{"product_id":"the-clipper-in-the-clouds-by-jules-verne","title":"'The Clipper in the Clouds' by Jules Verne","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"577\"\u003eA classic Jules Verne adventure built around obsession, invention, and the thrill of impossible machines.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"577\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"290\" data-end=\"317\"\u003eThe Clipper of the Clouds\u003c\/em\u003e follows the public uproar around a mysterious heavier-than-air craft and the men determined to understand, pursue, or outdo it. What begins as spectacle turns into rivalry, pursuit, and a distinctly Vernean contest between technical ambition and human vanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"920\"\u003eThis is one of Verne’s aeronautical novels, written from that nineteenth-century zone where science, fantasy, and imperial bravado all blur together. Less submarine, more sky-mad engineering fever dream. A collectible copy for readers of antique speculative fiction, weird machines, and the era when technological imagination still felt theatrical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition hardback, Arco Publications, 1962. In good condition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44283111276627,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-29T121626.167.png?v=1774747002","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-clipper-in-the-clouds-by-jules-verne","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}