BILLION YEAR SPREE: THE TRUE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Octavo, pp. [1-14] [1] 2-339 [340-346: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], cloth. First U.S. edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Aldiss on the front free endpaper to pioneer SF editor and researcher Joseph Wrzos. "... the first critical history of the field, written by a distinguished writer and critic of both SF and traditional fiction." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 9-4. Review slip laid in. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket priced $7.95 on the front flap with light wear at edges, mainly spine ends and along the bottom edge of the front panel. (#177003).
Price: $45.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.