ANATOMY OF WONDER: SCIENCE FICTION. New York & London: R. R. Bowker Company, 1976. 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).
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