Lunarius: A Visitor from the Moon
New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1869.
First and only edition. 72, [8 ads] pp. Bound in publisher's blindstamped green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth. A very nice copy of a rare 19th century science fiction novel about an alien visitor who preaches temperance (i.e. abstention from alcohol), demonstrating among other things that the majority of murders are committed by intoxicated people. (Good point, huh?) Not in Anatomy of Wonder, and uncommon in the trade.
Price: $600
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