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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing along the edges and folds, wear at spine e
- Seller
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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 foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing along the edges and folds, wear at spine ends with shallow loss along the upper spine. (28825). 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 #
- 28825
- Title
- SINISTER BARRIER
- Author
- Russell, Eric Frank
- Book Condition
- Used - Some foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing along the edges and folds, wear at spine e
- 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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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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