Forbidden Area First Edition First Printing Pat Frank Hardcover 1956 with Dust Jacket

DESCRIPTION

A first edition of Forbidden Area by Pat Frank, published in 1956 by J. B. Lippincott Company and presented with its original illustrated dust jacket. Written before Frank’s better-known post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon, this Cold War-era thriller captures the political tension, nuclear anxiety, and espionage fears of mid-century America. The copyright page confirms this as a first edition and notes that a small portion of the novel was previously published under the title “Seven Days to Never.”

Author: Pat Frank
Title: Forbidden Area
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia and New York
Year: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Printing: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket: Present
ISBN, if applicable: Not stated
Illustrations: Dust jacket illustration only; no interior illustrations observed
Pagination: Not stated
Language: English
Provenance: None observed
Signed: None observed

Notable Attributes: First edition; original dust jacket present; 1956 Cold War political thriller; earlier work by the author of Alas, Babylon; copyright page notes prior partial publication as “Seven Days to Never”

Edition Verification Notes: Copyright page states “First Edition.” Copyright page also states copyright 1956 by Pat Frank and notes that a small portion of the novel was previously published under the title “Seven Days to Never.” J. B. Lippincott Company appears on the title page, with Philadelphia and New York stated. No additional issue points are stated or verified from available images.

Condition: Hardcover with original dust jacket present. Dust jacket shows visible shelf wear, including edge wear, rubbing, and small chips/tears near the top edges and corners. Interior pages appear generally clean from the provided images, with light age toning consistent with age. A small pencil notation is visible on the front endpaper. Binding appears intact from photos. No signature, bookplate, or major interior markings are observed from the available images.

Description: First edition of Pat Frank’s Forbidden Area, published by J. B. Lippincott Company in 1956. Hardcover with original dust jacket. A Cold War-era suspense novel by the author of Alas, Babylon, with copyright page confirming first edition status and noting prior partial publication under the title “Seven Days to Never.” Provenance is not stated.

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FROM THE HOUSE

Before Alas, Babylon secured Pat Frank’s place in the literature of nuclear-age anxiety, Forbidden Area captured the particular unease of the 1950s: guarded rooms, political pressure, and the fear that the next conflict might arrive without warning. It is a sharp mid-century collectible for the reader who appreciates Cold War fiction not merely as entertainment, but as a record of what the world once feared most.

~ Maxwell