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Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
de Verne, Jules; Done Into English by "William Lackland
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869 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. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
Sinopsis
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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- Librería
- Nighttown Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 29831
- Título
- Five Weeks in a Balloon; or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
- Autor
- Verne, Jules; Done Into English by "William Lackland
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- D. Appleton and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1869
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- 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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