1890 Rare Early Edition - Five Weeks in a Balloon by JULES VERNE, illustrated by Edouard Riou. Rare book She also wrote the words

She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter"

where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays

Saunders eventually rises by his own efforts to become a pilot on the Thames

gift note of a previous -1858- owner on the first blank)

a wide moustache upturned at both ends

1890 Rare Early Edition - Five Weeks in a Balloon by JULES VERNE, illustrated by Edouard Riou. Rare book She also wrote the words(Description) Author: Jules Verne. Edouard Riou, illustrator. Title: Five Weeks in a Balloon. A Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa. With Sixty Four Illustrations by Riou. Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, no date (1890). Eight Edition (stated). Language: Text in English Size: 7. 5" X 6". Pages: viii 352 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and