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Fully Illustrated Verne books with good translations?

From: Hardwicke Benthow <hbenthow~at~ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:08:07 -0700 (PDT)
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There are some editions of Jules Verne books in English which are fully illustrated with the original illustrations, but most of them are 19th century translations. As you know, many 19th century Verne translations are poor ones.  On the other hand, I have found good, complete translations of many of Verne's works, but many of them are either not illustrated, or have only some of the original illustrations, usually either just one, or only about twenty or so. So, my question is this: Are there any good translations of Verne books that are fully illustrated with all of the original Riou, De Neuville, etc, illustrations? I'm especially interested in finding such editions of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", and the first two Gun Club books, but any and all well-translated, fully illustrated (by the original illustrators) Verne editions are welcome. I have the Jordan Stump translation of "Mysterious Island", which is illustrated, but it only has some of the original illustrations, not all. I also have a book containing three fully illustrated Verne Books: "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in Eighty Days", and "The Clipper of the Clouds". "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is definitely a poor translation. However, "Around the World and Eighty Days" is the George Towle translation,  and "The Clipper of The Clouds" is taken from the 1887  Sampson  Lowe & Company version. Does anyone know if these "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Clipper of the Clouds" translations are good ones or not? I also have a non-illustrated "Journey to the Center of the Earth", taken from the 1876 George Routledge and Sons edition. Does anyone know if this is a good translation or not? But back to the main point. Does anyone know of any good translations of Verne Books that are fully illustrated with the original illustrations? Also, are the translations of  "Around the World in Eighty Days", "The Clipper of the Clouds", and  "Journey to the Center of the Earth"  which I mentioned good ones?  And which translation of "Mysterious Island" is the best, Jordan Stump or Sidney Kravitz? (I don't know, having only read the Jordan Stump one.) I would be grateful for any answers to these questions.
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