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A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS..
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Former owners gift inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy in an about very good dust jacket with rubbing to edges
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Books, Inc. Publishers, [1931]. First edition, first binding with "METROPOLITAN" at base of spine panel. Former owners gift inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy in an about very good dust jacket with rubbing to edges which have been color retouched, several closed tears with moderate creasing, minor loss to corners, some loss to lower spine panel. (14026). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-319 [320: blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Hugh Hutton, original red mesh weave cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow-green, top edge stained green. Seventh book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 310. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02281. Heins FMM-1.
Synopsis
A Fighting Man of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the seventh of his famous Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it on February 28, 1929, and the finished story was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a six-part serial in the issues for April to September, 1930. It was later published as a complete novel by Metropolitan in May, 1931.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14026
- Title
- A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS..
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Former owners gift inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy in an about very good dust jacket with rubbing to edges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first binding with "METROPOLITAN" at base of spin
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books, Inc. Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1931]
- Keywords
- 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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