UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A

 RARE 1931 EDITION

OF THE FIVE PENNIES OF LAVAREDE

"LES 5 CINQ SOUS DE LAVAREDE"

ECCENTRIC VOYAGES

BY PAUL D'IVOI 

EDITED BY BOIVIN & CO.

PARIS, FRANCE

PRINTED IN FRANCE

THE CONDITION OF THE BOOK IS GOOD CONSIDERING THE AGE AND USE AS DISPLAYED IN THE PHOTO GALLERY. THE BOOK IS WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN FRENCH.

Paul d'Ivoi was by far the most commercially prosperous and influential successor of Jules Verne. He was the author of the 21-volume series, Les Voyages Excentriques (Eccentric Voyages) intended to compete with Verne's Les Voyages Extraordinaires (Extraordinary Voyages), which were for the most part first serialized in Le Journal des Voyages, then published in book form by Furne between 1894 and 1914. Both Deleutre's father and grand-father were men of letters themselves, and had used the nom-de-plume "d'Ivoi" previously. Young Paul started a a literary critic and chronicler at the Journal des Voyages before embarking on a career as a novelist.

D'Ivoi's novels were more adventure-oriented than Verne's, and were written in a faster paced, pulp/serial style. They were meant to entertain more than educate. They included a variety of futuristic machines such as incredible planes, sub-marines, rocketships, super-powered weapons, etc. Their heroes circumnavigated the globe, explored the bottom of the oceans, or conquered the atmosphere. They fought a dazzling variety of mad scientists, international conspiracies, and megalomaniacal tyrants. They unearthed evidence of ancient advanced civilizations. In short, they did everything pulp heroes of that time, like The Nyctalope, did.

Finally it is worth noting that, as was the case with Verne, through a series of cross-references, most of d'Ivoi's heroes share the same fictional universe, if they are not actually related to each other.

IN 1935 THIS BOOK WAS OWNED BY DUFFAUD LOUISELTE AS DISPLAYED ON THE OPENING OF THE BOOK

THE HARDCOVER AND INTERIOR IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL PAGES ATTACHED IN HELD IN THE BINDINGS. SHOWS SLIGHT YELLOWING DUE TO AGE, INSIDE PAGES IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO GALLERY. ALL 448 PAGES ARE FULLY INTACT ALONG WITH THE BINDING.

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