THE LAST OF PHILIP BANTER (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED BY INTRODUCTION WRITER AND ARTIST); Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2020. Dan Rempel. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 230. Limited edition #229/300, signed by Ramsey Campbell, the writer of the introduction, and by John Rempel, the dustjacket artist, on cthe limited edition page (includes fascimile signature of now-deceased author). Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Silk ribbon. Black endpapers. Striking dustjacket art by Dan Rempel. Dustjacket protected in mylar. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #87973
John Franklin Bardin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 30, 1916. During his teens, he lost nearly all his immediate family to various ailments. As he approached thirty, he moved to New York City where during his adulthood he was an executive of an advertising agency, published ten novels, published literary criticism and taught creative writing as well as advertising. He died in 1981. This title was first published in 1947. (from the the John Franklin Bardin web page).
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