From the Clouds to the Mountains. Comprising Narratives of Strange Adventures by Air, Land, and Water … Translated by A. L. Alger

Boston: William F. Gill and Company, 1874. First? American edition. With five plates. [2, blank], 285, [1, blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original terra cotta cloth, upper cover gilt pictorial, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, slate coated endpapers. Very good plus (head of spine bumped, corners lightly rubbed). First? American edition. With five plates. [2, blank], 285, [1, blank] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The translation of this edition, likely unauthorized, is credited to A.L. Alger. Gill’s edition may have preceded Osgood’s authorized edition, published with the title Dr. Ox's Experiment and Other Stories, with translatons by George M. Towle. Both American editions (appearing in July 1874)preceded the British edition (November 1874). Alger’s titles vary slightly from Towle’s versions. Collects “A Drama in Mid-Air“, “Dr. Ox's Hobby”, “Master Zachary”, and “A Winter Among the Ice-Fields” by Verne, and “Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc” by Paul Verne. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years, 2232; Reginald 14624; Myers 16; Taves and Michaluk V012