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SIXTH COLUMN: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF A STRANGE INTRIGUE - INSCRIBED FROM EDD CARTIER TO STEPHEN FABIAN
by Heinlein, Robert A
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
New York: Gnome Press, 1949. First Edition. Heinlein's fifth book, an alternate history novel in which America's military strength is shattered, Washington, D.C. is destroyed, and the country is conquered and occupied by Asian invaders. An interesting association copy, connecting Edd Cartier (1914-2008) and Stephen Fabian (b.1930), both prominent sci-fi and fantasy illustration artists and World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award-winners. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [8],9-256pp. Inscribed on the title page by dustjacket artist Edd Cartier to illustration artist Stephen Fabian: "To my friend Fabian / Edd Cartier." Faint trace of hand-soil to covers, spine ends gently nudged, with a few very faint moisture stains to upper front joint, base of spine, and lower front cover; contents are fresh and unaffected; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), showing modest wear to joints, flap folds, and extremities, with a few tiny tears, corresponding moisture stains to upper front joint, base of spine, and lower front cover, with some minor touch-up to the red at spine ends and front corners; Very Good.
Synopsis
Sixth Column, also known under the title The Day After Tomorrow, is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, based on a story by editor John W. Campbell, and set in a United States that has been conquered by the PanAsians, a combination of Chinese and Japanese. Originally published as a serial in Astounding Science Fiction (January, February, March 1941, as by Anson MacDonald) it was published in hardcover in 1949.
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- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6505
- Title
- SIXTH COLUMN: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF A STRANGE INTRIGUE - INSCRIBED FROM EDD CARTIER TO STEPHEN FABIAN
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
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