Francis hickes (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, previous owner signature to inside page, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. Illustrated throughout and including two plates by Aubrey Beardsley, this is a limited edition first edition of Francis Hickes's translation of Lucien's satirical early science fiction tale. The first edition of Francis Hickes's English language translation of this short novel written in the second century by the Syrian author Lucian of Samosata.Number 13 of 251 copies produced.This is the earliest known work of fiction to include travel to outer space, alien lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare. It has been described as "the first known text that could be called science fiction".Illustrated with sixteen plates, being seven each by Strang and Clark, alongside two from celebrated artist Aubrey Beardsley.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip and board perimeters age toned, with light rubbing to back strip head and tail. Pages age toned to perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. William Sprang; J.B. Clark; Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator). book.…

London: A.H. Bullen. 1902. 4to. Publisher's vellum-backed boards with blue paper sides, printed spine label ruled in red; pp. [2], xxix, [1 (blank)], 117, [3]; 16 plates, of which 2 by Beardsley; some soiling and spotting to spine, corners worn; browning and spotting to endpapers, occasional light marginal spotting to fore-edge, else internally very good; a good, uncut copy.Second edition thus, no. 57 of 500 copies, of this sixteenth-century translation of Lucian's satirical work of proto-science fiction, with two illustrations by Beardsley, an early commission.Lucian's Alethe diegemata, or Vera Historia, written in the second century AD, is the earliest work of fiction to involve travel to outer space, interplanetary conflict, and interactions with extraterrestrials. This edition is entirely in English; the first edition to feature these illustrations had appeared in 1894 with facing Greek and English text, privately printed by Lawrence & Bullen. The firm had been established in 1891 by A.H. Bullen and H.W. Lawrence. This edition was published two years after the publishers split; A.H. Bullen then operated independently from Cecil Court (as here) before co-founding the Shakespeare's Head Press with Frank Sidgwick in 1904.Beardsley wrote to G.F. Scotson-Clark around 15 February 1893 that even 'better than the Morte Darthur is the book that Lawrence and Bullen have given me, the Vera Historia of Lucian. I am illustrating this entirely in my new manner, or, rather, a development of it. The drawings are certainly the most extraordinary things that have ever appeared in a book both in respect to technique and conception. They are also the most indecent' (Letters, p. 44). Beardsley's drawings are 'A Snare of Vintage', facing p. 13, and 'Dreams', facing p. 99.Gertner Zatlin 270-71; Samuels Lasner 78, note; Vallance 74, note.…

London: Privately printed [but Lawrence & Bullen]. 1894. 4to. Publisher's pale green cloth (faded to light brown as with most copies), remnants of brown silk place-markers loosely inserted, fore- and tail-edge uncut; pp. xxix, [1 (blank)], 247, [1 (blank)]; 16 plates with tissue guards, of which two by Beardsley, title-page printed in red and black; text in facing Greek and English; slight creasing to cloth, corners and spine ends slightly worn; variable offsetting from tissue guards, a few light marks to title, plate facing p. 43 detached; nonetheless a very good copy; 1921 ink stamp of W.H. Creber to front pastedown.First edition thus of this sixteenth-century translation of Lucian's satirical work of proto-science fiction, no. 155 of 251 copies privately printed for Lawrence and Bullen, with two illustrations by Beardsley, an early commission.Lucian's Alethe diegemata, or Vera Historia, written in the second century AD, is the earliest work of fiction to involve travel to outer space, interplanetary conflict, and interactions with extraterrestrials. The other illustrations to this edition are by William Strang and J.B. Clark.The firm of Lawrence & Bullen was established in 1891 by A.H. Bullen, founder of the Shakespeare Head Press, and the publisher H.W. Bullen. Beardsley wrote to G.F. Scotson-Clark around 15 February 1893 that even 'better than the Morte Darthur is the book that Lawrence and Bullen have given me, the Vera Historia of Lucian. I am illustrating this entirely in my new manner, or, rather, a development of it. The drawings are certainly the most extraordinary things that have ever appeared in a book both in respect to technique and conception. They are also the most indecent' (Letters, p. 44).Beardsley's drawings are 'A Snare of Vintage', facing p. 23, and 'Dreams', facing p. 209.Gertner Zatlin 270-71; Samuels Lasner 78; Vallance 74.…