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Chicago:: Advent,, 1964 (1970). Hardcover -. Fine in tan boards with gilt lettering on spine, no dust jacket.. Second edition, second printing. A symposium of some of the best writers in the genre, edited and with prefaces to each selection by Eshbach. Originally published in 1948. Contributions by Edward E. Smith, John W. Campbell, … Read more about this item

Eugene, OR:: Pulphouse Publishing,, 1992.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine (a new copy) in white covers with gilt lettering, no dustjacket as issued.. First printing. The hardcover issue, one of 100 individually numbered copies, of a new magazine intended to be a forum for serious discussion on the nature of science fiction by and for science fiction writers.… Read more about this item

New York:: Paragon House, , (1991). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Contains over 1,000 entries in alphabetical order plus several appendices and a bibliography. SIGNED on the title page by TWO authors: Rogow and C.J. Cherryh who wrote the foreword to this book. Uncommon thus. Illustrated with small drawings by… Read more about this item

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1966.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, some spine slant, but overall clean, in a dust jacket with a spine label, not price-clipped... First printing. A book which combines both fiction - starting with stories by Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne - and literary criticism. Among the… Read more about this item

New York & London:: Methuen,, (1986). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A study of utopian literature which focuses on four American science fiction novels - Joanna Russ "The Female Man"; Ursula Le Guin "The Dispossessed"; Marge Piercy "Woman on the Edge of Time" and Samuel… Read more about this item

Cincinnati:: Writer's Digest Books,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no jacket as issued.. First printing. In addition to discussion on characters, plots, background, etc. each section includes a short story that illustrates the points Bova is making. Index. 218 pp.

London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul, , (1983). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first critical assessment of the literary movement known as "New Wave" science fiction. Michael Moorcock edited and produced the magazine New Worlds from 1964 to 1973. and in it, he encouraged the development of new… Read more about this item

New York:: Citadel Press,, (2009). SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First thus- a trade paperback. A collection of essays about a writer who shaped modern terror - this "straddles the line between biography and reader's companion." Includes interviews with friends, family members and famous fans, as well as tributes, introductions to various… Read more about this item

Westport, CT:: Greenwood Press,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in original green cloth, lettered in silver. . First printing. A book which argues that British science fiction and mainstream English literature have been long and fruitfully intertwined - from H. G. Wells and on. Includes commentary on British disaster fiction before and after the Second World… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very near fine unmarked dust jacket. . First printing. A study of the primary major approaches to science fiction, from Verne and Wells (who added a strong social conscience, that has continued in science fiction)… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, some rubbing and fading to the dj, price-clipped) . First printing. A study which traces "the tradition of science fiction from its beginnings in English through the period of H. G. Wells' great achievements in the… Read more about this item

Boston:: Beacon Press,, (1977). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A look at mysteries which defy rational explanation - ufos, esp, acupuncture, out of body experiences, and more. Bibliography. 238 pp.

San Bernadino, CA:: Borgo Press,, 1976.. First edition -. Near fine (a bit of sunning to the covers). First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition. An early monograph on Le Guin. Volume 3 in the Milford Series on Popular Writers of Today. Brief bibliography. 60 pgs in stapled wrappers.

New York:: Paragon House, , (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few additional words have been neatly added in the upper margins of the appropriate pages). First printing. Contains over 1,000 entries in alphabetical order plus several appendices and a bibliography. SIGNED on the title page by TWO authors: Rogow… Read more about this item

Kansas City:: Andrews and McMeel / Universal Press Syndicate Company, (1996). First edition -. Near fine.(minor shelfwear). First printing, a trade paperback. Includes nearly seventy interviews, profiles, articles and sidebars on both the world of Anne Rice and her books over the past two decades. Foreword by Colleen Doran xiii- black and white photographs by Scott Stewart and… Read more about this item

New York & London:: Norton,, (1989). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. . First printing. A well-researched look at vampires in American life - whether considered as entertainment or taken seriously - by this folklorist - a scholarly book but one written with humor. Illustrated, notes, appendix, bibliography, index, 255 pp.

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, (1975). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Discussion of how to write good stories, accompanied by some of Bova's stories. SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 177 pp.

Portland, OR:: Collectors Press for Barnes and Noble,, (1999.). Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.. First thus- a large trade paperback. An oversized and lavishly full color illustrated history of 20th-century science fiction - "with images of film posters, magazines, and books - many shown here for the first time [this book] offers an insider's view… Read more about this item

Portland, OR:: Collectors Press,, (1999.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (corners slightly bumped). While there was a fairly large signed limited edition of this title, signed trade editions are uncommon - especially with the additional signature of Vallejo.. First printing. An oversized and lavishly full color illustrated history of 20th-century science… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC:: University of North Carolina Press,, (1993.). First edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to corner of front cover.) . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Discusses the works of such writers as Anne McCaffrey, Joanna Russ, Margaret Atwood, Jessica Amanda Salmanson, Kate Wilhelm, Tiptree and Octavia Butler, among others.… Read more about this item