Mars Moon by Mark Wicks: Signed (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Seeley And Co, 1911
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1911. No Edition Stated. 327 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Dark blue cloth with blocked gilt to front board and spine. Dedicated by author to FFP dated Feb 1911. Contains numerous black and white plates and illustrations. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanni…ng and foxing to FFP and text block edges. Illustrations and plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company. London: Seeley and Co. Limited, Philadelphia, 1911
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xv [xvi] xvii [xviii] xix-xxi [xxii] xxiii [xxiv] 25-327 [328] [note: except for small signature mark "A" on recto, first leaf is blank], sixteen inserted plates, mostly illustrations and maps drawn by the author, original pictorial blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A pres…entation copy with an inscription by "the Author" dated January 1911" on the front free endpaper. "A science fiction story intended for the younger reader and trying to give within its framework up-to-date information on the moon and Mars. The voyage is carried out by spacecraft, the civilization of humanoid Martians encountered is scientifically and socially superior to ours, and the planet is stiff with canals." - Locke, Voyages in Space 212. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-176 and (1981) 1-182. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2382. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 812. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 40. Lewis, Utopian Literature, p. 209. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 231. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 151. Bleiler (1978), p. 208. Reginald 15305. A fine copy. A beautiful copy of this handsome book. (#109904).
