New edition, illustrated with drawings by Neuville and Benett.
Publisher's board with “an elephant, title in the fan” signed at the bottom of the Engel plate, lighthouse on the spine, type “i” second board according to Jauzac.
Top spine-end a little saggy, three tiny bumps to the leading edges of the upper board and some sections a little protruding, otherwise a beautiful copy.
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World in Eighty Days) is an adventure novel. The novel tells the story of the English gentleman Phileas Fogg's race around the word, who made a bet that he could achieve it in eighty days. He is accompanied by Jean Passepartout, his French servant. The whole novel mixes travel writing (traditional for Jules Verne) and scientific facts such as those used for the plot twist of the novel.
Le Docteur Ox (Doctor Ox) is a collection of 5 short stories from Jules Verne's youth.