THE PEOPLE OF THE MOON: A NOVEL. London: "The Electrician" Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, [1895]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii] viii [1] 2-402 [403: blank] [404: printer's imprint] + 8 pages of publisher's ads inserted between pages 302 and [303], illustrations on eight inserted plates and in the text by A. d'Aguilcourt, publisher's pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange and silver, rear panel stamped in orange, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green, all edges silvered. First edition, first printing. "An imaginative science-fantasy romance, with monsters and flying machines galore, of the life and civilization inside the Moon; the manuscript was sent by means of an antigravity missile to Earth for our edification." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 48. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 386. Locke, Voyages in Space 46. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 59. Bleiler (1978), p. 41. Reginald 12748. Cloth rubbed along lower edges, small stain at fore-edge of rear cover, free endpapers a bit tanned, light scattered foxing to first few leaves, a tight, very good copy. A British school library copy with "Fifth Form Library / Presented by H" on the front free endpaper, and (later?) handwritten "Reference Library" and "Convent de Notre Dame" embossed stamp on the recto of the frontispiece. (#177628).
Price: $750.00
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