New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1897. First / First. Hardback. A near fine copy. "Afterlife fantasy, mainly a series of dialogues about philosophical and spiritual matters; approximately 100 pages deal with a visit to Mercury and conversations with its advanced inhabitants with brief mention of their technological attainments." [Locke, Voyages in Space]. Some rubbing to the edges and spine tips, a little pushing, short tear to the endpaper, seller's sticker to the front pastedown. Subtitled: With Some Singular Hints Gathered in the Elsewheres or After-Life, from Certain Eminent Personages, as Also Some Brief Account of the Planet Mercury and Its Institutions. A very nice copy. Near Fine. Item #13453