Fantastic Science Fiction Art 1926-1954
(1975 - Ballantine Books) 
(edited by Lester Del Rey) (subtitled "The Art Of Science Fiction - From Frank R. Paul To Frank Kelly Freas") I'll reveal here that this was the first artbook for me, the one the young sci-fi reading adolescent looked at longingly in the bookstore during every visit, until it was finally received as a gift from the parents (who needed a little more time before being ready to buy their son the just-as-desired concurrent first Frazetta book, with its bevy of shapely & barely-clad femmes . . .). So here are 40 full-color plates reproduced from the pulp-magazine covers themselves, faced with a blank page with only a caption identifying the art and it's source, including the story & author, if a direct illustration. The editor, Lester Del Rey, contributes an eight-page essay on the sci-fi pulps developing from the electronic & gadget publications of the time, rather than story magazines as the rest of the pulps did. He details many of the magazines and how their publication philosophy shaped the depictions that appeared on their covers. The 'well-presented' artists are: Earle Bergey (5), Howard V. Brown (3), Alexander Caņedo, Kelly Freas (2)*, Robert Fuqua (2), Leo Moray (2), Frank R. Paul (18), Hubert Rogers (2), Alex Schomburg (3)**, Malcolm Smith and H.R. VonDongen.
* - Note that the 'well-presented' pieces here by Freas' cn be found better presented in his own collections further up The List.
** - Note that the 'well-presented' pieces here by Schomburg cannot additionally be found so in his own collections on The List.
other Sci-Fi art collections
Planet Of The Apes Artist Tribute
Tomorrow And Beyond - Masterpieces Of Science Fiction Art
Worlds Beyond Time - Sci-Fi Art Of The 1970s
The New Visions - A Collection Of Modern Science Fiction Art
Infinite Worlds - The Fantastic Visions Of Science Fiction Art
2000 A.D. - Illustrations From The Golden Age Of Science Fiction Pulps
Collectors Press's Sci-Fi collections
Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction
One Hundred Years Of Science Fiction Illustration
A Pictorial History Of Science Fiction
Bradbury - An Illustrated Life
Alien Invasions! The History Of Aliens In Pop Culture
Spacecraft In Fact And Fiction [BELOW THE LINE]
Science Fiction - An Illustrated History [BELOW THE LINE]
Science Fiction - The Illustrated Encyclopedia [BELOW THE LINE]
Space Wars - Fact And Fiction [BELOW THE LINE]
The Visual Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction [BELOW THE LINE]
Forrest J. Ackerman's World of Science Fiction [BELOW THE LINE]
Fantastic Planets [BELOW THE LINE]
Alternate Worlds - The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction [BELOW THE LINE]
The Science In Science Fiction [BELOW THE LINE]
Unearthly Visions [BELOW THE LINE]
other pulp cover collections
Collectors Press Pulp Cover collections.
Pulp Art - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines
The Classic Era Of American Pulp Magazines
The Art Of The Pulps - An Illustrated History
Cheap Thrills - An Informal History Of The Pulp Magazine [BELOW THE LINE]
The Pulps: Fifty Years Of American Pop Culture [BELOW THE LINE]
The Adventure House Guide To The Pulps [BELOW THE LINE]
The Dime Detectives [BELOW THE LINE]
other Ballantine collection releases
The Golden Age Of Comic Books 1937-1945
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