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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.