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  • Timlin, William M.; The Ship that Sailed to Mars, book
  • Timlin, William M.; The Ship that Sailed to Mars, book
  • Timlin, William M.; The Ship that Sailed to Mars, book
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Timlin, William M.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars, book

(1923) London: George Harrap, 46 tipped in plates and text

First edition, limited to 2000 copies

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Acclaimed as both "the most beautiful and valuable science fiction book published this century"1 and "a masterpiece ... the most original beautiful children's book of the 1920s".2

1. Robert Weinberg. (1988) Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.

2. Richard Dalby. (1991) The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration.

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