This is a 12-volume series of hard cover books. Their most distinguishing feature, is the cover art. The cover illustration is rather primitive, showing a hot air balloon, 2 ships, and a large ‘SEA SERPENT’. The serpent is repeated on the spine, illustration by Henry Austin. A variety of cover colours in Red, Green and Blue. The following are the 12 titles in the series: Among the Cannibals2, Around the World in Eighty Days, The English at the North Pole, Five Weeks in a Balloon, From the Earth to the Moon, The Ice Desert, A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, The Mysterious Document, On the Track, Round the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Part 1) – 1 star on spine, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Part 2) – 2 stars on spine. HC
Genre:
Litrature
Genre 2:
Old & Interesting
Publisher:
Ward, Lock and Co, London
Publication date:
1900-1905
Condition:
Good