When Worlds Collide & After Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie, 1933

Description: 2 books: “When Worlds Collide,” and its sequel, “After Worlds Collide,” by Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie from my father's collection. 1933 & 1934 J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York. “When Worlds Collide,” 7th edition, 1932, 1933; 344 pages. The book is solid and square with bumped corners as well as the top and bottom of the spine, and with lightly browned pages. The dust jacket has seen better days and is in poor condition, though it is all in one piece, thanks to some very old transparent mending tape. Please see the photos because they are worth the many words it would take to describe it.“After Worlds Collide,” 1st edition, 1933, 1934; 341 pages, is the sequel to the other book in this listing and is in better shape. The book is also solid and square and with slightly bumped corners and lightly browned pages. The dust jacket is in much better condition with no tape or tears. There are pieces missing at the top and the bottom of the spine as well as on the four outside corners of the covers. Please see photos for more on the book condition. ~~~ From Goodreads:“When Worlds Collide”: A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans. A crackling plot and sizzling, cataclysmic vision have made When Worlds Collide one of the most popular and influential end-of-the-world novels of all time.“After Worlds Collide”: Earth is destroyed in a collision with the rogue planet Bronson Alpha, with about a year of warning enabling a small group of survivors to build a spacecraft and escape to the rogue planet's moon, Bronson Beta. Filmed, with major changes to the story, as When Worlds Collide(1951). After Worlds Collide (1934) by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer continues the story of When Worlds Collide, with both exploration of Bronson Beta and conflict with other groups of survivors. ~~~ These are two of the many comic books, pulp magazines, paperbacks, and hardcovers I have inherited from my father, who had been collecting from the mid-1940s in Maine until his death in the late-1990s in Los Angeles. I combine orders to save on shipping!

Price: 135 USD

Location: Orono, Maine

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