Author: Peter Parley [Samuel Griswold Goodrich]
Title: The Balloon Travels of Robert Merry and His Young Friends, over Various Countries in Europe
Description: New York, J. C. Derby & Co, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming novel about the travels of a group of characters across Europe in a balloon. The first edition of this work, by American author Samuel Griswold Goodrich, written under the pseudonym Peter Parley.A charming story of travel across Europe in a balloon.Illustrated with an engraved title page, frontispiece, and six plates. Collated, complete.With the inscription of James Edwards Esq to the front free endpaper, and a stamp reading 'Sammlung Eck' to the front pastedown.A delightful mid nineteenth century adventure novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to cloth of back strip. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, but with the odd instance of spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Balloon Travels of Robert Merry and His Young Friends Samuel Griswold Goodrich Peter Parley hot air balloon Samuel Griswold Goodrich Not Stated


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