SINISTER BARRIER (SIGNED); Illustrated by Edd Cartier
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948. Edd Cartier. First U.S. Edition / Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 253. Signed by the author on glossy limited edition page, #39/500. Illustrated with four full-page drawings, and decorative chapter headings by Edd Cartier. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title and bandlines to spine. Touch of fading to edges of boards; a couple small faded spots to rear board. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. "$3.00" to dustjacket front flap. Rubbing to dustjacket with a scotch tape repairs to open tears at bottom of front cover and top of dustjacket spine. Final two letters of title on dustjacket spine rubbed out. Protected in mylar. Very Good / Fair. Item #88071
This edition is expanded from the 1943 British first edition.
Eric Frank Russell (1905-1978) was one of the leading and most popular British science fiction writers of the 20th century. Possessing a lifelong interest in science fiction, Russell published his first story in Astounding in 1937. He particularly admired Charles Fort (1874-1932), the American journalist, author and chronicler of scientific anomalies whose influence on Russell is reflected in the recurrent theme of humans as helpless victims of external forces in his fiction. Eric Frank Russell's first novel Sinister Barrier was published in 1943 (in England). (from University of Liverpool Library).
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