DISTANT WORLDS: THE STORY OF A VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS. Translated from the German by Max Shachtman.

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, London, 1932

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Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] 1-343 [344: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by Robert A. Graef, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained black, fore edge untrimmed. First edition in English. Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel translated into English. WUNDERERWELTEN (1911) is a boys' book that "takes its spaceship crew to Mars and finally, at several times the speed of light, to Alpa Centauri, where they explore an Eden-like planet. Its content is quite advanced for 1911, but it is ill written." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 762. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1428. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 149. Bleiler (1978), p. 132. Reginald 09541. See Bloch (2002) 2021. A fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with light edge wear, some age-darkening and dust soiling, and internal tape mend at upper edge of the front panel. (#174237).

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Title
DISTANT WORLDS: THE STORY OF A VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS. Translated from the German by Max Shachtman.
Author
Mader, Friedrich [Wilhelm]
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, London
Publication year
1932
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Hardcover
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1st Edition
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