UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS: A HISTORY AND ANTHOLOGY OF "THE SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE" IN THE MUNSEY MAGAZINES, 1912-1920. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1970]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xiii [xiv] 1-433 [434: blank], cloth. First edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Moskowitz to Joe Wrzos on the front free endpaper: "To Joseph Wrzos: / I think you will be as / thrilled as I was at the in- / formation I discovered in my / researches. / Your friend / Sam Moskowitz." 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 just a hint of wear at edges. (#175136).
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