BEYOND INFINITY
by Carr, Robert Spencer
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (31082)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (31082). Octavo, cloth. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Carr. This is copy number 188. Collects four novellas. Two of them, concerning interactions with alien cultures, first appeared in the SATURDAY EVENING POST. A third story, "Mutation," is about a family that survived a nuclear and bacteriological holocaust that killed most of the human race. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-89. Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 154.
Synopsis
Beyond Infinity is a collection of science fiction stories by author Robert Spencer Carr. It was first published in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,779 copies. Two of the stories originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31082
- Title
- BEYOND INFINITY
- Author
- Carr, Robert Spencer
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (31082)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fantasy Press
- Place of Publication
- Reading
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- SF . Signed . SC
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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