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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some spotting to top cloth edges, a fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with mild wear to corner tips an spine en
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Kingswood, Surrey: The World's Work (1913) Ltd, [1943]. First edition. Some spotting to top cloth edges, a fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with mild wear to corner tips an spine ends, front flap fold rubbed, closed tear to lower spine and along lower rear spine fold which is repaired on the verso. (28427). Octavo, cloth. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-942. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2075-78. In 333.
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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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28427
- Title
- SINISTER BARRIER
- Author
- Russell, Eric Frank
- Book Condition
- Used - Some spotting to top cloth edges, a fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with mild wear to corner tips an spine en
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The World's Work (1913) Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Kingswood, Surrey
- Date Published
- [1943]
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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