Migrants of the Stars: Being an Account of the Discovery of the Marvelous Land of Names, and of the Secret of Its Inhabitants
New York: Classic Press, 1931. Very Good / Very Good. Item #49078
New York: Classic Press, [1931]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial black and silver foil dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); xi,[1],406pp. Light edge wear to jacket margins, shallow creasing along flap fore-edges, corners nudged, else a Very Good, bright and sound example, dust jacket notably free of chips or tears.
Idiosyncratic philosophical sci-fi novel of interstellar voyage to the planets of Zu and Niames aboard a floating cloud in the sky, with aims to answer questions like "What is sleep?" "Why are some people idealists, inventors, martyrs, and others tyrants, destroyers?" Sporting a fabulously Art Deco dust jacket of a naked female giant carrying a plate of diverse humanity above her head as she strides across the globe and into the night sky. Neither author appears to have published any other works.
Price: $300.00