The Cave Girl.
by BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Extremities of spine very slightly rubbed; some very slight tanning to endsheets; spine slightly faded. Otherwise a tight, brig
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago:: A. C. McClurg & Co.,, 1925.. First edition.. publisher's lettered cloth; the rear flap of the dust jacket (only) is laid in... Extremities of spine very slightly rubbed; some very slight tanning to endsheets; spine slightly faded. Otherwise a tight, bright copy. . 8vo,. Frontispiece. . Signed presentation copy from Edgar Rice Burroughs to his daughter, Joan Burroughs. Inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs on the flyleaf with an original ink drawing of an elegant young man smoking a cigarette, "a modern Cave-man," from "Papa, Los Angeles, April 4, 1925." On the front pastedown is affixed a magazine cartoon of cave women at a beauty shop.
Synopsis
The Cave Girl is an Edgar Rice Burroughs lost world novel. Originally two stories, The Cave Girl begun in February 1913 and published by "All-Story" in July, August, and September 1913; and The Cave Man begun in 1914 and published by "All-Story Weekly" throughout March and April 1917. The book version was first published by A. C. McClurg on 1925-03-21.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68776
- Title
- The Cave Girl.
- Author
- BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's lettered cloth; the rear flap of the dust jacket (only) is laid in..
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities of spine very slightly rubbed; some very slight tanning to endsheets; spine slightly faded. Otherwise a tight, brig
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago:
- Date Published
- 1925.
- Pages
- 323 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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