Search Results: the moon hoax or a discovery by locke richard adams

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-11-26. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-05-22. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. New.

New York: William Gowans, 1859. Later edition. Frontispiece of "the Moon, as seen by Lord Rosse"s Telescope. 1856. " [i-v] vi [7] -63 [64: blank] pp. Printed wrappers. Loose. Later edition. Frontispiece of "the Moon, as seen by Lord Rosse"s Telescope. 1856. " [i-v] vi [7] -63 [64: blank] pp. With 2 page ALS from Locke dated Staten Island November 11, 1852. To C. Edwards Lister, "I am fairly started on the history and find that I shall soon be able to make good speed...

New York: William Gowans, 1859. Later edition. Shallow chipping to edges of front cover, front cover dust soiled, penciled number to upper left front cover, neat ink stamped name to upper right front cover, spine intact save for slight loss at base, narrow ragged tear along base of title page. A very good copy with clean contents with pages being quite supple. Copies of this book in the original wrappers are uncommon. (31974). Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [7] 8-63 [64: blank], frontispiece ("the Moon, as seen by Lord Rosse's Telescope. 1856"), original light tan wrappers printed in black, sewn. A reprint of Locke's successful hoax perpetrated in the NEW YORK SUN, in August 1835, which pretended to reveal a discovery that men and animals existed on the moon. The revelations, supposedly reprinted from the actually defunct EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, pretended to reveal a discovery that men and animals existed on the moon and were so cleverly wrought that, for a short time, the report was given credence in… Read More