FOLIO SOCIETY VOYAGES TO MOON AND SUN Collector Ed Cyrano de Bergerac NEW SEALED

Description: Folio Society – VOYAGES TO THE MOON AND THE SUN by Cyrano de Bergerac The collector’s edition of Cyrano de Bergerac’s two wildly inventive early sci-fi classics, whose descriptions of interstellar expeditions and encounters with alien societies were light years ahead of their time. The real Cyrano de Bergerac was every bit as extraordinary as the figure immortalised on stage and screen: a fearless soldier and intellectual, branded a madman by his 17th-century contemporaries for the imaginative reach of his writings. His two greatest works, Voyage to the Moon (1657) and its sequel Voyage to the Sun (1662), are masterpieces of early science fiction, the direct (if unacknowledged) inspiration for Gulliver’s Travels, and a major influence on later sci-fi pioneers including Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe. Voyage to the Moon sees Cyrano’s fictional alter-ego accidentally carried to the Moon by a multi-stage rocket, where he discovers an advanced lunar society with ‘talking’ books, pre-empting the iPod by over 300 years, where well-argued opinions are valued over social status and where free love is officially enforced. In its equally fantastical sequel, tales of his moon-voyage cause our hero’s imprisonment, and an escape attempt in a home-made vacuum-powered crate results in an unscheduled trip to the Sun, and the discovery there of a solar race of intelligent birds. These extraordinary texts are favourites of Quentin Blake, who illustrated them for the Folio Society in 1991. For this collector's edition published by the Folio Society in 2018, Blake has revisited, redrawn and even replaced his original images, as well as creating a stunning binding and slipcase, to produce his definitive response to these visionary tales. DESCRIPTION: Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Introduced by John Wells. Translated by Richard Aldington. Bound in blocked cloth. Set in Fournier. 232 pages with over 125 integrated duotone illustrations. Gilded page-tops. Blocked slipcase. Size: 12” x 81/2” CONDITION: Book is NEW and SEALED in the publisher’s original SHRINK WRAP (see photos). Photos 1 to 6 are of the actual book that is listed. Whilst photos 7 to 18 are stock photos. Due to the weight of the book (over 2.5 kilos when packed), postage will be via the Royal Mail Tracked 48 with Signature service at a cost of £8.50 All items are sent at cost price whether purchasing a single or multiple items. Due to size, weight and value considerations it is not possible to accurately calculate combined postage automatically. Always feel free to ask or if purchases require immediate payment I will refund any difference. All items must be sent to the address stipulated during the payment process. All items are sent via recorded delivery unless they are of little monetary value. Virtually all my items are available through the global shipping program (GSP) to designated countries outside the UK. Please note I have no control over international postage costs. I do not set these, eBay's GSP does, I send the items to an address in the UK and am not even aware of the country for which they are destined. Items purchased through the GSP must be sent via the GSP shipping centre. For multiple purchases, I cannot combine postage after items are purchased but if you contact me before buying I can try combining multiple items into a single listing which is usually less expensive. Please ask any questions before buying

Price: 84.99 GBP

Location: UK

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