Carson of Venus
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1939. First. Octavo; VGVG; white spine, blue/red text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, slight edgewear, price clipped on front flap; boards are strong, sun toning around edges and front of jacket; textblock has age toning, some staining on endpapers and back pastedown, small closed tear at head edge of page 279, otherwise very clean; pp 312; FLP Collection; shelved in case 8. 1284164. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Carson of Venus is the third book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was serialized in Argosy in 1938 and published in book form a year later. The novel, which was written close to the outbreak of World War II, satirizes Nazi Germany by including a fascist political faction called the "Zani."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1284164
- Title
- Carson of Venus
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Tarzana
- Date Published
- 1939
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....