The Blind Spot

Overview:

  • Title: The Blind Spot
  • Author: Austin Hall, Homer Eon Flint
  • Year: 1951
  • Publisher: Prime Press
  • Price: $3.50
  • Pages: x+293
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Blind Spot
  • Notes: Stated "First Edition". Chalker/Owings state that 1500 copies were printed, but that less than 800 were bound. The remaining sheets were lost when Prime Press went under. Both Tuck and Chalker/Owings give the price as $3.00. The verified copy has a $3.50 price on the jacket. The back jacket advertises the forthcoming sequel The Spot of Life (never published by Prime), for $3.00 which may be the source of the error. The prologue to the novel begins on page x, Chapter I begins on page 1. The titles for the interior art are take from the List of Illustrations. The plates are not captioned and are listed with the page they face.