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Lot 111
[VERNE, Jules (1828–1905), preface]. –– CROMIE, Robert (185...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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[VERNE, Jules (1828?1905), preface]. ?? CROMIE, Robert (1855?1907).?A Plunge into Space.?London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1891. 8vo. Half?title, frontispiece under tissue as issued, title?page vignette; 8 pp. publisher?s catalogue at end. Original pictorial teal cloth stamped in gilt (spine gently darkened with some light rubbing along joints). Provenance: R. Kerr (penciled signature dated 1892 on frontispiece verso). SECOND EDITION of this ?interplanetary novel in the manner of Verne, with small elements of satire and social commentary? (Bleiler). In a RARE VARIANT BINDING with the pictorial design only seen on the first edition copies. Anatomy of Wonder 2?53 (first edition); Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years 505.
