Robert Philmus Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Harvester Press / Barnes & Noble Books, 1980; no additional printings indicated; xiii, 261pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of brown cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk, 279 pages : 22 cm. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. Dust-wrapper scuffed around edges but still in pretty good condition. Contents : The folktale, Wells, and modern science fiction / by Tatyana Chernysheva -- The garden in Wells's early science fiction / by David Y. Hughes -- Evolution as a literary theme in H.G. Wells's science fiction / by J.P. Vernier -- A grammar of form and a criticism of fact: The time machine as a structural model for science fiction / by Darko Suvin -- "I told you so": Wells's last decade. 1936-1945 / by R.D. Mullen -- Imagining the future: Wells and Zamyatin / by Patrick Parrinder -- The shadow of Men like gods: Orwell's Coming up for air as parody / by Howard Fink -- Borges and Wells and the labyrinths of time / by Robert M. Philmus -- H.G. Wells and Japanese science fiction / by Sakyo Komatsu -- A selective bibliography (with abstracts) of H.G. Wells's science journalism, 1887-1901 / by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus -- An annotated survey of books and pamphlets by H.G. Wells / by R.D. Mullen. [Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 Criticism and interpretation ; Congresses] r949 / m15427.…