SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948. First US edition, first printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Revised from the British edition. The author's first book. Reference in Crawford, "333" pg 52. Bound in original blue cloth with lettering and rule stamped in gilt. Some mottling to the covers. A very good copy, without the dust jacket.
Synopsis
Sinister Barrier is an English language science fiction novel by author Eric Frank Russell. It was first published in book form in 1943 by The World's Work, Ltd. The novel originally appeared in the magazine Unknown in 1939, the first novel to appear in its pages. Russell revised and expanded the book for its first US publication by Fantasy Press in 1948. Most subsequent editions were based on the Fantasy Press version.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50092
- Title
- SINISTER BARRIER
- Author
- Russell, Eric Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading, PA
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...