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Hardcover, large quarto bound in black cloth and lettered in silver on spine, in publisher’s non price clipped dust-jacket. 312 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout with thousands of color pictures, including vintage pulp magazine covers, classic first-edition book jackets, film stills and author portraits. Stated first American edition, first printing with full number line. “A visually lavish, decade-by-decade coffee table guide that blends world history, literary trends, and pop culture [Wordpress Review]. Clutes’ scope is breath-taking, covering sci-fi themes from space opera to dystopian futures, and including biographies of over 100 authors. No previous ownership marks. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award, with round silver sticker attesting to such on front dust-jacket cover. Dust-jacket complete with no tears or chips and some small light abrasions to black glossy surface at extremities. Near fine in a very good dust-jacket. Media mail only.