Pope Gustavus (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Some staining and wear to the covers; pages tanned; a strong cigarette smoke smell inside; else a solid reading copy. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0883551160. ISBN/EAN: 9780883551165. Inventory No: 225732.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good soft cover. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Book has wear to the outer extremities. The front in paper and page after has damage in the bottom right corner.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soiled on the edges of the page block; reading crease to the spine; cover scuffed with light edgewear. Old price sticker on the front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Hyperion reprint edition. Reprints the 1894 G.W. Dillingham edition. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" hardcover bound in gray cloth with design on the front cover and black lettering on the spine. Fine condition. Light tanning to the spine. No dust jacket as issued. New introduction by Sam Moskowitz.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. hardcover. very good book, no jacket, foxing,

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 297 pages. NOT a Columbus of spaceSet in the 19th century, A man named Stonewall gets his friends to visit his lab where he has been working on the power of the atom, but soon they find thems elves travelling on an expedition through space to Venus. Stonewall thinks of hi.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with light wear on the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. First edition, first issue with the Arena title page and all16 glossy illustrations present. Title as given on cover is "Wonderful Adventures on Venus." Rebacked in original cloth, with replacement black endpapers. Scarce, early interplanetary adventure.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth, lightly cocked, with former owner bookplate, light soil to cloth, a solid copy of an early classic of interplanetary fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Very scarce. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. "Arena Publishing Co." on spine. Frontispiece and one additional plate. 499pp. The cover has some edgewear and rubbing, more at spine. Color rubbed in spot at top front edge, spot on back fore-edge and at spine ends. Owner's name penciled on front endpaper. Paper cracked at back hinge. Photos available upon request.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1901 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 42 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. A solid softcover copy of rare in any form vintage Science Fiction adventure by the author of "Journey to Mars". All pages intact but original spine missing. Picture of author on cover.

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry, and that of Brooke, in the Oxford DNB. The five items are in good condition, lightly aged and worn. ONE: Carbon of Typed Article titled 'London Was Unlucky to Him / The Story of Gustavus Brooke, The Tragic Tragedian'. 11pp, 4to, on eleven leaves. Begins: There is nothing so ephemeral as the art of the actor. Very very few of the names live on. Yet there are some, who in their day were of the first magnitude and are now forgotten, save for the delving historian. That is a pity, for many of them deserve a niche in Fame and such a one was Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, the Tragic Tragedian. His life was one long exciting adventure of triumph and disaster. [.] He was one of the great ones of the early nineteenth century. His life ad his career resembled that of Edmund Kean.' TWO: Carbon of (apparently earlier) draft of article. 11pp, 4to. No changes to text are apparent, but the layout is different. THREE: Another carbon of Item Two. FOUR: Carbon of TL from MP to the editor of 'Everybody's' Greville Poke (also see his entry in the Oxford DNB). 13 July 1950. He is sending 'the story of Gustavus Brooke. I know it is a little long but, believe me, it is a great story.' He has 'plenty of illustrations'. Elsewhere he writes that he is 'rather sorry' Poke did not like his 'suggestion concerning the musical comedy situation because this turned out to be what I think is one of the best articles I have ever written. I sold it elsewhere at once'. FIVE: TNS written on behalf of the editor of 'Everybody's' magazine, Greville Poke (also see his entry in the Oxford DNB), on the magazine's letterhead, 14 July 1950. 1p, 4to. Signed 'for Greville / WS'. Reads: 'My dear Popie, / Thanks for sending along the manuscript of GUSTAVUS BROOKE. I shall be getting into this in the near future, I hope.'.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a good hardcover first edition copy in green cloth binding. With the bookplate for the Union for Christian Work Free Lending Library pasted on the top board. Which explains the well read look. But better than a reading copy with 499 pages and all 16 plates painted by Miss Fairfax and Mrs. McAuley from drawings by the author. This book is a sequel to Pope's novel of the previous year, Journey to Mars. This Venus volume features the same hero and heroine, Lt. Frederick Hamilton, USN, and his love interest the Martian princess Suhlamia. They travel to Venus on a four masted Martian "ethervolt" spacecraft that looks a lot like the James Webb Space Telescope. Photos on request.

First Edition. Journey to Mars; The Wonderful World: Its Beauty and Splendor; Its Mighty Races and Kingdoms; Its Final Doom, Dillingham's Globe Library #26, 1897, pages browning and brittle, strip of old tape to the verso of the title page near the gutter, else a near vg copy of this early reprint (first published in 1894) in gray/green beveled cloth. A very scarce issue. It is suggested that ERB may indeed have come in contact with this title and hence the tales of Barsoom were born. From the library of Forrest Ackerman.

Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-499 [500: blank], 16 inserted plates with illustrations by Miss Fairfax and Mrs. McAuley from drawings by the author, publisher's green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed green. First edition. A later issue of the first edition with the "Arena" imprint on the spine panel and a cancel title page with Neely's imprint. This novel, the second and last of Pope's projected "Romances of the Planets" series, was first published by Arena Publishing Company in 1895. Arena issued the novel in two forms, in cloth with sixteen inserted plates, and in paper with three inserted plates. Neely acquired the Arena sheets (and some clothbound copies) and reissued them with cancel title pages. Although sixteen was the full compliment of plates for the copies bound in cloth, many of the hardbound copies issued by Arena and reissued by Neely have fewer inserted plates, generally three, but sometimes two or four. This copy has all sixteen plates. About 1897 Neely reprinted the novel on cheap pulp paper stock as a 25¢ paperback with two inserted plates. In Pope's sequel to JOURNEY TO MARS . (1894), the protagonist and his Martian princess visit Venus, a younger world comparable to some stage of earth's prehistory. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-127; (1981) 1-139; (1987) 1-76; and (1995) 1-76. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1806. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 202-03. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 628. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Locke, Voyages in Space 163. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11815. Wright (III) 4305. Some insect tracking to cloth on spine and front panels, inner front hinge crudely repaired, inner rear hinge cracked but quite sound, a good, solid copy. This book is seldom found with its full compliment of sixteen plates, most of which depict the exploration of Venus and its flora and fauna. (#174274).

Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vii [viii] 9-543 [544: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, publisher's decorated bevel-edged scarlet cloth, front panel stamped in silver, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained black, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green. First edition. The first of Pope's two published "Romances of the Planets," a projected series of interplanetary romances describing the exploration of the solar system by Martian scientists. Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton, a U.S. naval officer shipwrecked in the Antarctic, saves the life of a Martian prince, a member of an expedition to Earth to establish a Martian colony and communication between the two planets. The exploring party takes Hamilton to Mars where he meets Princess Suhlamia. They fall in love (they do not marry during the course of this novel or its sequel; Martian courtships are lengthy). Hamilton is imprisoned and sentenced to death by a rival suitor, the villainous Prince Diavojahr. Hamilton escapes and is reunited with Princess Suhlamia. But Mars faces a far greater peril than the consequences of the political skullduggery of the evil prince; an approaching meteor swarm and the possible fall of Phobos and Deimos onto Mars threaten the planet. A party of Martians is sent to Earth to establish a colony for millions of the doomed planet's inhabitants, but it must return before completing its mission because the dastardly Prince Diavojahr has captured the south polar spaceport and Princess Suhlamia is in danger. Nothing is resolved in this novel; Pope intentionally suspends the action in order to create interest in his sequel, A JOURNEY TO VENUS (1895). "Many of the colorful ingredients that characterized the later Martian romances of Edgar Rice Burroughs are present, such as the juxtaposition of swords and superscientific weaponry, and reflect a decayed, once advanced civilization. An idea-packed novel which some critics think inspired Burroughs's work." - Locke, Voyages in Space 162. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-126; (1981) 1-139; (1987) 1-76; and (1995) 1-76. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1805. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 198-202. Clareson, Science-Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 627. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 949. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 197. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 103. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11814. Wright (III) 4304. Owner's name on the front paste-down and the front flyleaf. Spine lean, just a bit of soiling and spotting to cloth, a very good copy. (174273).

Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vii [viii] 9-543 [544: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, publisher's decorated bevel-edged gray cloth, front panel stamped in silver, spine panel stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green. First edition. A presentation copy inscribed by Pope on the front flyleaf: "To / Mrs. Cleveland / with the compliments / of the author. / Feby 15th 94." The first of Pope's two published "Romances of the Planets," a projected series of interplanetary romances describing the exploration of the solar system by Martian scientists. Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton, a U.S. naval officer shipwrecked in the Antarctic, saves the life of a Martian prince, a member of an expedition to Earth to establish a Martian colony and communication between the two planets. The exploring party takes Hamilton to Mars where he meets Princess Suhlamia. They fall in love (they do not marry during the course of this novel or its sequel; Martian courtships are lengthy). Hamilton is imprisoned and sentenced to death by a rival suitor, the villainous Prince Diavojahr. Hamilton escapes and is reunited with Princess Suhlamia. But Mars faces a far greater peril than the consequences of the political skullduggery of the evil prince; an approaching meteor swarm and the possible fall of Phobos and Deimos onto Mars threaten the planet. A party of Martians is sent to Earth to establish a colony for millions of the doomed planet's inhabitants, but it must return before completing its mission because the dastardly Prince Diavojahr has captured the south polar spaceport and Princess Suhlamia is in danger. Nothing is resolved in this novel; Pope intentionally suspends the action in order to create interest in his sequel, A JOURNEY TO VENUS (1895). "Many of the colorful ingredients that characterized the later Martian romances of Edgar Rice Burroughs are present, such as the juxtaposition of swords and superscientific weaponry, and reflect a decayed, once advanced civilization. An idea-packed novel which some critics think inspired Burroughs's work." - Locke, Voyages in Space 162. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-126; (1981) 1-139; (1987) 1-76; and (1995) 1-76. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1805. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 198-202. Clareson, Science-Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 627. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 949. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 197. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 103. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11814. Wright (III) 4304. A tight, clean, nearly fine copy. A lovely copy. Rarely found signed or inscribed by Pope. (#174272).

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-499 [500: blank], two inserted plates with illustrations by Miss Fairfax and Mrs. McAuley from drawings by the author, publisher's red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, plain white endpapers. First edition. A later issue of the first edition with the "Arena" imprint on the spine panel and a cancel title page with Neely's imprint. This novel, the second and last of Pope's projected "Romances of the Planets" series, was first published by Arena Publishing Company in 1895. Arena issued the novel in two forms, in cloth with sixteen inserted plates, and in paper with three inserted plates. Neely acquired the Arena sheets (and some clothbound copies) and reissued them with cancel title pages. Although sixteen was the full compliment of plates for the copies bound in cloth, many of the hardbound copies issued by Arena and reissued by Neely have fewer inserted plates, generally three, but sometimes two or four. This copy has two plates. About 1897 Neely reprinted the novel on cheap pulp paper stock as a 25¢ paperback with two inserted plates. In Pope's sequel to JOURNEY TO MARS. (1894), the protagonist and his Martian princess visit Venus, a younger world comparable to some stage of earth's prehistory. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-127; (1981) 1-139; (1987) 1-76; and (1995) 1-76. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1806. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 202-03. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 628. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Locke, Voyages in Space 163. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11815. Wright (III) 4305. Armorial bookplate of William Gilbert Davies affixed to the front paste-down. A presentation copy, inscribed to "his friend" Davies by Neely, the publisher. A few faint spots to cloth, spine a bit darkened, a very good copy. A very attractive, much better than average copy of this book. (#169923).

Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii-vii [viii] 9-543 [544: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated bevel-edged brown cloth, front panel stamped in silver, spine panel stamped in gold, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green. First edition. The first of Pope's two published "Romances of the Planets," a projected series of interplanetary romances describing the exploration of the solar system by Martian scientists. Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton, a U.S. naval officer shipwrecked in the Antarctic, saves the life of a Martian prince, a member of an expedition to Earth to establish a Martian colony and communication between the two planets. The exploring party takes Hamilton to Mars where he meets Princess Suhlamia. They fall in love (they do not marry during the course of this novel or its sequel; Martian courtships are lengthy). Hamilton is imprisoned and sentenced to death by a rival suitor, the villainous Prince Diavojahr. Hamilton escapes and is reunited with Princess Suhlamia. But Mars faces a far greater peril than the consequences of the political skullduggery of the evil prince; an approaching meteor swarm and the possible fall of Phobos and Deimos onto Mars threaten the planet. A party of Martians is sent to Earth to establish a colony for millions of the doomed planet's inhabitants, but it must return before completing its mission because the dastardly Prince Diavojahr has captured the south polar spaceport and Princess Suhlamia is in danger. Nothing is resolved in this novel; Pope intentionally suspends the action in order to create interest in his sequel, A JOURNEY TO VENUS (1895). "Many of the colorful ingredients that characterized the later Martian romances of Edgar Rice Burroughs are present, such as the juxtaposition of swords and superscientific weaponry, and reflect a decayed, once advanced civilization. An idea-packed novel which some critics think inspired Burroughs's work." - Locke, Voyages in Space 162. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-126; (1981) 1-139; (1987) 1-76; and (1995) 1-76. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1805. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 198-202. Clareson, Science-Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 627. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 949. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p. 197. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 103. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11814. Wright (III) 4304. Early owner's signature (G. W. E. Goodell) on front paste-down and title page, another early signature (Edward L. Sabin?) on front flyleaf. Slight spine lean, cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips, some minor spotting and scuffing to front cover, a very good copy with tight inner hinges. A fairly nice copy of an uncommon book seldom found in decent condition. (#156385).

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-499 [500: blank], two inserted plates with illustrations by Miss Fairfax and Mrs. McAuley from drawings by the author, publisher's green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, white endpapers. First edition. A later issue of the first edition with the "Arena" imprint on the spine panel and a cancel title page with Neely's imprint. This novel, the second and last of Pope's projected "Romances of the Planets" series, was first published by Arena Publishing Company in 1895. Arena issued the novel in two forms, in cloth with sixteen inserted plates, and in paper with three inserted plates. Neely acquired the Arena sheets (and some clothbound copies) and reissued them with cancel title pages. Although sixteen was the full compliment of plates for the copies bound in cloth, many of the hardbound copies issued by Arena and reissued by Neely have fewer inserted plates, generally three, but sometimes four or two. This copy has two plates, one used as the frontispiece, the other facing page 120. About 1897 Neely reprinted the novel on cheap pulp paper stock as a 25¢ paperback with two inserted plates. In Pope's sequel to JOURNEY TO MARS . (1894), the protagonist and his Martian princess visit Venus, a younger world comparable to some stage of earth's prehistory. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-127; (1981) 1-139; (1987) 1-76; and (1995) 1-76. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1806. Clareson, The Emergence of American Science Fiction: 1880-1915, pp. 202-03. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 628. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 177. Locke, Voyages in Space 163. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11815. Wright (III) 4305. A fine copy. Rare in this condition. (#137405).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.