DELAIRE, JEAN PSEUDONYM OF MRS MUIRSON BLAKE (4 résultats)

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-136 [note: first leaf is a blank], original light brown wrappers printed in black. First edition. Fantasy satire by the author of AROUND A DISTANT STAR, an interplanetary novel published in 1904. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 67 describing the hardbound issue (Locke dates the book 1926, probably in error; printing statement in this copy reads: "First published in MCMXXVII"). Bleiler (1978), p. 58. Reginald 04023. A fine copy. This paperbound issue is uncommon. (#77541).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-8 [9-12] 13-301 [302: printer's imprint] [303-304: ads] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "March, 1904" inserted at rear, seven inserted plates with illustrations by Alfred Touchemolin, publisher's pictorial gray green cloth, front panel stamped in yellow, black and white, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Of several noted bindings, no priority established, this copy has the lettering on spine panel in gold and is most likely an earlier binding state. Noted with and without a publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, this copy has the catalogue. "A spacecraft fitted with a super-telescope flies to the planet Kallistos, around a star nearly 2000 light years distant, for the express purpose of witnessing the last days of Christ, duly revealed by the light which has only just reached that world from Earth. The alien life forms encountered include carnivorous plants. Pure science fiction in spite of the religious motivation." - Locke, Voyages in Space 61. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 559. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 67. Bleiler (1978), p. 58. Reginald 04022. 1906 Christmas gift inscription on the half title page. Cloth worn at spine ends and corner tips, cloth rubbed along outer joints, mild foxing, mostly to page edges, pulp endpapers tanned with offset on half title leaf, a very good copy. (#173764).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-8 [9-12] 13-301 [302: printer's imprint] [303-304: ads] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "March, 1904" inserted at rear, seven inserted plates with illustrations by Alfred Touchemolin, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in white, black and orange, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Of several noted bindings, no priority established, this copy has the lettering on spine panel in gold and is most likely an earlier binding state. Noted with and without a publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, this copy has the catalogue. "A spacecraft fitted with a super-telescope flies to the planet Kallistos, around a star nearly 2000 light years distant, for the express purpose of witnessing the last days of Christ, duly revealed by the light which has only just reached that world from earth. The alien life forms encountered include carnivorous plants. Pure science fiction in spite of the religious motivation." - Locke, Voyages in Space 61. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 559. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 67. Bleiler (1978), p. 58. Reginald 04022. Some staining to top quarter of front panel where a lending library label was removed, considerable foxing throughout text block, a good, tight copy which is externally bright and fairly attractive. (#75321).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-8 [9-12] 13-301 [302: printer's imprint] [303-304: ads], seven inserted plates with illustrations by Alfred Touchemolin, original pictorial light green cloth, stamped in dark green, yellow and white. First edition. Of several noted bindings, no priority established, this copy has lettering on spine panel in dark green and is most likely a later binding state. Noted with and without inserted publisher's catalogue at rear, this copy does not have the catalogue. "A spacecraft fitted with a super-telescope flies to the planet Kallistos, around a star nearly 2000 light years distant, for the express purpose of witnessing the last days of Christ, duly revealed by the light which has only just reached that world from earth. The alien life forms encountered include carnivorous plants. Pure science fiction in spite of the religious motivation." - Locke, Voyages in Space 61. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 559. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 67. Bleiler (1978), p. 58. Reginald 04022. Some bubbling to cloth on spine panel and along bottom edge of rear panel, a bright, nearly fine copy. (#89812).