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Babylon Electrified - Early Science Fiction

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Title: Babylon Electrified. The History of an Expedition Undertaken to Restore Ancient Babylon by the Power of Electricity and How it Resulted.
Author: Bleunard, A.
Description: viii, 304, 16 (ads) pp. Frontispiece color map and numerous illustrations after drawings by Alfred Montader. (8vo) 9½x6½, original tan cloth decoratively stamped in gray, black, and gilt, top edge gilt. First American Edition.An early science-fiction novel with detailed exotic settings and ample melodrama, in a striking binding. Bleiler: "All in all, equal to the work of Verne. The geographical portions are well handled, and the consideration given to such matters as climatic change, deforestation and ecology, and cultural clashes is very modern." Bleiler, Sci-Fi: The Early Years, 228.
Heading: zzkPlace Published: Philadelphia
Publisher: Gebbie & Co.
Date Published: 1889

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