Lot 271

[LOWELL, Percival (1855-1916), his copy]. MACKAYE, Harold Steele (1866-1928). The Panchronicon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $150 - $250

Estimate$150 – $250

Status

Closed

[LOWELL, Percival (1855-1916), his copy]. MACKAYE, Harold Steele (1866-1928). The Panchronicon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

8vo. Original pictorial teal blue cloth stamped in white, black, brown, and gilt (front joint and hinge repaired). Provenance: Percival Lowell (1855-1916), American author and astronomer (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. An early tale of space travel, previously owned by astronomer Percival Lowell, whose theories about a ninth planet and Martian canals helped ignite public fascination with space.

Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon

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