- Published for the 1882 Christmas season, as 1883 per title page evidently
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Advertised Chicago Tribune 1882-12-09 p9
-- by Chicago retailer S.A. Maxwell & Co.: "Books for Holiday Gifts", among "New Books of Fiction"
-- by publisher: "D. Appleton & Co. have just Published", first of two, with lengthy list of Contents and blurb "... prove a series of extraordinary theories" (clearly promoted as nonfiction)
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Full page review Chi. Tribune -12-03 p19
Otherwise not found 2017-04-24 in automated search of multiple newspapers prior to 1882-12-09
1st ed. (for the 1882 Christmas season)
LCCN 06-1750 links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL), and OCLC 492924
-- "vi, 452 pages frontispiece (map) illustrations 20 cm" (illustrations by Donnelly?)
Price from publisher advert Chicago Tribune 1882-12-09 p9 "D. Appleton & Co. have just Published", this first of two, with lengthy list of Contents and blurb "... prove a series of extraordinary theories ..."
-- "Illustrated. 12mo., cloth. Price $2.00."
Listed same page by Chicago retailer S.A. Maxwell, "Books for the Holiday Season" under heading "New Books of Fiction"