A Message from Mars by Lester Lurgan First British Sci-Fi Film
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A Message from Mars by Lester Lurgan First British Sci-Fi Film
$175.00 USD
A Message from Mars by Lester Lurgan First British Sci-Fi Film
Authors: Lester Lurgan
Location: London
Publisher: Greening & Co., Ltd.
Date: 1912
Features: Title page dated 1912. March 1912, title page verso. Black cloth with reddish-orange lettering; fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed; blind-stamped publisher's monogram to rear panel. 288 pp. A play issued as a book in 1912 credited to Lester Lurgan (aka Mabel Knowles) and Richard Ganthony. The play was the basis for the Silent film of the same name. The film is said to be the first British Science Fiction film.
Book Condition: Very Good-: A copy with hinges starting but intact. Three-quarter-inch tear to lower spine at front joint. Moderate wear to spine edges and corners. Tanning and rubbing to spine. Offset tanning to endpapers. Owner's name to front free endpaper.
HCX24397-1
Authors: Lester Lurgan
Location: London
Publisher: Greening & Co., Ltd.
Date: 1912
Features: Title page dated 1912. March 1912, title page verso. Black cloth with reddish-orange lettering; fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed; blind-stamped publisher's monogram to rear panel. 288 pp. A play issued as a book in 1912 credited to Lester Lurgan (aka Mabel Knowles) and Richard Ganthony. The play was the basis for the Silent film of the same name. The film is said to be the first British Science Fiction film.
Book Condition: Very Good-: A copy with hinges starting but intact. Three-quarter-inch tear to lower spine at front joint. Moderate wear to spine edges and corners. Tanning and rubbing to spine. Offset tanning to endpapers. Owner's name to front free endpaper.
HCX24397-1