Micromegas by Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire - 1753

Paris, France: Librairie Armand Colin, 1961. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 280, (5) pp. Previous owner name on front free endpaper. Clear vinyl jacket is chipped at the upper edge of the front panel. Text in French.

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1930. 116 clean, unmarked pages+12 pages ads; stapled wraps w/lite chipping; no date given (circa 1930?). 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 12 vo.

Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1923. leather_bound. Orig. full two-toned brown leather, covers decorated in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Teg. Fine. 54 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 95 of 500 on velin la forme with 45 vignettes in pochoir by Joseph Hemard. An exquisite copy bound by Kieffer with his label on verso of front cover paste-down. Hémard's lasting fame, however, lies in his book illustrations - always with a distinctly French character, usually comic, and often mildly erotic. He was probably the most prolific book illustrator in the first half of the twentieth century in France.

London: J. Robinson. London, J. Robinson, 1752. Hardback. Likely a pirated edition. A very good copy in half vellum. An important early example of what would become science fiction. Three editions were published in 1752 at about the same time, the actual first edition doesn't have the date on the title page, unlike the present copy. The other two copies are thought to be unauthorised, and likely published in Paris or Germany. An adventure following the journey of alien visitors to Earth from Sirius and Saturn. ".inaugurated a tradition of superior aliens who come to lecture humans about the need to improve themselves" [Westfahl, volI, p17]. Some scuffing to the binding, handwritten title on the spine, ink name to endpaper, top edge dusty. A presentable copy of an important milestone in the history of science fiction. [10689, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. Edition. 1752.