Edwin Pallander - Across the Zodiac: A Story of Adventure - Digby, Long & Co., 1896, First Edition.

London, Digby, Long & Co., 1896. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Promotional slip laid in. An early science fiction tale in the Verne style. "Science fiction adventure novel of the solar system tour variety exploited by Lach-Szyrma and (later) Griffith. A spacecraft takes the protagonists to the moon and most of the planets, to find the solar system teeming with life forms, even on large meteors." [Locke, Voyages, p155]. 16pp ads to the rear dated November 1896. Some pushing and rubbing to the cloth, first few gatherings foxed. Binding a little shaken. [11982, Hyraxia Books].