Rex Gordon [Stanley Bennett Hough] — No Man Friday

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Rex Gordon's obscure British sci fi novel, 'No Man Friday', with the publisher's original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression.With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. Arguably Rex Gordon's best known work, No Man Friday follows the aftermath of a British rocket crash-landing onto Mars, where the crew's sole survivor discovers Martian species and nourishment. The title and first edition cover both reference Robinson Crusoe, and the story can be described as a science fiction "robinsonade" set on Mars. Rex Gordon is the pseudonym of Stanley Bennett Hough, whose works covered space travel, time travel, alien encounters and planetary colonisation. His other novels concerned nuclear warfare, neo-Nazis, crime and political crisis. In the original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with only minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is generally smart, with sunning to the spine and spotting to the wrap. Minor edge wear, with minor loss to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting of varying degrees throughout, with lightest instances being to the margins only, and heaviest to the first and last leaves. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.