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Gustavus Pope Journey to Venus 1895

Title: Journey to Venus: The Primeval World, Its Wonderful Creations and Gigantic Monsters
Author: Pope, Gustavus W.
Description: [4], 499 pp. Three inserted plates by Miss Fairfax and Mrs. McAuley from drawings by the author. (8vo) 7½x5, period half morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. First Edition.Originally issued in 2 bindings, a cloth bound issue with 16 inserted plates and a wrapper bound issue with 3 inserted plates as in the present copy. The second, and last, novel in the authors 'Romances of the Planets' series, a sequel to his Journey to Mars (1894). Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1806.
Heading: Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Arena Publishing Company
Date Published: 1895