This like-new hardcover is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and appear unread, the book is tight, square, and unmarked. The dust cover is unmarked, red cloth boards, and silver lettering on the spine of the book. Five Weeks in a Balloon: A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa is one of Jules Verne's early and influential novels, originally published in French. This edition, published by Wesleyan University Press in 2015 as part of their Early Classics of Science Fiction series, is a modern reissue of this classic work. Reflecting the age of exploration, the novel captures the spirit of curiosity and the desire to uncover the unknown. Five Weeks in a Balloon is considered a classic of adventure literature and an important early work in the science fiction genre.