Escape on Venus - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes , was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot , Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror , being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45183
- Title
- Escape on Venus - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Tarzana, CA
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Vannoy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Science Fiction; By Year Of Issue / 1940s;
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