Jules Verne - Cinq Semaines [1863] First Edition, Private Note George Allen Cynthia Asquith - This Mortal

Cynthia Asquith - This Mortal Coil

A collection of essays and stories

Weight     800g

Weight   305g

A  ninth edition

Jules Verne - Cinq Semaines [1863] First Edition, Private Note George Allen Cynthia Asquith - This MortalJules 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