Lincoln: Cliffs Notes 1973. Includes analyses of representative novels, essays on ways of looking at science fiction, list of award winners, a selected bibliography and more. Interesting and uncommon.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, (1993.). First edition - Discusses the works of such writers as Anne McCaffrey, Joanna Russ, Margaret Atwood, Jessica Amanda Salmanson, Kate Wilhelm, Tiptree and Octavia Butler, among others. Notes, references, index. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-807844217.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, (1993.). First edition - Discusses the works of such writers as Anne McCaffrey, Joanna Russ, Margaret Atwood, Jessica Amanda Salmanson, Kate Wilhelm, Tiptree and Octavia Butler, among others. Notes, references, index. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-807844217.

New York: Bowker, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive and important work on science fiction: covers the emergence of sf (to 1920), between the wars (1918-1938), the early modern period (1938-1963), the modern period (1964-1986) by Brian Stapleford, children's and young adult sf, an extensive checklist on science fiction in languages other than English (numerous entries for German, French, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Belgian, Romanian, and Yugoslav science fiction and foreign-language secondary material and a survey of Hebrew science fiction) as well as a core collection checklist, author, subject and title indexes, and much more. Introduction by Brian Aldiss. 874 pp. ISBN: 0-835-223124.

New York: Bowker, (1995.). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive and important work on science fiction: covers the emergence of sf (to 1920), between the wars (1918-1938), the early modern period (1938-1963), the modern period (1964-1986) by Brian Stapleford, children's and young adult sf, an extensive checklist on science fiction in languages other than English (numerous entries for German, French, Russian, Japanese, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Belgian, Romanian, and Yugoslav science fiction and foreign-language secondary material and a survey of Hebrew science fiction) as well as a core collection checklist, author, subject and title indexes, and much more. Introduction by James Gunn. xxiv, 912 pp. ISBN: 0-8352-32883.

Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel / Universal Press Syndicate Company (1996). First edition - Includes nearly seventy interviews, profiles, articles and sidebars on both the world of Anne Rice and her books over the past two decades. Foreword by Colleen Doran xiii- black and white photographs by Scott Stewart and George Beahm. ,xvii, 246 pp. ISBN: 0-836210360.

Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, (1994.). Hardcover first edition - In addition to discussion on characters, plots, background, etc. each section includes a short story that illustrates the points Bova is making. Index. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-898796008.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Discussion of how to write good stories, accompanied by some of Bova's stories. SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-684-144344.

Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, (1994.). SIGNED hardcover - In addition to discussion on characters, plots, background, etc. each section includes a short story that illustrates the points Bova is making. SIGNED by Bova on the title page, and uncommon thus. Index. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-898796008.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Discussion of how to write good stories, accompanied by some of Bova's stories. SIGNED on the title page. Bibliography. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-684-144344.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1985. First edition - Other contributors include Lloyd Biggle, Jr, Ron Goulart, Parke Godwin and others. ISBN: 0-8044-063107.

Boston: G.K. Hall 1984 dj. Hardcover first edition - Large 503 page index of 1017 science fiction anthologies published July 1977 to December 1983. Over 10,000 story titles and articles by 2890 authors searchable by story or author, and by book title or author/editor. Also excellent reference for finding original magazine publication info for any anthologised SF story . Followup to 1978 INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS. Author indicated fewer of this followup printed than the original .

New York & London: Norton, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-researched look at vampires in American life - whether considered as entertainment or taken seriously - by this folklorist - a scholarly book but one written with humor. Illustrated, notes, appendix, bibliography, index, 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393-026787.

New York: St Martin's, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology collecting eleven original essays by women writing science fiction including Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree, Jr.), Marion Zimmer Bradley, Joan D. Vinge, Pamela Sargent, Suzy McKee Charnas, Virginia Kidd, Patricia C Hodgell, Lee Killough and Eleanor Arnason, plus an interview with Suzette Haden Elgin. SIGNED by P. C. Hodgell at her contribution "Questions, Questions." Brief biographical notes at the end of each essay plus a list of books (to date) for each author. xii, 163 pp. ISBN: 0-312023219.

Chicago: Advent, 1964 (1970). Hardcover - A symposium of some of the best writers in the genre, edited and with prefaces to each selection by Eshbach. Originally published in 1948. Contributions by Edward E. Smith, John W. Campbell, L. Sprague de Camp, Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson, A.E. van Vogt, and JohnTaine. Photographs. Index. 104 pp.

Chicago. American Library Association. 1981. A listing ofScience Fiction Anthologies published from 1950 to 1979. Large 8 1/2 x 11x 2 1/2 . 610 pages. Expanded and updated version of Frederick Siemon's SCIENCE FICTION STORY INDEX 1950 - 1968. By story, author,and title indexes.

Oakland, CA: Unique Graphics, 1983. In addition to all the factual information, this includes "Androids Attempting Ah-Scape" anoriginal alphabetical graphic story by Murcury scattered throughout the book.

Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1992. Hardcover first edition - The hardcover issue, one of 100 individually numbered copies, of a new magazine intended to be a forum for serious discussion on the nature of science fiction by and for science fiction writers. Includes contributions from William F. Wu; Brian Aldiss; Thomas Perry (on Heinlein's first story), Gary Westfahl (2 essays), John Barnes and John Sladek. 100 pp. plus colophon. ISBN: 1-56146-4333.

San Bernadino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976. First edition - An early monograph on Le Guin. Volume 3 in the Milford Series on Popular Writers of Today. Brief bibliography. 60 pgs in stapled wrappers. ISBN: 0-893702056.

San Diego, CA Bloody Dagger Books 1998. First edition - There's 311 pages of entries, plus 10 intro pages. Most titles have between 1 and 3 listings, except the biggies, such as King, Koontz, Asimov, etc. 20 dealer contributors, some of who are; Almark in Toronto, Barry Levin, Black & White, Gerry Kleier, John Knott, Michael John Thompson, Nick Certo, Ralph Kristiansen. Includes important pulps, paperbacks and digest magazines.

Kingston and Ottawa: Quarry Press & National Library of Canada, (1995). SIGNED first edition - Essay on various aspects of science fiction, fantasy and horror in Canada, with contributions by Charles de Lint, John Clute, Tanya Huff, Francine Pelletier, Terrence Green, Judith Merrill, Michael Skeet, Marc Lemaire and many others. SIGNED by Charles De Lint at his essay 'Considering Magical Realism in Canada.' A book which grew out of an exhibit at the National Library. Illustrations by Heather Spears. Bibliography. 264 pp. ISBN: 1550821504.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study which traces "the tradition of science fiction from its beginnings in English through the period of H. G. Wells' great achievements in the genre. The author deals not only with relatively well-known works such as 'Gulliver's Travels,' 'Frankenstein,' 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' and 'The Time Machine,' but also with obscure or neglected fantasies such as those of Robert Cromie, whose 'Crack of Doom' (1895) narrates the fate of a scientist who proposes to destroy the world with an atom bomb." Selective bibliography, index. ix, 174 pp. ISBN: 0-520013948.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1978. First edition -

Portland, OR: Collectors Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An oversized and lavishly full color illustrated history of 20th-century science fiction - "with images of film posters, magazines, and books - many shown here for the first time [this book] offers an insider's view of the prophetic writers, illustrators and editors who made science fiction the most popular form of entertainment in the 20th century." SIGNED on the title page by both the author Frank Robinson and one of the illustrators whose work is featured in the book - Boris Vallejo. Large heavy folio. Index. 256 pp. ISBN: 1888054298.

Portland, OR: Collectors Press for Barnes and Noble, (1999.). An oversized and lavishly full color illustrated history of 20th-century science fiction - "with images of film posters, magazines, and books - many shown here for the first time [this book] offers an insider's view of the prophetic writers, illustrators and editors who made science fiction the most popular form of entertainment in the 20th century." Large folio. Index. 256 pp. ISBN: 1888054298.

New York: Paragon House, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains over 1,000 entries in alphabetical order plus several appendices and a bibliography. SIGNED on the title page by TWO authors: Rogow and C.J. Cherryh who wrote the foreword to this book. Uncommon thus. Illustrated with small drawings by Leah Rosenthal. 408 pp. ISBN: 1-557783470.

New York: Paragon House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Contains over 1,000 entries in alphabetical order plus several appendices and a bibliography. SIGNED on the title page by TWO authors: Rogow and C.J. Cherryh who wrote the foreword to this book. Uncommon thus. Illustrated with small drawings by Leah Rosenthal. 408 pp. ISBN: 1-557783470.