GNOME PRESS COSMIC ENGINEERS by Clifford D Simak (Signed Hardcover)

CONDITION GOOD, SMALL TEAR ON DUST JACKET FRONT COVER. INTERNAL PAGES SHOWING NO SIGN OF AGEING.

AUTHOR: CLIFFORD D SIMAK

CATEGORY SCIENCE FICTION

PUBLISHER GNOME PRESS 1ST EDITION 1950, 6000 COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, COVER ART EDD CARTIER.

GNOME PRESS

AN AMERICAN SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY KNOWN FOR PUBLISHING MANY SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS. GNOME WAS ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT OF THE FAN PUBLISHERS OF SCIENCE FICTION PRODUCING 86 TITLES IN ITS LIFESPAN. GNOME HELPED TO TRANSITION SCIENCE FICTION FROM MAGAZINE PHENOMENON TO MASS MARKET PUBLISHING BUT PROVED TO BE TO UNDERFUNDED TO MAKE THE LEAP FROM FAN BASED PUBLISHING TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. AFTER 10 YEARS IT FADED DUE TO ITS INABILITY TO COMPETE WITH MAJOR PUBLISHERS.

SYNOPSIS

A GROUP OF EARTH MEN & A GIRL ARE AWAKENED FROM SUSPENDED ANIMATION, CONTACTED BY ALIENS WITH WHOM THEY JOIN TO PREVENT THE COLLISION OF ONE UNIVERSE WITH ANOTHER.