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THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A clean, bright, very good copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front pan
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. A clean, bright, very good copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with creases and closed tears along top and bottom edges mended by a professional paper conservator. An attractive copy of an uncommon book in jacket. In custom blue cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. (19893). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. A presentation copy with gift inscription by Burroughs signed "Ed" to "Lucy & Bill" dated 25 December 1922 at Tarzana Ranch. Fifth book of the Mars series. 12,500 copies printed. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 308. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02278. Heins CM-1.
Synopsis
The Chessmen of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the fifth of his famous Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November, 1922.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19893
- Title
- THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - A clean, bright, very good copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front pan
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Signed . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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