Messages From Mars by Robert D. Braine (Donohue Edition) Rare

Authors: Robert D. Braine

Location: Chicago

Publisher: M.A. Donohue & Co.

Date: 1892

Features: Donohue Edition. No publication date stated [1892]. Wrappers with red lettering and pictorial design in black, gray, and white. 259 pp. Adverts inside front wrapper. "An imaginative and original science fiction novel in which the protagonist finds a lost race on an island in the Pacific. Their religion revolves round a remarkable plant which has foliage which acts as a powerful lens. Through the medium of this, communication takes place with the super-scientific civilization on Mars, and much of the book is devoted to a description of the life and technology there." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 40.

Book Condition: Fair: A copy with wrappers detached from spine. Considerable wear to wrappers and spine. Binding intact. Fragile browned pages.

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