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Five weeks in a balloon by jules verne5/21/2023 ![]() Last leaf of advertisements lists eight new titles from Appleton (as opposed to 12) priority not established. ![]() Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. While he was an aspiring but “only marginally successful” writer making his living as a stockbroker, Verne approached publisher Jules Hetzel “with a narrative about traveling in balloons (it was apparently couched in semi-documentary form) when Hetzel suggested that he properly novelize his story, Verne did so eagerly and swiftly, and the renovated tale, published as Cinq Semaines en Ballon, began the long series of Voyages Extaordinaires (‘Extraordinary Journeys’) which the firm of Hetzel published under that rubric from then until the end of Verne’s career… In that first tale… three colleagues decide to try to cross Africa in a balloon, have numerous adventures as they go, and learn a great deal about Africa” (Clute & Nicholls, 1276). Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst edition in English and first American edition of Jules Verne’s first published novel. Octavo, original pebbled pictorial tan cloth gilt rebacked with original spine laid down. ![]() Five Weeks in a Balloon or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen. ![]() “AFRICA IS, AT LENGTH, ABOUT TO SURRENDER THE SECRET OF HER VAST SOLITUDES…”: FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF JULES VERNE’S FIRST “EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE,” FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON, 1869 ![]()
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