Austin Hall — People of the Comet

Los Angeles , Griffin Publishing House , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this inter-dimensional science-fiction novel from American writer Austin Hall. The first edition in book. Originally serialised in two parts in Weird Tales magazine, beginning in September 1923. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The story concerns a mysterious visit from Alvas the Sansar, a super-being who explains that our solar system is an atom in a large universe. Austin Hall began writing when, while working as a cowboy, he was asked to write a story. He wrote westerns, science fiction and fantasy for pulp magazines.This is one of three of his published novels. With illustrations by R. K. Murphy. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with slight edge wear, heaviest to the spine head. Handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: R. K. Murphy. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.