Jules Verne - The purchase of North pole. Published by Sampson Low Marston & Company, London, 1894 Undated from school prize state date: 1908 - 1909 The Purchase of the North Pole or Topsy-Turvy is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1889. It is the third and last novel of the Baltimore Gun Club, first appearing in From the Earth to the Moon, and later in Around the Moon, featuring the same characters but set twenty years later. Condition: Hardcover : Dark green cloth boards with impressed decorations and gilt titles to front and spine on good condition. School prize plate on front back cover No other inscriptions. 30 plates Illustrated. Page tear on front free & past page ( see photo). Boards bumped at extremities. Binding tender. 143 pages + 30 plates. Dimension: 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Please view & used photos for further condition detail. Ship tracked & insured.