VERNE (Jules). Five weeks in a balloon. Voyage of discovery in Africa by three Englishmen. - Journey to the Center of the Earth. Paris: Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, 1872. - In-8 double, 268x174: (2 ff.), 267 pp.; (2 ff.), 220 pp. Havana percaline "à l'obus" boards, gilt edges (Lenègre). Edition illustrated with compositions by Édouard Riou and Henri de Montaut for Cinq semaines en ballon and by Édouard Riou for Voyage au center de la Terre. Havana "shell" boards. Second board is Lenègre "b" type; gray endpapers. Fine restorations to the boards. Some foxing and light dampening.
Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
VERNE (Jules).
Five weeks in a balloon. Voyage of discovery in Africa by three Englishmen. - Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Paris: Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, 1872. - In-8 double, 268x174: (2 ff.), 267 pp.; (2 ff.), 220 pp. Havana percaline "à l'obus" boards, gilt edges (Lenègre).
Edition illustrated with compositions by Édouard Riou and Henri de Montaut for Cinq semaines en ballon and by Édouard Riou for Voyage au center de la Terre.
Havana "shell" boards. Second board is Lenègre "b" type; gray endpapers.
Fine restorations to the boards. Some foxing and light dampening.
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