[Africa] Five weeks in a balloon by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Riou and Montaut. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel Li- braire-Éditeur, sd (1865).
Small in-8° paperback in publisher's illustrated cover. Untrimmed. 6 + 372 pp. Printed by Bonaventure et Ducessois. Catalogue of 32 pp. Family Library/Education-Recreation/Etransition Books in fine.
Presented in modern slipcase with green paper spine title page bordered by double gilt fillets. First illustrated edition.
Restorations to the spine. Otherwise, a very nice copy of this very rare paperback version of Jules Verne's first novel in an illustrated edition. Known copies can be counted on the fingers of one hand!
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