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Lost on Venus
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. Allen St. John. New York: Canaveral Press, 1963. First Canaveral Edition. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Octavo, 318 pp. Buff cloth, green imprinting, map endpapers, illustrated dustjacket. Near fine book with no salient flaws in a near fine jacket with minute peripheral wear and one small closed tear at rear panel bottom. Sparkling, looking almost new. The second Carson Napier adventure on Venus, following Pirates of Venus. Napier continues his quest for the heart of an unattainable Venusian princess, and fights his way through a gantlet of otherworldy adversity in the course of doing so. Typically absorbing Burroughs science fiction fun, nicely complemented with original illustrations of the peerless St. John, and Burroughs' map-of-venus endpapers themselves merit an imaginative study session. Scarce, particularly in this condition. L107
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
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000800
- Title
- Lost on Venus
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Illustrator
- J. Allen St. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Canaveral Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 318
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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