UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS: A HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY OF "THE SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE" IN THE MUNSEY MAGAZINES, 1912-1920
first edition
1970 · New York, Chicago, San Francisco
by Moskowitz, Sam (editor)
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, 1970. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] 1-433 [434: blank], cloth. First edition. The valuable 143-page historical introduction is a continuation of Moskowitz's examination of SF in popular magazines begun in SCIENCE FICTION BY GASLIGHT (1968), though the survey here is restricted to American periodicals with emphasis on the Munsey group. Fiction selections include the original magazine texts of stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, George Allan England, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, A. Merritt and others. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 1-71. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with tiny nick to lower edge of rear panel. (#67111) (Inventory #: 67111)