Barron Neil Editor (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover -- Good -- Ex-Library -- Showing light wear -- Blue pictorial cover, no dust jacket if issued -- 724 pages.with index -- Second Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Pages Clean, Binding Firm. Library stamps & pocket. No label on spine. Moderately shelfworn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Glossy covers with design on front. No Jacket issued. Interior Library marks. 586 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library with no exterior marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Original Price $.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 2nd Edition. Original Price $.

Condition: acceptable. The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hieronymus Bosch (illustrator). Second printing. Trade Paperback. Approx. 1100 works of adult and juvenile Sci-Fi from the 16th century to the present [1976] are critically annotated in this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. xxvii + 586 pp. Ex-public library copy with typical markings inside and out. Tex is clean and unmarked. Spine shows lean and the book shows edgewear but is holding up well and the binding is strong. An excellent reference. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp 724 tidy ex library.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Crease to the top back corner and last few pages. NOT ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition Expanded. An expanded and reorganized edition of the famed Anatomy of Wonder for scholars, collectors and librarians of Science Fiction, with bibliographies and reviews of all the notable contributions in the field. Small 4to, pictorial boards, 724 pages. Better than very good, clean and unmarked.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xvii [xviii] [1-2] 3-874 [875-878: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], boards. First printing of the third edition. The first part of the 1987 edition is six annotated checklists of science fiction: "The Emergence of Science Fiction: The Beginnings to the 1920s" by Thomas D. Clareson (108 entries); "Science Fiction Between the Wars: 1918-1938" by Brian Stableford (147 entries); "The Early Modern Period: 1938-1963" by Joe De Bolt and John Pfeiffer (461 entries); The Modern Period: 1964-1986" by Brian Stableford (673 entries); "Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction by Francis J. Molson (180 entries); and "Foreign-Language Science Fiction" (476 entries for German, French, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Belgian, Romanian, and Yugoslav science fiction and foreign-language secondary material and a survey of Hebrew science fiction). The second part, pages 585-786, comprise ten sections of "research aids" including seven annotated checklists of secondary sources (a total of 552 entries) and other material, one section compiled by Muriel Rogow Becker, two by Hal W. Hall (one in collaboration with Barron), the remainder by Barron. This is the best edition for foreign language fiction, which was dropped from later editions. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 51. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#131109).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 9 Issues, + Index To Volumes 1-10, Forrest Ackerman's Copies, With His Ackermansion Address.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. This is a hardcover book in black covers with titles in silver. The book is clean and tight. It shows light shelf ware on the covers. "Anatomy of Wonder has been selected as an outstanding reference book by the American Library Association and by Choice, and as a nominee for science fiction's prestigious Hugo Award".

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. 11 issues in all, from March 1979 to January 1980. The pages of each years issues are numbered consecutively, so this comprises pages 13 to 164 (for year 1979) and 1 to 16 (for 1980). Most copies have my (then) address subscriber sticker.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] ix-xxi [xxii] [1-2] 3-471 [472-474: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], boards. First edition. The first part of the 1976 edition is five annotated checklists of science fiction published in the English language (including translations): "Science Fiction: From its Beginnings to 1870" by Robert M. Philmus (50 entries); "The Emergence of the Scientific Romance, 1870-1926" by Thomas D. Clareson (177 entries); "The Gernsback Era, 1926-1937" by Ivor A. Rogers (73 entries); "The Modern Period, 1938-1975" by Joe De Bolt and John Pfeiffer (701 entries); and "Juvenile Science Fiction" by Francis J. Molson (99 entries). The second part, pages 337-413, comprise seven sections of "research aids" including three annotated checklists of secondary sources (a total of 137 entries) and other material, one section compiled by Hal W. Hall, the remainder by Barron. Includes some titles not listed in subsequent editions. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 51. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#172596).

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Octavo, 816 pp., cloth. First edition. An extensively revised and combined edition of Barron's earlier FANTASY LITERATURE (1990) and HORROR LITERATURE (1990). A fine copy. (#134172).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Morris Scott Dollens (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 3, the September, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Morris Scott Dollens. Octavo, stapled wraps, 38 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, notable toning at margins, else flawless. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. Mid-run issue of the thrice-titled classic sci-fi fanzine (Fantasy Advertiser, then Science Fiction Advertiser, then Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser); essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Morris Scott Dollens with a self-illustrated piece, "Evolution of Science Fiction Art", Arthur J. Cox ("Astounding's Science Fiction: Some Changes in Form"), and reviews by Malcolm W. Ferguson, Clyde Beck, Russell A. Leadabrand, Carolyn Gaybard, George D. Martindale, and Neil Barron of such titles as The Moon is Hell (Joseph W. Campbell, Jr.), Renaissance (Raymond F. Jones), Rogue Queen (L. Sprague de Camp) and The Green Hills of Earth (Robert A, Heinlein).and of course much else - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.