VOYAGES TO THE MOON AND THE SUN. Translated by Richard Aldington with an Introduction and Notes. New York: The Orion Press, [1962]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First U.S. edition of this translation. The first modern translation (first of the two standard translations) of Cyrano's "comical history," a historically important work in the development of the lunar voyage. "A remarkable book that deserves wider readership than it has received." - Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years 542. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 1-12; (1981) 1-52; (1987) 1-12; (1995) 1-12; and (2004) II-295. Bleiler (1948), p. 91. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with two short tears and associated wrinkle at upper spine end and clipped price. (#175043).
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