GREEN, Roger Lancelyn. Into Other Worlds
GREEN, Roger Lancelyn. Into Other Worlds. Space-Flight in Fiction from Lucian to Lewis. London and New York: Abelard-Schuman. 1957. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the vibrant though uncredited dust jacket. A very good copy, the cloth a little bumped to corners, but clean, the binding tight and square. A few light marks to the textblock edges, but internally fine. The dust jacket unclipped (16s net) with several small closed tears, notably to front panel top edges. Some spots to all panels, but still a presentable example.
A collection of literary criticism focused on space exploration through literature: “Here are the two trips to the moon described by Lucian the Greek, medieval voyages in angel-driven chariots, Godwin”s wild swans, Cyrano’s bottles of dew and Baron Munchausen’s straw rope; here are the lunar fancies of Poe, Locke and Verne; the stories of Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs; and finally the imaginative triumphs of David Lindsay and C. S. Lewis.” Printed dedication to C. S. Lewis, whose recently published ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ was encouraged by the author here, even offering its title.
GREEN, Roger Lancelyn. Into Other Worlds. Space-Flight in Fiction from Lucian to Lewis. London and New York: Abelard-Schuman. 1957. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the vibrant though uncredited dust jacket. A very good copy, the cloth a little bumped to corners, but clean, the binding tight and square. A few light marks to the textblock edges, but internally fine. The dust jacket unclipped (16s net) with several small closed tears, notably to front panel top edges. Some spots to all panels, but still a presentable example.
A collection of literary criticism focused on space exploration through literature: “Here are the two trips to the moon described by Lucian the Greek, medieval voyages in angel-driven chariots, Godwin”s wild swans, Cyrano’s bottles of dew and Baron Munchausen’s straw rope; here are the lunar fancies of Poe, Locke and Verne; the stories of Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs; and finally the imaginative triumphs of David Lindsay and C. S. Lewis.” Printed dedication to C. S. Lewis, whose recently published ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ was encouraged by the author here, even offering its title.
GREEN, Roger Lancelyn. Into Other Worlds. Space-Flight in Fiction from Lucian to Lewis. London and New York: Abelard-Schuman. 1957. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the vibrant though uncredited dust jacket. A very good copy, the cloth a little bumped to corners, but clean, the binding tight and square. A few light marks to the textblock edges, but internally fine. The dust jacket unclipped (16s net) with several small closed tears, notably to front panel top edges. Some spots to all panels, but still a presentable example.
A collection of literary criticism focused on space exploration through literature: “Here are the two trips to the moon described by Lucian the Greek, medieval voyages in angel-driven chariots, Godwin”s wild swans, Cyrano’s bottles of dew and Baron Munchausen’s straw rope; here are the lunar fancies of Poe, Locke and Verne; the stories of Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs; and finally the imaginative triumphs of David Lindsay and C. S. Lewis.” Printed dedication to C. S. Lewis, whose recently published ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ was encouraged by the author here, even offering its title.