SURVEY OF MODERN FANTASY LITERATURE
by Magill, Frank N. (editor)
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- first
- Condition
- A fine set without dust jackets as issued. Note: Multi volume set, extra postage likely. (30961)
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Salem Press, [1983]. First edition. A fine set without dust jackets as issued. Note: Multi volume set, extra postage likely. (30961). Octavo, five volumes, cloth. The first extended review of major works of modern fantasy literature, providing essay-reviews (averaging 2000 words) of 500 important novels (including trilogies and multi-volume series, like Amber and The Book of the New Sun) and single author story collections, from Walpole's THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO (1764-5) to fiction published in 1981 by John Crowley, Roger Zelazny, and others. Also includes nineteen essays that survey selected fantasy sub-genres, a chronology of surveyed titles, and annotated checklists of secondary material and fantasy anthologies. "A major reference work ..." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 6-24 and Barron (ed), Horror Literature 6-24. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 7-36. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2002) 91.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30961
- Title
- SURVEY OF MODERN FANTASY LITERATURE
- Author
- Magill, Frank N. (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine set without dust jackets as issued. Note: Multi volume set, extra postage likely. (30961)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Salem Press
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, N. J.
- Date Published
- [1983]
- Keywords
- Reference
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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