Bob Shaw, Cosmic Kaleidoscope, Pan, 1978. Cover: Colin Hay. Collection of stories written 1959-76. Object #2 from Stewart Cowley, Spacecraft. #BobShaw #ColinHay #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Ben Bova, Star Watchman, Sphere, 1977. Cover: Peter Elson. The Pirate World from Stewart Cowley, Great Space Battles. #BenBove #PeterElson #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Ben Bova, Colony, Magnum, 1979-92 editions. Cover: Chris Moore. Monk's Field from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Dangerous Frontiers. #BenBove #ChrisMoore #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters #StevenCaldwell #StewartCowley

Barry B. Longyear, Beyond Apollo, Orbit/Futura, 1975. Cover: Tony Roberts. Victims of Space: The Ceres Disaster from Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. 1973 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Winner: Best Science Fiction Novel. #BarryLongyear #TonyRoberts #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Barrington J. Bayley, The Garments of Caean, Fontana, 1978. Cover: Tony Roberts. Swarmy from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Aliens in Space. #BarringtonBayley #TonyRoberts #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters #StevenCaldwell #StewartCowley

Jeffrey Ridge. TTA Juggernaut. From Stewart Cowley, Starliners. #JeffreyRidge #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Arthur C. Clarke, The Fountains of Paradise, Pan, 1980.
Lucius Shepard, The Ends of the Earth, Millenium, 1993.
Covers: Chris Moore. Commeck Carriage from Stewart Cowley, Starliners. #ArthurClarke #LuciusShepard #ChrisMoore #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Arthur C. Clarke, A Fall of Moondust, Gollancz, 1997-2011 editions. Cover: Fred Gambino. Strange Visitors: The Warthog from Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. #ArthurClarke #moondust #FredGambino #StewartCowley #'TerranTradeAuthority

Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arrow, 1973-84 edtions (excluding 1974). Cover: Peter Elson. Way Station from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Star Quest. #ArthurClarke #SpaceOdyssey #odyseey #PeterElson #StevenCaldwell #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #GlacticEncounters

Anne McCaffrey, The Ship Who Sang, Corgi, 1976-77 editions. Cover: Angus McKie. Astrolab from Stewart Cowley's Spacecraft. #AnneMcCaffrey #AngusMcKie #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Anne McCaffrey, Restoree. Corgi, 1976. Cover: Angus McKie. Miami Spaceport from Stewart Cowley, Spacecraft. #AnneMcCaffrey #AngusMCkie #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Anne McCaffrey, Dinosaur Planet, Orbit/Futura, 1978. Cover: Melvyn Grant. Streech from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Dangerous Frontiers. #AnneMcCaffrey #dinosar #GalacticEncounters #StevenCaldwell #StewartCowley

cover of DER GROSSE GALAKTISCHE KRIEG - Der Vorstoss in die Galaxis showing what looks like a cargo spaceship reminiscent of the Alien Nostromo with its spherical holds

DER GROSSE GALAKTISCHE KRIEG - Der Kampf zwischen den Sternen blue skinned alien men with ray guns fighting a large spaceship that hovers over them

DER GROSSE GALAKTISCHE KRIEG Nr. 6 - Die Festungen zwischen den Sternen a huge blue starship has landed on a peaceful alien meadow in the woods

GALAXIS SCIENCE FICTION-FARBBILDBAND Nr. 5 - Die Eroberung der Galaxis shows one of Cowley's most famous paintings: a glider that has crashed in a jungle scene and is overgrown by ferns and moss, the sceleton of the pilot in his spacesuit is still in the cockpit

in the early 1980s #StewartCowley's #TerranTradeAuthorityHandbook series was released as magazines in Germany. when I learned about them in the late 90s these were already collectors pieces. they contain a lot of great #scifiart and endless far future history […]

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Algis Budrys, The Furious Future, Quartet, 1975. Cover: Jim Burns. First published as Budrys' Inferno. Collection of stories written 1953-58. Nomad Industrial Complex from Stewart Cowley, Spacecraft. #AlgisBudrys #Quartet #JimBurns #furious #future #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Fred Gambino. Falcon C19. From Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Space Patrol. Cover art for a 1989 Italian translation of A. E. van Vogt's The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950) by Sebastiano Fusco. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #StevenCaldwell #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters

Fred Gambino. Skekkle. From Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Aliens in Space. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #StevenCaldwell #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters

Fred Gambino. The Graveyard of Beta Pavonis. From Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #spacewreck #graveyard

Fred Gambino. The Warworld of Alshain. From Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. Cover art for a Dutch omnibus translation of Harry Harrison's Dathworld trilogy by Miefje Schermer and Walter B. Relsky. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #spacewreck

Fred Gambino. Killer Planets: A Deadly Eden. From Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #spacewreck

Fred Gambino. Killer Planets: A Deadly Eden. From Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #spacewreck

Fred Gambino. Children of the Gods. From Stewart Cowley, Spacewreck. Cover art for Hugues Douriaux, Vermine, Fleuve Noir, 1987. A pencil sketch of this illustration appears on p38 of Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #spacewreck

Fred Gambino. Commeck Carriage. From Stewart Cowley's Starliners. Cover art for Michel Jeury, Le dernier paradis, Fleuve Noir, 1985. #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #robot

Fred Gambino. Challenge Express from Stweart Cowley's Starliners. Colour illustration (1); Black and white pencil sketch sent to me by Fred (2). #FredGambino #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Before No Man's Sky, there was Stewart Cowley. I love my wife for offering me this retro scifi illustrations book collection. #retroscifi #stewartcowley #fredgambino #tonyroberts #spaceships #deepspace #illustrations #inspiration

Angus Wells (ed.), The Best of A. E. van Vogt Volume 2, Sphere, 1979. Cover: Peter Elson. Arko from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Star Quest. #AngusWells #PeterElson #StewartCowley #StevenCaldwell #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters

Angus Wells (ed), The Best of A. E. van Vogt Volume 1, Sphere, 1979. Cover: Peter Elson. The Phalan Empire from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Star Quest. #AngusWells #PeterElson #StewartCowley #StevenCaldwell #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters

Chris Moore. Esthymon National Spacelines from Stewart Cowley, Starliners, 1980. Cover art for Philip K. Dick, Dr. Futurity, Magnum, 1979. #ChrisMoore #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority

Chris Moore. From Steve Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Aliens in Space, 1979. #ChrisMoore #StevenCaldwell #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters

Cesare Reggiani. The Venturer from Steven Caldwell (Stewart Cowley), Star Quest, 1979. #CesareReggiani #StevenCaldwell #StewartCowley #TerranTradeAuthority #GalacticEncounters