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191040446NY: Scribner's 1910. First Edition. 8vo pp. x 376. Index. Dark blue cloth spine stamped in gilt. TEG. Unopened. Hinges tender little water-stained at lower outer corners cover little worn at edges o/w VG. Scribner's unknown books
1941194605San José Costa Rica: Impr. Nacional 1941. 169p. pictorial wraps light wear at spine edges gift inscription on front free endpaper rear wrap soiled with several small ink stains else good condition. Text in Spanish. Impr. Nacional unknown books
1976106612Boston: Gregg Press 1976. Octavo cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition. Translated from the French by P. J. Sokolowski. New introductions by Pierre Versins and Marc Angenot. Text offset from the 1975 DAW Books edition. A masterpiece of nineteenth century science fiction STAR 1854 is one of the earliest "space operas" and the first work of its scale in the science fiction genre. The story describes the earth leveled by plague the flight of a few survivors to other planets and the settlement of Star. ".a flamboyant early example of space opera. by the obscure Charles Defontenay stands out quite prominently not only as an intriguing literary curiosity but as a novel well ahead of its time." - Anatomy of Wonder 1987 p. 406. ".a remarkable unique work." - Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 556. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-311. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V pp. 2146-49. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. #106612 Gregg Press unknown books
