From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne – First Edition, Second Impression, 1970. Illustrated Frontispiece

Description The Details:This copy is in good condition. Mild yellowing. Stain to bottom of the spine (see photo). The dust jacket is in good condition. Normal shelf wear. The Story:From The Earth To The Moon is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people – the Gun Club’s president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet – in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. The Author:Jules Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the “father of science fiction.” Related