Item #6505 SIXTH COLUMN: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF A STRANGE INTRIGUE - INSCRIBED FROM EDD CARTIER TO STEPHEN FABIAN. Robert A. Heinlein.
SIXTH COLUMN: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF A STRANGE INTRIGUE - INSCRIBED FROM EDD CARTIER TO STEPHEN FABIAN

SIXTH COLUMN: A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF A STRANGE INTRIGUE - INSCRIBED FROM EDD CARTIER TO STEPHEN FABIAN

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. Item #6505

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.

Price: $1,250.00