THE SUN AND THE MOON: THE REMARKABLE TRUE ACCOUNT OF HOAXERS, SHOWMEN, DUELING JOURNALISTS, AND LUNAR MAN-BATS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY NEW YORK

by Matthew Goodman

$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Basic Books A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2008 . Octavo, pp. i-viii ix x 1-350, boards. First edition. Richard Adams Locke, the remarkable discovery of life on the Moon, and the raucous world of 1830s New York City. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a tape mend along the a part of the rear flap fold. #167793

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