ANDRÉ LAURIE, Jules Verne's crypto-collaborator - Lot 1

ANDRÉ LAURIE, Jules Verne's crypto-collaborator André LAURIE. From New York to Brest in seven hours. Adventure novels. Illustrations by Riou. Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation. J. Hetzel et Cie. Paris (1889). In-8. Publisher's boards. Red percaline, gilt edges. Polychrome fern decoration. First edition, first binding. In Hetzel's series of adventure novels, almost entirely devoted to the conjectural novels of André Laurie. A gigantic pipeline is installed between America and Europe to ship oil, unfortunately causing the first major oil spill in history. Fortunately, the author foresees the possibility of sending oil in briquette form in the near future! Some foxing.