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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE with AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933, 1943. Octavo, two volumes, (1): pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 1-344 (2): pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xiii [xiv-xvi] 1-341 [342-344: blank], (1): original red cloth, front panel stamped in light blue and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in light blue, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed, (2): original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First editions. Signed letter by Wylie laid in. The first novel and the sequel. Earth is about to destroyed from a collision with a rogue planet, a chosen few are to escape via a spaceship. A famous, popular catastrophe novel that was a huge commercial success (over half a million copies sold) and was made into a film that helped spark the SF movie boom of the 1950s. In the sequel the survivors start a new civilization. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-3; (1981) 2-130; (1987) 2-146; (1995) 2-156; and (2004) II-70. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 125-26. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 042. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 62. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 86. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 27. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2463-68. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 14. Reginald 00801].
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 1-344, original red cloth, front panel stamped in light blue and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in light blue, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. A famous, popular catastrophe novel that was a huge commercial success (over half a million copies sold) and was made into a film that helped spark the SF movie boom of the 1950s. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-3; (1981) 2-130; (1987) 2-146; (1995) 2-156; and (2004) II-70. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 125-26. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 042. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 62. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 86. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 27. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2463-68. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 14. Reginald 00801].
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.
[New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933.]. Octavo, pp. [1] 2-32, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Advance "teaser" printing the first 32 pages of the novel. Promotional booklet for this famous, popular catastrophe novel, which was a huge commercial success (over half a million copies sold) and was made into a film that helped spark the SF movie boom of the 1950s. The front cover reproduces the four-color illustration printed on the front panel of the dust jacket of the published book.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LUTHER TRANT.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, [1910]. Octavo, pp. [1-12], 1-365 [366-368: blank], nine inserted illustrated plates by William Eberhardt, original decorated red cloth, front stamped in white and blind, spine stamped in white. First edition. Collects nine stories featuring psychologist Luther Trant who solves mysteries using scientific methods. [Reference: Hubin, p. 45. Queen's Quorum #46. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 1-11. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 040. Bleiler (1948), p. 39].
FLYING DEATH.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fantastic adventure novel concerning the activities of the "Flying Death," an organization of aerial bandits. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 112. Reginald 00799. Bleiler (1978), p. 14. Hubin (1994), p. 45].