Philadelphia, Pa.: Porter & Coates, 1876. Copyright 1874 by James R. Osgood & Co. Translated from the French of Jules Verne. With one hundred and thirty illustrations by Riou. viii, 231 p.: frontispiece, 25 leaves of illustrations; 20 cm. (8 inches). Terra cotta cloth with gilt and black spine title and spine illustration of a dog in a jacket steering a ship. Black-stamped cover title and illustration; blind-stamped border on back cover. Dark brown endpapers. Half title "Captain Hatteras" with circular vignette. Running title: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The English at the North Pole. Many in-text illustrations, in addition to the full-page illustrations. Front fixed endpaper bears former owner's bookplate reading "Biddle" with a rampant lion and the motto "Deus Clypeus Meus" (God is my shield), the motto of the Biddle family of Philadelphia. Name of former owner on half title: Christine W. Biddle. This is the first part of "The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras"; the second part was published by Porter & Coates as "The Desert of Ice" in a matching binding. "Captain Hatteras" was the second novel published by Jules Verne; it first appeared in book form in 1866 as "Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras" in two volumes. It recounts the adventures of the title character and his crew as he strives to reach the North Pole. Although the text of this book was copyrighted by the Boston publisher James R. Osgood & Co. in 1874, this edition was published by the Philadelphia publisher Porter & Coates without a publication date. In early 1876 Osgood & Co. was forced to sell its assets at auction; Porter & Coates bought with the unbound sheets and plates of Osgood's Verne publications, indicating that this is probably the Osgood edition issued by Porter & Coates without a date of publication in 1876. The first English translation of this Verne work published under this title. In Good Condition: ends of spine frayed; corners lightly rubbed; slightly cocked; cover is slightly soiled; endpaper separating along back hinge, but hinge is still tight; pages 75-88 are detached from the text block as a unit, but they are intact; pages and illustrations are otherwise clean and tight; gilt spine is bright.. Good. Illus. by Riou, Edouard.