Jules Verne - Cinq Semaines [1863] First Edition, Private Note Judith Seegers sold 18 6 2020 Sunday Times young writer of

Sunday Times young writer of the year

Men in Adventure June 1966

Pages   343

Illustrated by William Gropper

front end paper has inscription of previous owner "To Catherine from Florence xmas 1929"

Jules Verne - Cinq Semaines [1863] First Edition, Private Note Judith Seegers sold 18 6 2020 Sunday Times young writer ofJules Verne Cinq Semaines en Ballon (Five Weeks in Balloon. Journey's of Discovery in Africa). The authors first work, in its first appearance, accompanied by a laid in note from Verne to his nephew Maurice, and a bundle of other ephemera relating to this copy from the noted collector Richard Dalby, whose collection it originated from, having been in his possession since the 1960s. One of the rarest pieces of original Verne, the first issue is of