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12mo, pp. [1-2] [1-3] 4-345 [346: blank] [1] 2-9 [10-12]: ads (last six leaves of gathering 15), fly leaves at front and rear, six inserted plates, publisher's pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, yellow coated endpapers. First edition in English. Variant (priority, if any, unknown) with eight titles listed under "new publications" on pages [11-12] of advertisements at rear. Verne's first book, first published in Paris by Hetzel in 1863 as CINQ SEMAINES EN BALLOON: VOYAGES DE DECOUVERTES EN AFRIQUE. ". the first of Verne's voyages extraordinaires, this tale established the conventions which he employed throughout his fiction." - Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 764. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-148 and (1981) 1-160. Bleiler (1948), p. 24. Reginald 14618. Myers 20. Taves and Michaluk V001. Spine lean, cloth worn at spine ends, corners and along outer joints, rubbed, and scuffed, a sound copy with clean interior. (#173582).

Five Weeks in a Balloon was the first novel in Jules Verne’s series known as the Extraordinary Voyages. It tells the story of a journey over Africa in a hydrogen balloon, exploring both uncharted territories and the spirit of adventure.