Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- 1964
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Pullman, Washington, USA
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New York, New York: Paperback Library, Inc., 1964. MMPB. Good+. First Thus Hidden somewhere in the vastness of the galaxy, the hideous blobs of Viton, that fed on mens fears and emotions, planned a last-ditch attack to destroy the universe! ** Space hero Bill Graham goes to battle with alien menace, Paperback Library silver edition 52-287. Spine rolled,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier (Signed Limited With Rare Fantasy Press Explanatory Note "We're Sorry!)
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- First Edition, First Binding State
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- 1948
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Pasadena, California, USA
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Reading Pa: Fantasy Press,, 1948. First Edition, First Binding State . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 253 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Stated First Edition. #236 Of 500 Copies With An Inserted Limitation Plate Signed By Russell. This Copy With The Rare 18 Line Printed "We're Sorry!" Note To Subscribers Explaining In Somewhat Over-Laborious Detail Why The Book Is Not… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- First Paperback Edition - First Printing
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- 1964
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- Paperback
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Campbell River, British Columbia, CAN
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New York: Paperback Library, Inc., 1964. 52-287. A very nice copy with interiors tightly bound and only lightly tanned. Soft cover wraps show light creasing and chipping. Spine is lightly creased. A very nice copy in a protective sleeve. Originally printed in 1939 in Unknown magazine.. First Paperback Edition - First Printing. Vintage Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- First US edition, first printing
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Talent, Oregon, USA
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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.
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SINISTER BARRIER: Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #1
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- 1950
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NY: World Editions (Galaxy), 1950. [1st printing](1950) Issued by Galaxy Magazine. Cover art by Dave Stone. Tears in front hinge; short tear at lower front spine corner; corner chipping; tanning.. Paperback. Good to Very Good-. Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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E-267: Fantasy Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, PA, 1948. 253 pgs. Illustrated. Limited to 4000 copies, of which 500 are numbered and autographed. This copy is #74 of the limited edition of 500 signed copies. Signed by Eric Frank Russell on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Eric Frank Russell
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- 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
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- [1943]
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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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). … Read more about this item Item Price
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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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SINISTER BARRIER, Fantasy Press, 1948, first American edition, fine in like bright pictorial dust-wrapper The authors first book, this one being part of the subscribers issue and thus 1/500 copies SIGNED by the author. Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Softcover
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- 9780413588708
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Methuen, London, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Terry Oakes -- Cover Art. Colour illustrated card cover, by Terry Oakes, with white, gold and black coloured titles to the front panel and red and black coloured titles to the back strip. "Bill Graham, special investigator, had only 80 hours in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- 1943
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, GBR
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The World's Work, 1943. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, yellow cloth lettered black to spine, a tightly bound copy, some minor foxing, the unclipped pictorial dust wrapper is chipped and there is evidence of a former price sticker at the top right of the front panel, the text is free of marking, inscriptions, etc, 135pp. Item Price
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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- Used - Rubbing to cloth with some fade to spine, an about very good copy in a fine, bright dust jacket. (30280)
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- First U.S. edition
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- 1948
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948. First U.S. edition. Rubbing to cloth with some fade to spine, an about very good copy in a fine, bright dust jacket. (30280). Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Russell. This is copy number 280. The author's first book. This edition is expanded from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- First British Paperback Edition
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Fantasy Books/ Cherry Tree (Kemsley Newspapers Ltd.), London, No date. First British Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Cartier. 192 pages, last two pages for further books published by " Cherry Tree Books ", foreword by author. The text is illustrated with four black-and-white full-page illustrations by Cartier. Illustrated front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- 1950
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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New York: World Editions, Inc, 1950. Printed wrappers. Good+. Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 1. Light soiling to covers, short tear along spine of back cover and letter in pencil also on back cover. A solid good+ copy. ; Octavo; 128 pages.
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SINISTER BARRIER
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- 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
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- First edition
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1950
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- Paperback
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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New York: World Editions Inc, 1950. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 1. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and toned, creased at the spine, bumped at the head. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. "A story of the rising tyrant state which, under the slogans of Equality and Community, destroys the free intelligence.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Eric Frank Russell
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1948
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Edd Cartier. The first edition of this influential sci-fi novel, the first novel by Eric Frank Russell, illustrated throughout by Edd Cartier. The first U.S. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Eric Frank Russell's first novel about aliens who own the human race,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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E-267: Fantasy Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, PA, 1948. 253 pgs. Illustrated. Limited to 4000 copies, of which 500 are numbered and autographed. This copy is #151 of the limited edition of 500 signed copies. Signed by Eric Frank Russell on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Eric Frank Russell
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- Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1948
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Edd Cartier. The first US edition of this influential sci-fi novel by Eric Frank Russell, illustrated throughout by Edd Cartier. The first U.S. edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Eric Frank Russell's first novel about aliens who own the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sinister Barrier
by Russell, Eric Frank
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- Used - Fine Book
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- Near Fine DJ
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- First Edition, First Binding State
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- 1948
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- Blue Cloth
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Pasadena, California, USA
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NZ$165.30
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Reading: Fantasy Press,, 1948. First Edition, First Binding State . Blue Cloth. Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. 253 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Stated First Edition. Book Is Fine, Spine Gilt Brilliant, No Fading Or Marks Or Names. Dj Near Fine With A Little Light Wear On Top Of Spine Edge, Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, No Fading, Slight Foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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