Five Weeks in a Balloon: or Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen Compiled in French from the Original Noted of Dr. Ferguson and Done into English by William Lackland with Illustrations.
by Jules Verne
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
This is a cheaply printed early (circa 1890) reprint of Jules Verne's classic adventure story.
Blind stamped maroon boards with Author's name on front cover with victorian designs. Title on gilt background blind stamped on spine. Boards in good condition. Please not publishing error on Title page regarding publishers line and location. (see photo) pages are somewhat brittle with age, and some early pages have been repaired with archival tape. Sewn binding still intact. No missing pages. Frontispiece is an engraved print opposite the title page.
This novel, first published in 1863, was an instant hit because of public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration, which was at it height. Verne skillfully created a story line of adventure and plot twists mixed with technical, geographic and historical descriptions. This novel was Verne's first commercial success. Mylar protected.
Blind stamped maroon boards with Author's name on front cover with victorian designs. Title on gilt background blind stamped on spine. Boards in good condition. Please not publishing error on Title page regarding publishers line and location. (see photo) pages are somewhat brittle with age, and some early pages have been repaired with archival tape. Sewn binding still intact. No missing pages. Frontispiece is an engraved print opposite the title page.
This novel, first published in 1863, was an instant hit because of public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration, which was at it height. Verne skillfully created a story line of adventure and plot twists mixed with technical, geographic and historical descriptions. This novel was Verne's first commercial success. Mylar protected.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11-19-2022-07
- Title
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Format/Binding
- Good, intact
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- unknown, early reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William L. Allison, Pubishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- approx 1890
- Pages
- 267
- Size
- 7 1/2" x 4 13/16"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Verne, early adventure novels
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- Reprint
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....