Publication: Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911

Publication: Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911Publication Record # 266472
Editor: Sam Moskowitz
Date: 1974-06-00
ISBN: 0-88355-128-4 [978-0-88355-128-8]
Publisher: Hyperion Press
Pub. Series: Classics of Science Fiction
Pages: 364
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- Hyperion reprint edition 1974. [This Publication Record].
- No printing number line. printing, printing date or pricing in book.
- Printing month from Amazon.com.
- Part of the Hyperion "Classics of Science Fiction" series as shown by seal on front cover.
- No dust jacket, as issued.
- Photographic reprint of the 1968 World Publishing edition.
- "A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911" as subtitling on title page.
- "Edited with an Introduction by Sam Moskowitz" on title page.
- "Photography by Christine E. Haycock, M.D." on title page. "Included is a selection of science fiction art, many from the stories in this volume, others from associated sources of the same period. (skip to) They have been photographed especially for this volume by my wife, Christine E. Haycock, M.D., who has displayed extraordinary skill in giving definition to the impressions on aged and fading paper, and retaining enough clarity to make it possible to reproduce them." Preface, page 13, second paragraph.
- Blue gray cloth finish. Spine reads "Science Fiction by Gaslight" running down center spine. Sam (over) Moskowitz below title running parallel. Hyperion with logo running parallel at bottom spine.
- Preface ends with (right side) Sam Moskowitz (over)(left side) Newark, New Jersey (over) January 1968.
- The presentation format of each story is publication (over) date (over) title (over) author. Followed by a short not signed commentary and then story. Contents page is the actual start page of the story.
- A Corner in Lightning is illustrated on page 51 with commentary and art crediting, Paul Hardy, on page 52. Signature not found.
- An Express of the Future has an illustration on page 113 with commentary on page 114. Stated "Illustrator unknown".
- Congealing the Ice Trust is by Capt. H. G. Bishop, U.S.A. on story title page.
- The Monster of Lake LaMetrie has an illustration on page 153 and commentary on page 154 which credits Stanley L. Wood. Signature "Stanley L.Wood" at bottom right art.
- The Land Ironclads is illustrated on page 201, with commentary on page 202 crediting Claude A. Shepperson, R. I. No signature found.
- The Purple Terror is illustrated on page 239, with commentary on page 240 crediting Paul Hardy. Signature not found
- The Hybrid Hyperborean Ant is illustrated on page 265, with commentary on page 266 crediting Albert Levering. Signature "Albert (over) Levering" at bottom right art.
- Where the Air Quivered is illustrated on page 293, with commentary on page 294 which credits "Piffard". Signed "Piffard" at bottom left of art.
- Old Doctor Rutheford is illustrated on page 325, with commentary on page 326 crediting Louis Gunnis. "The Immortal" a poem is in the commentary before the story. Signature "Eunnis" at bottom left art.
- The Platinum Web, a story by William Hurd Hillyer, is illustrated on page 351, with commentary on page 352 crediting G. W. Peters. Signed "G.W.Peters" bottom right art.
External IDs:
- BNF: cb435078072
- FantLab: 244584
- Goodreads: 2521249
- LCCN: 73-15074
- OCLC/WorldCat: 500492356

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Anthology Title: Science Fiction by Gaslight • (1968) • anthology by Sam Moskowitz

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Photography (Science Fiction by Gaslight) • (1968) • interior artwork by Christine Haycock
11 • Preface (Science Fiction by Gaslight) • (1968) • essay by Sam Moskowitz
15 • Introduction: A History of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911 • (1968) • essay by Sam Moskowitz
51 • A Corner in Lightning • (1898) • interior artwork by Paul Hardy
54 • The Thames Valley Catastrophe • (1897) • short story by Grant Allen
70 • The Doom of London • (1892) • short story by Robert Barr
80 • A Corner in Lightning • (1898) • short story by George Griffith
91 • The Tilting Island • (1909) • short story by Grena J. Bennett and Thomas J. Vivian
103 • Finis • (1940) • short story by Frank Lillie Pollock [as by Frank Lillie Pollack]
116 • An Express of the Future • (1895) • short story by Michel Verne (trans. of Un express de l'avenir 1888) [as by Jules Verne]
121 • The Ray of Displacement • (1903) • short story by Harriet Prescott Spofford
135 • Congealing the Ice Trust • (1907) • short story by H. G. Bishop [as by Capt. H. G. Bishop, U.S.A.]
142 • Lord Beden's Motor • (1901) • short story by Harris Burland [as by J. B. Harris-Burland]
153 • The Monster of Lake LaMetrie • (1899) • interior artwork by Stanley L. Wood
155 • The Death-Trap • (1908) • short story by George Daulton
168 • The Air Serpent • (1911) • short story by Will A. Page
178 • The Monster of Lake LaMetrie • (1899) • short story by Wardon Allan Curtis
190 • The Voice in the Night • (1907) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
201 • The Land Ironclads • (1968) • interior artwork by Claude A. Shepperson (variant of The Land Ironclads [3] 1903) [as by Claude A. Shepperson, R. I.]
204 • The Land Ironclads • (1903) • novelette by H. G. Wells
224 • The Dam • (1911) • short story by Hugh S. Johnson
233 • Submarined • (1905) • short story by Walter Wood
239 • The Purple Terror • (1899) • interior artwork by Paul Hardy (variant of The Purple Terror [2])
242 • The Purple Terror • (1899) • short story by Fred M. White
256 • Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant • [Professor Jonkin] • (1905) • short story by Howard R. Garis
265 • The Hybrid Hyperborean Ant • (1910) • interior artwork by Albert Levering (variant of The Hybrid Hyperborean Ant [5])
268 • An Experiment in Gyro-Hats • (1910) • short story by Ellis Parker Butler
281 • The Hybrid Hyperborean Ant • (1910) • short story by Roy L. McCardell
293 • Where the Air Quivered • (1898) • interior artwork by H. Piffard [as by Piffard]
296 • Where the Air Quivered • (1898) • novelette by Robert Eustace and L. T. Meade
312 • In Re State Vs. Forbes • (1906) • short story by Warren Earle
325 • Old Doctor Rutherford • (1891) • interior artwork by Louis Gunnis
328 • The Immortal • (1937) • poem by Sam Moskowitz [as by Robert Sanders Shaw]
328 • Old Doctor Rutherford • (1891) • short story by D. F. Hannigan
339 • Itself • (1907) • short story by Edgar Mayhew Bacon
351 • The Platinum Web • (1906) • interior artwork by G. W. Peters
353 • Citizen 504 • (1896) • short story by Charles H. Palmer (variant of The Alien Thread 1892)
362 • The Mansion of Forgetfulness • (1907) • short story by Don Mark Lemon

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