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

From: Chris Moser <crmoser~at~shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:59:04 -0700
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Michael - note that the Canadian link does not take you to the 20K book -
instead it takes you to your Irish translation of another of J Verne's works

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <everson~at~evertype.com>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 4:40 AM
Subject: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas -- the F. P. Walter
translation


>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/
>
>
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