Migrants of the Stars: Being an Account of the Discovery of the Marvelous land of Niames, and of the Secret of its Inhabitants
New York: The Classic Press, 1931. First edition. 8vo, [iv]; xi; 406pp. Blind ruled, blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt, silver and black illustrated jacket. Bumped corners, wear to foredge of boards else nearly fine, with former ownership stamp to front pastedown else clean internally. Jacket very good with flap corners clipped, wear and rubbing to edges and along folds. Lost race, utopian fiction about a hidden civilization of philosophers found on an invisible, flying island via balloon voyage. George Locke notes in his Spectrum of Fantasy: "...mostly talk and very little action...A vanity publication, I suspect." The work, although not terribly uncommon, is not often found in the striking jacket. Bleiler (1978) pg. 17; Locke pg. 29; Reginald 00928. Item #4992
Price: $250.00