The Moon Maker Train, Arthur [Cheney] And Robert W[Illiams] Wood Catastrophe Fiction,Interplanetary Fiction,Inventions

Octavo, illustrations by Frank D. McSherry, Jr., cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Sequel to Train and Wood's powerful novel, THE MAN WHO ROCKED THE EARTH (1915), first published as a five-part serial in COSMOPOLITAN, October 1916-February 1917. Professor Hooker's successful expedition into space in the atomic powered Flying Ring averts a collision between an asteroid and the Earth and the asteroid becomes the Earth's second moon. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-91. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 755. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $3.00 on the front flap with a bit of wear along the top edge because the jacket is trimmed a bit taller than the height of the book. (#173923)