1873 From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes: And A Trip Round It

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The first UK edition of two classic science fiction novels by Jules Verne: 'De la Terre a la Lune' (1865) and its sequel, 'Autour de la Lune' (1870).

These works were first combined in their original French in 1872, with this work being the first English language edition.

Translated from the original French by Louis Mercier and Eleanor E. King.

Illustrated with a frontispiece and seventy-seven plates. Collated, lacking one plate.

Written more than a century before the Apollo mission, Verne's classic science fiction work is a somewhat prophetic account of man's first voyage to the moon.

Verne's novel tells the story of a group named the Baltimore Gun Club, who attempt to build an enormous space gun in order to launch three people, in a projectile, to land on the moon.

Verne's novel was referred to by Neil Armstrong during the 23rd July 1969 return journey of the Apollo 11, during a television broadcast.