Upon the Winds of Yesterday and Other Explorations

Upon the Winds of Yesterday and Other Explorations

Infobox Book
name = Upon the Winds of Yesterday and Other Explorations
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = George Barr
illustrator = George Barr
cover_artist = George Barr
country = United States
language = English
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subject = George Barr
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publisher = Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
release_date = 1976
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 140 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 4882835
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"Upon the Winds of Yesterday and Other Explorations" is a collection of paintings by George Barr. It was published in 1976 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 2,500 copies. The book was released in commemoration of Barr being a Guest of Honor at the 34th World Science Fiction Convention.

Contents

* Foreword, by Tim Kirk
* Introduction, by Stuart David Schiff
* Illustrations
* Afterword, by George Barr

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=323 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute |coauthors=Peter Nicholls| title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | location=New York| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin | pages=93 | date=1995|id=ISBN 0-312-13486-X


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