CREATION'S DOOM ... Translated by H. J. Stenning.
London: Jarrolds Publisher London Limited, 1934. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-286 [287-288: blank] + 8-page publisher's catalogue "for Spring, 1934" inserted at rear, eight inserted plates, 17 illustrations in the text, original red cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition in English. Fascinating nonfiction speculation by a German writer on the probable doom of the solar system: the cooling of the Sun, the extinction of man, the rise of the insects, the end of all life, the Sun's nova. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 172. Bleiler (1948), p. 218. Foxing to end papers, prelims and pages next to plates, a very good or better copy in a good dust jacket with faded spine and wear along edges with shallow loss along upper spine edge, small chip at lower spine panel, rubbing along spine folds, small split to lower spine fold with a crease to the lower right front corner, loss to corners. Uncommon in jacket. (28408). Item #28408
Price: $350.00