VERNE (Jules). - Lot 79

VERNE (Jules). Five Weeks in a Balloon. A Journey 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, [1872–1873]. — Double 8vo, 269 x 176: (2 ff.), 267 pp.; (2 ff.), 220 pp. Violet percaline “shell-pattern” cardboard binding, gilt edges (Lenègre). Illustrated edition featuring illustrations by Édouard Riou and Henri de Montaut for *Five Weeks in a Balloon* and by Édouard Riou for *Journey to the Center of the Earth*. Violet “shell-style” cloth binding. The back cover is of the Lenègre “b” type; gray-blue endpapers. Spine uniformly faded, scuffs on the covers, slight dents along the edges. Foxing.