"Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne - Sampson Low, London - ca 1890 new edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, original decorated publisher's binding, with some rubbing and fading to cloth, inscription to ffep, hinge cracked, all illustrations present. Rare early ill. edition. Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 (equivalent to £2.5 million in 2024) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works