VERNE, Jules. Five Weeks in a Balloon; or Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen. Translated by “William Lackland,” New York: Hurst & Co. 1883.
(185 x 120 mm) pp. 345. Frontispeice and three illustrations. Candidate for BINDING COPY. Though dated 1869, it is the 1883 edition
An early American version suffering from the typical Anglophone treatment of Verniana-- publishers believed that the English-reading audience would assume the literature was intended for children if the illustrations were left in. Wanting to appeal to a broader audience, the illustrations, which Verne intended to be read alongside the text, were often reduced or omitted entirely.