SCIENCE FICTION BY GASLIGHT: A HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION IN THE POPULAR MAGAZINES, 1891-1911. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Moskowitz to Joe Wrzos on the front free endpaper: "To Joseph Wrzos: / Who conceived of the book's / title, which title has been a major / factor in its success. / Best wishes / Sam Moskowitz." Collection of twenty-six selections from American and British periodicals arranged by motif. The 36-page introduction, one of Moskowitz's most important contributions to the study of the history of SF, surveys the early history of the mass-circulation, general interest English-language magazine and examines themes and extent of a popular literary form of the period. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-70. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges. (#175135).
Price: $100.00
"First Printing 1968" on copyright page.