THE WONDERFUL VOYAGES OF CAP'N PEN. Boston: Little Brown, and Company, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-3] 4-275 [276: blank] [note: contents leaf is a tipped-in singleton], seventeen inserted plates with illustrations by F. Strothmann, original pictorial orange cloth stamped in black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Seventeen tales told by a nautical Munchausen, including fantastical stories. "The Voyage of the Good Ship Luna" is an account of the Captain's trip to the Moon. Captain Penhallow Freedom is hired by Professor Aloysius McGonigle to navigate a rocket to the Moon; the rocket misfires and the pair are blown through a tunnel into a theme park on Long Island. Day, A Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature, p. 79. Cloth just a bit soiled, a very good copy. (#133529).
Price: $75.00
"Published September, 1929" on copyright page.