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The History of SF

Brian Ash’s Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction remains a favorite of mine, as it’s the first book I read on the history of SF.  Although the fat softcover spine of my childhood copy, now around 40 years old, is simply too creaky to allow any scanning of the interior...
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Back cover art by Tm White
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Cover art by Tim White
...recently I was able to pick up an ex-library copy in hardcover.  The hardcover unfortunately has no dust jacket, but the spine is solid enough that I finally was able to get some interior shots as well!
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Cover art by Frank R. Paul
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Cover art by Frank R. Paul
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Illustration by Hubert Rogers for Heinlein’s “Waldo,” on the cover of the August 1942 Astounding Science-Fiction
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Back cover art by Frank R. Paul
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Cover art by Frank R. Paul
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Back cover art by Frank R. Paul
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Illustration by Wally Wood
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Illustration by Wally Wood

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