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Highest Ranked Non-Fiction Prior to 1950

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Year Title Type Authors
1 50 1949 The Conquest of Space NONFICTION Chesley Bonestell and Willy Ley
2 50 1948 The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe NONFICTION John Ward Ostrom
3 35 1944 Fancyclopedia NONFICTION Jack Speer
4 29 1944 Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere NONFICTION Willy Ley
5 28 1944 Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom NONFICTION George Gamow
6 27 1944 '42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution NONFICTION H. G. Wells
7 1 1944 A Treasury of American Folklore NONFICTION B. A. Botkin
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