Amazon so you can take a look
at the typography.

I think Rick's translation is absolutely superb. I have to say, I
really enjoyed this project. If only there were more Verne available
in modern English translation....

I commend to you this splendid version.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Received on Sat 11 Jul 2009 - 14:41:02 IDT

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