The World Goes Smash by Samuel Hopkins Adams - 1938

Houghton Mifflin, 1938 From the personal collection of noted Atlantean scholar Henry M. Eichner. Tape ghosts on endpages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Hardcover.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. 286 toned pages to this novel. Photo illustrated jacket has edgwear and several small tears; book is in great condition. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good copy of the book with light edge wear and wear to the spine ends in a good dust jacket thta has edge wear and tears with shallow chipping to the spine ends , te spine is sunned and faded . See Photos ; Adams projects a civil war in 1940 when gangsters and corrupt politicians attempt to gain control of Congress and the presidency. Novel of the future in which a Mafia-like syndicate of criminals takes control of the United States and a devastating civil war follows. The war ends after the development of the Azrael bomb, which causes blindness. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-4. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 18. Bleiler (1978) , p. 2. Reginald 00052. Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 006. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages .LR5/4E

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938. 1st printing, 1938. (Blieler; Checklist) Original orange cloth, lettered in black on front and spine. "Adams projects a civil war in 1940 when gangsters and corrupt politicians attempt to gain control of Congress and the presidency. . . The war ends after the development of the Azrael bomb, which causes blindness. . ." (Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s; #006). Dj worn at edges and wet stained at spine heel as is cloth at lower spine and adjacent boards; dj spine panel sunned; lean. Scarce in dj.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good to Very Good-.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1938. 1st printing, 1938. (Blieler; Checklist) Original orange cloth, lettered in black on front and spine. "Adams projects a civil war in 1940 when gangsters and corrupt politicians attempt to gain control of Congress and the presidency. . . The war ends after the development of the Azrael bomb, which causes blindness. . ." (Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s; #006). Cloth tape reinforcement to dj at reverse edges and folds; a few minor bumps at board edges. Scarce, especially in dj.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A smart first edition copy of this sci-fi novel set in American after a devastating civil war. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A Near-Future sci-fi novel by American author Samuel Hopkins Adams, following the fate of America after a civil war in 1940 destroys New York.Adams' other works include 'It Happened One Night' and 'The Flying Death'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with a few small marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn, heavier to the head and tail of the spine, including a small closed tear to the head of the front wrap. Backstrip is sunned. Some minor handling marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine