Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction by James Gunn Phil

Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction by James Gunn Phil Grushkin cvr 1975

Book Condition: Near Fine - Minor edgewear, a crease, dings to back cover, rubbed spine corner. Firmly bound, unmarked.

Authors: James Gunn

Cover Artist: Phil Grushkin

Edition: Second edition

Publisher: A & W Visual Library

Location: Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey

Date: 1975

ISBN: 0-891040498

Features: 2nd ed. A & W [1976] (1st pub. Prentice-Hall 1975). Trade Paperback. Oversize. 256pp. Sci-Fi from Homer to Heinlein in 100,000 words and 700 pictures. Intro by Asimov. Winner of the 1976 Locus Award, and the 1976 Sci-Fi Research Ass. Pilgrim Award.

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