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THE HISTORY OF A VOYAGE TO THE MOON, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURERS' SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES. AN EXHUMED NARRATIVE, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EJECTED FROM A LUNAR VOLCANO by Trueman, Chrysostom "editor," i.e. H. Cowen - 1864

by Trueman, Chrysostom "editor," i.e. H. Cowen

THE HISTORY OF A VOYAGE TO THE MOON, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURERS' SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES. AN EXHUMED NARRATIVE, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EJECTED FROM A LUNAR VOLCANO by Trueman, Chrysostom "editor," i.e. H. Cowen - 1864

THE HISTORY OF A VOYAGE TO THE MOON, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURERS' SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES. AN EXHUMED NARRATIVE, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN EJECTED FROM A LUNAR VOLCANO

by Trueman, Chrysostom "editor," i.e. H. Cowen

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London: Lockwood & Co., 1864. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-204, inserted lithographed frontispiece, original decorated green pebbled cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, cream coated endpapers. First edition. "An interplanetary fantasy whose protagonists employ a force of 'repulsion' to convey an 'island earth' to the Moon. They discover a communistic utopian society of miniature humans, who are unwitting reincarnations of souls who have previously lived on Earth (the latter notion had yet to be featured in Flammarion's LUMEN, although it had been broached in previous lunar romances and cosmic voyages). A fascinating philosophical romance, intermediate between satirical lunar voyages and scientific romances, which carries forward the kind of bridging work begun by Atterley's VOYAGE TO THE MOON (1827)." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1141. "Certainly the most significant SF novel between Shelley and the 1870s, it influenced both Verne and Wells." - Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, pp. 12-13. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 1-1; (1981) 1-3; and (2004) II-1141. Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration: Invented and Apocryphal Narratives of Travel T20. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 5. Locke, Voyages in Space (2011) V38. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 56. Bleiler (1978), p. 6. Reginald 07237. Early owner's signature at upper left corner of the front paste-down. Touch of wear to cloth at spine ends and corner tips, two small ink stains on front front endpapers, several ink stains to frontispiece, text paper tanned, several ink stains on the first page of text, a good copy. A major genre rarity, seldom found in nice condition. (#165323)
  • Bookseller L. W. Currey, Inc. US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Lockwood & Co.
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1864
  • Keywords Interplanetary Fiction; Space Flight; Utopian Literature; Victorian Fiction