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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jarl Varska, post: 590240, member: 10593&quot;]My girlfriend and I went thrifting today and came upon an old copy of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. It caught my eye as interesting because of the cover which featured a man and a boy on an airship, not anything nautical which is usually what you find on the cover. (It was later discovered to be the cover of &quot;Ticket No. 9672&quot;, just with the title and book contents of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea). Upon further inspection of the book, I found it was published by M. A. Donohue &amp; Co. and had neither a publication date nor any copyright dates. After doing some research, I discovered that the publishing company changed their name around 1880 to Donohue &amp; Henneberry, and in 1901 changed it back to the almost identical M. A. Donohue and Company. With the original English publishing year for TTLUS being 1872 and the English Publication of Ticket No. 9672 being 1887 as well as the name change of the company in 1880 a bit of a confusing turn. Unless the artwork for the cover was drawn up ahead of time, used for a few copies (Only internet copy I could find was a digital scan copy from the UF George A. Smathers Library Database) and then scratched and saved for Ticket No. 9672 I&#039;m at a complete loss. After all my research, I&#039;m stumped to find the three main things I&#039;m looking for. So I was hoping to see if anyone here might have some answers to a few questions regarding this strange copy. When exactly was it published? What is it worth (I&#039;m not big on selling my finds, but I&#039;d like to know if I have a ten cent run of the mill copy or a $5000 ultra rare misprint story piece)? And why does this cover share the same cover with Ticket No. 9672? Ahead of time, I&#039;d like to thank anyone who responds, and apologize if any of my research is incorrect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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