Mastin (John) Through the Sun in an Airship
£165
First edition, first issue binding.
London. Charles Griffin & Co, [1909]
Early Sci-Fi with a fin de siècle perspective on interplanetary voyaging across the solar system. A companion volume to his The Stolen Planet novel. In Bleiler.
In stock
Original first issue dark blue cloth blocked in gilt, a very good example.
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