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AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xiii [xiv-xvi] 1-341 [342-344: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, fore edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition, first printing. Sequel to WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE. The survivors of the destruction of Earth start a new civilization. Bailey, Pilgrims Through Space and Time, pp. 126-27. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 041. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 64. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 86. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 27. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. 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. 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.
STAB IN THE BACK and BOTTOM DEAL
Chicago: Century Publications, n.d., [194?]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Century Mysteries No. 18. Digest sized format. Collects two fictions. The Wylie story "Stab in the Back" was first published in The American Magazine (October, 1943) and the Philips story "Bottom Deal" was first published in Blue Book magazine (May, 1941). Not in Hubin (1994).
THE MURDERER INVISIBLE.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, Publishers, [1931]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-314, original orange cloth stamped in dark blue. First edition. Mystery and science fiction novel of a man who can turn himself invisible and seeks to rule the world. Wylie freely admits indebtedness to Wells' novel The Invisible Man (which Wylie, unaccredited, helped write the screenplay for the 1933 film). Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 835. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 213. Reginald 15693. Hubin (1994) p. 882.