THE CHASE OF THE METEOR and Other Stories by Bynner, Edwin Lassetter - 1891

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1891. [1st printing] 1891. Pictorial brown cloth depicting a locomotive in gilt, charcoal and gray, lettered in gilt on cover and spine; 209 pp.; frontis + 9 plates. Adventure stories from the pages of St Nicholas, Harper's Young People, and Wide Awake, including a 35 page illustrated science fiction story based on "Flatland", "A Cruise in a Soap-Bubble". Other stories of adventure, pirates, railroads, etc. See Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years. Uncommon. Minor soiling and edgewear; small dealer's label in ffep gutter; p. 11/2 is uncut. Sale! Regularly $65.00. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+.