Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
by Verne, Jules; Done Into English by "William Lackland
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Synopsis
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description.
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- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29831
- Title
- Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
- Author
- Verne, Jules; Done Into English by "William Lackland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Verne, Jules; Done Into English by "William Lackland" Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
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