A marvelous volume from a genre of speculative lunar travel around the turn of the 20th century: Ville D'Avray, A. de. Voyage dans la lune avant 1900. Paris: Librairie Furne, Jouvet & Cie, 1892. Starring M. Baboulifiche and his manservant, Papavoine:

December 15, 2008

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, fiction, france, moon, saturn, science, travel

Captain Ginger!

A set of 5 (out of 6 published) titles in the Captain Ginger series, written by Isabel Anderson and published in 1910 & 1911. (Boston : C.M. Clark). These copies were the author's own, specially bound in limp suede covers.

May 1, 2008

Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection, 1910s, anderson, boston, captain, fiction, ginger, isabel, juvenile

The Real Adventures of Tintin

A volume collecting all 108 parts of an serial published in France, 1933-1935 featuring a hero named Tintin . . . who has many adventures, including firing a gun while hanging by a rope:

November 12, 2007

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, fiction, French, science, serial, tintin

Monster Piglet

Pierre LEGENDRE. Crackville. Paris. Ancienne Librairie Furne. 1898

July 19, 2007

Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection, fiction, French, paris, science