Random House Publishing Group, Date: 1979. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1979. Random House Publishing Group ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [US]

Ballantine Books, January Date: 1979. Trade Paperback. VG-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. 1979. Ballantine Books ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [US]

Ballantine Books, Date: 1979. Paperback. Good. 1979. Ballantine Books ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [US]

ISBN10: 034525452X, ISBN13: 9780345254528, [publisher: Ballantine Books, New York] Softcover First Edition Ballantine 1979 1st ed thus 416pp Very good with toning to page margins, light wear and readers crease to spine. clph
[North Providence, RI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]
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New York: Del Rey - Ballantine Books, Date: 1979. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (xiii) 416 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with flat uncreased spine; slight ripple in the text block; no interior markings. This collection contains: What Science Fiction Is; The Beginnings of Science Fiction; The Rise of the Pulps; The Third Source; The Magazines of Hugo Gernsback; The Dawn of Astounding; The Crucial Years; The Active Fan; The Shaping of the Future; Campbell's Astounding; The War and the Bomb; A Proliferation of Magazines; Science Fiction in Books; The Growth of Fandom; Reshaping the Future; The Quest for Magic; The Big Boom; And the Collapse; The Magazine Business; Wider Horizons; FIAWOL or FIJAGH; Watershed; The Survivors; The Torch Passes; Rebellion: The New Wave and Art; Enter: Academe; The Big Con Game; The Fifth Age; Fantasy; Buck Rogers and Mr Spock; Glossary; Themes and Variations; Utopias and Dystopias; But What Good Is It; Mene Mene Tekel; and After Star Wars.. 1979. Del Rey - Ballantine Books ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [CA]

Ballantine Books, Date: 1979 Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little reading wear. Page edges are starting to tan. Otherwise a solid, unmarked book. Index. xiii, 416 pp.. 1979. Ballantine Books ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [CA]

New York, NY: DEL REY. Very Good. Date: 1979. First Trade Paperback. Soft Cover. 5 3/8" x 8 1/4" 034525452X PAPERBACK The full story of science fiction: What is it? Where did it come from? and Where does it go from here? According to the author it began in 1926 when Hugo Gernsback, an eccentric writer-inventor, decided the time was ripe for a magazine filled with what he called "scientifiction." Wear at edges, reading creases, rubbed, some soiling. . 1979. DEL REY ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [US]

New York: Ballantine, Date: 1979. Softcover. Good. First Ballantine edition. Minor ink underlining and marginalia, pages browned, good or better in wrappers. 1979. Ballantine ISBN 034525452X US

Ballantine, Date: 1979. 1st printing. This is a wonderful book. You have to read THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION almost like a Lester Del Rey's memoir.. Paperback. near fine b-format paperback, remainder punch. 1979. Ballantine ISBN 034525452X 9780345254528 [GB]

ISBN10: 034525452X, ISBN13: 9780345254528, [publisher: Ballantine, New York] Softcover First Edition First Ballantine edition. Minor ink underlining and marginalia, pages browned, good or better in wrappers.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]

ISBN10: 034525452X, ISBN13: 9780345254528, [publisher: Ballantine, New York] Softcover First Edition First Ballantine edition. Minor ink underlining and marginalia, pages browned, good or better in wrappers.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1979]