Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

Verne, Jules; Done Into English by "William Lackland"

Verlag: D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1869

Beschreibung

First American Edition and First in the English language in gilt-stamped and decorated blue pebbled cloth, blind-ruled panels, 1st issue with 2-page New Publications listing with 8 titles, boards a little worn & soiled with 1 1/2-inch tear to cloth along one spine extremity at fold, a few other spots of separation along same spine edge, light wear with slight fraying at ends & corners otherwise, hinges tight, yellow endpapers clean & bright, contents unfoxed, some smudges early page margins, former owner autograph and date of Dec 1869 writ large & vertically over text to page 44, small namestamp top page 51, all illustrations present including frontispiece (a little crimped at fold) with tissue guard, an overall Very Good copy of the first title of Verne's to appear in Englsih, quite scarce as such; 8vo; (vi) 345pp + 12pp ads; 5 internal illus plates; frontispiece. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 29831

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and ...

Verlag: D. Appleton and Company, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1869

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition.