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A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wear to the edges and folds, slight loss at upper right front corner, closed
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1932]. Later edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wear to the edges and folds, slight loss at upper right front corner, closed tear and crease to upper left front corner, shallow chip and rubs to upper spine panel and slight color fade to spine panel. (24901). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-319 [320: ad], frontispiece illustration by Hugh Hutton, original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black, top edge stained green. The seventh in the Mars series. Heins FMM-2. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints FMM-2, (no multiple jacket versions identified).
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 #
- 24901
- Title
- A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wear to the edges and folds, slight loss at upper right front corner, closed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c. 1932]
- 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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