The Purple Twilight
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1948. First. Hardcover. First edition. Navy blue cloth stamped in silver. 282 pps. Science fiction/fantasy novel based on the future of rocket flight and interplanetary travel. The author attempts to make the plot plausible by supposedly grounding the flights of fancy in then-current scientific rocket technology, but also provides a flashback to Atlantis, portrayed as the hub from which learning and the written word sperad across the globe until it "... was destroyed by the force of atomic energy and cosmic rays." Near fine, silver lettering bright, very minor wear at tips. In dust jacket which chips to head and foot of spine and some wear at the tips. / Yes. Item #E2543
Price: $90.00