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A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS..
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Slight darkening to spine, a nearly fine copy. No dust jacket. (31156)
- 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. Slight darkening to spine, a nearly fine copy. No dust jacket. (31156). 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 #
- 31156
- Title
- A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS..
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight darkening to spine, a nearly fine copy. No dust jacket. (31156)
- 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
Terms of Sale
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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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