Art Of Imagination
                                             (2002 - Collectors Press)  

     Know first that this tome is just the combination of three others - Science Fiction Of The 20th Century, Horror Of The 20th Century, and Fantasy Of The 20th Century.  Each of those books were considered here to be twice as heavy as would be optimal and then here comes this one, putting all three of them together.  It seems to be more than 10 pounds in all.  Probably because of how unwieldy it is, at this moment, you can buy this omnibus for just a bit less than the three separate constituent parts, but I'd say that the minor savings are just not worth it.  Anyway, it contains a new six-page introduction covering the overall compilation and the same number of unnecessary title-, indicia-, and interstitial-pages have been excised.  I'm going to give in to my laziness and am not going to breakdown this three-fer.  Links to each of the three individual books appear immediately below.

Related Books

  Fantasy Of The 20th Century - An Illustrated History

  Horror Of The 20th Century - An Illustrated History

  Science Fiction Of The 20th Century - An Illustrated History

other collections featuring both SF and Fantasy Art

  Dynamite's's combination SF & Fantasy collections

  Paper Tiger's combination SF & Fantasy collections

  The Art Of The Fantastic

  Visions Of Never

  the books covering The Frank Collection

  Spectrum 12 - The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art

  Masters Of Science-Fiction And Fantasy Art

  Heavy Metal - 25 Years Of Classic Covers

  The Illustrated History Of Warren Magazines - Illustrators Special #14

  The Exilian Crossection Art Folio

  The Forrest J Ackerman Scrapbook - Treasures From The Ackermansion  [BELOW THE LINE]

other Collectors Press releases

  Collectors Press Pulp Cover collections.

  Collectors Press's classic pin-up collections

  Collectors Press's comic art collections

  Collectors Press's Sci-Fi art collections

  Elvgren Girls I & II   (Artist Archives)

  Artist Archives collections

  Collectors Press's Fantasy & Horror art collections

  Gil Elvgren - The Wartime Pin-Ups

  The History Of Mystery

  The Great American Paperback

  Varga Girls I & II   (Artist Archives)  [BELOW THE LINE]

  Vintage Illustration - Discovering America's Calendar Artists 1900-1960  [BELOW THE LINE]

  The Spirit Portfolio   [BELOW THE LINE]

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