Vintage Sci Fi: Book No.30
30 January 2016
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Book Covers, Jules Verne, Little Red Reviewer, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, Vintage Sci Fi
No.30 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
As part of Vintage Sci Fi month being hosted by Little Red Reviewer I’ve given myself a small challenge to post a vintage book each day – one that I’ve read – and to highlight some of the covers. Today’s choice, like yesterday’s, is a bit sneaky – I’m reading both these two books but haven’t finished or reviewed them yet – but they definitely need highlighting because they are great classics. Today: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. First published in 1870 this is considered one of Verne’s most popular works. My dad gave me this book and I’m kind of disappointed that I’ve not been able to finish it yet but I’ve been overtaken by life and other deadlines!
1873 Sampson Low:
1917 Geosset and Dunlop:
1958 The Children’s Press:
1966 Pocket Books:
1976 Bantam:
1987 Galley Press: (I just love this one for some reason)
1997 Acclaim books:
2007 Dodo Press:
2014 Rock Paper Co:
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Loved it as a kid. Still did last time I read it.
Excellent – I need to press on with it – I’ve been wanting to read it for ages.
Lynn 😀
You definitely should
Maybe I’m boring, but I like the 1873 cover the best. No contest.
Not at all – I think it’s lovely and I love the fine detail. Most of the really early covers were really classy – plain, but well worked. I’d love to know what people from that era would make of book covers these days – I suppose it shows how greatly things have changed.
Lynn 😀
definitely worthy of any reader’s time! 🙂
I’m very much looking forward to finishing it.
Lynn 😀
I want the 1873 copy so bad! It’s so pretty.
It is lovely 😀
1873! Definitely! 😀
There seems to be a consensus on the 1873 – a definite winner!
Lynn 😀
I’ll break with the rest and say 1966 version all the way! I love the retro font and that image of the submarine says so much about the story, the wonder and the deep sea discoveries. Not so keen on the 2007 for the same reason, it doesn’t indicate any underwater adventures. And I’m laughing a little at the 1917 goofy shark or whale thing.
I like the submarine too – all the lights shining out particularly. The 1997 is my least favourite version. I like the version with the tentacles coming through the porthole. It has a comedy feel to it.
Hi Lynn. I still haven’t read this book. Now that I have seen the gorgeous covers that you have shared, I cannot wait to read it. Thank you. 🙂
I hope you enjoy it 😀
I also love the 1987 Galley Press cover – simple but brilliant. I am looking forward to reading this; it is on my Classics Club list.