Small octavo, pp. 297, illustrations, full green polished calf, title label on spine, spine richly tooled in gold, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Sixth edition. "A series of dialogues on philosophical and scientific topics which includes a short account of a spirit journey, conducted by a Genius, to Saturn, and a description of the non-human intelligent beings inhabiting it. An important, albeit brief, contribution to the evolution of the non-human alien in science fiction." - Locke, Voyages in Space 58. "Mostly essay material on philosophy of science, religion, and popular science, but with short science-fiction episode. An interesting parental exercise, with many remarkable strokes of imagination." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 552. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-302. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 64. Bleiler (1978), p. 57. Bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Calf rubbed, wear at edges, a very good copy. (#173820). Seller Inventory # 173820

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Title: CONSOLATIONS IN TRAVEL; OR THE LAST DAYS OF ...

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1853

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