The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1970
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Book Eater, High Point, NC, U.S.A.The Book Eater
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Hundreds of b/w illustrations (photos, reproductions) . The over 2, 800 entries cover authors, themes, films, magazines, illustrators, editors, critics, film-makers, publishers, pseudonyms, series, television programs, original anthologies, comics, sf in various countries, terminology, awards and fanzines, as well as such miscellanea as conventions, important scientists, etc. This is a book to be read as well as consulted for reference. Not only does it present its facts accessibly, but it records them coherently and interestigly, bringing out their interrelationshps wherever possible; a definitive history and a commentary on the genre. Book is VG-NF, one small pressure mark on the back cover board. Dust cover is VG. A must have for a sci fi collector. 1st editon, 1979. Nice, solid copy.
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- Title
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Author
- Nicholls, Peter (Editor)
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Garden City, NY
- Publication year
- 1970
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385130007
- ISBN 13
- 9780385130004
- Illustrator
- Various
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- SF & Fantasy
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