FANTASY PRESS: SINISTER BARRIER BY ERIC FRANK RUSSELL, SIGNED , NO, LTD EDITION, H/BACK

CONDITION VERY GOOD

AUTHOR:  ERIC FRANK RUSSELL

CATEGORY SCIENCE FICTION

PUBLISHER  FANTASY PRESS 1ST EDIITON. 1948, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 69/500 4000 COPIES PRODUCED IN TOTAL.

FANTASY PRESS

AN AMERICAN PUBLISHING HOUSE SPECIALISING IN FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION TITLES.  ESTABLISHED IN 1946 BY LLOYD ARTHUR ESHBACH, IT WAS MOST NOTABLE FOR PUBLISHING THE WORKS OF AUTHORS SUCH AS ROBERT A HEINLEIN AND EE SMITH .

FANTASY PRESS CONTINUED UNTIL 1955, BUT DUE TO THE GLUT OF SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ON THE MARKET PRODUCED BY MAINSTREAM PUBLISHERS ESHBACH DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO QUIT. 

SYNOPSIS 

BILL GRAHAM, INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF 2 SCIENTISTS HIS AGENCY HAS FUNDED, DISCOVERS THAT OVER A DOZEN SCIENTISTS WHO KNEW EACH OTHER HAVE DIED RECENTLY, EITHER BY HEART ATTACK OR BY SUICIDE AFTER APPEARING TO GO INSANE.