Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1936. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first edition/first printing in blue cloth with orange lettering. Very Good+ condition with lightly soiled boards in edge-worn price-clipped dust-jacket, tape-reinforcement to closed tears. J. Allen St. John wrap-around dust-jacket painting and five interior black-and-white plates. First state, laminated jacket. Zeuschner 501; Swords of Mars is the eighth book in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars series. "John Carter is back again! This soldier of fortune of two planets, master swordsman of two worlds finds a new world and new adventures on the nearer moon of Mars" (from the dust-jacket) ; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; [4], 5-6, [7-8], 9-315, [5] pages .

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Swords of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the eighth of his famous Barsoom series. It was first published in the magazine Blue Book Magazine as a six-part serial in the issues for November, 1934-April, 1935. The first book edition was published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in February, 1936.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45168
Title: Swords of Mars - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Illustrator: Illustrated by J. Allen St. John
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Place of Publication: Tarzana, CA
Date Published: 1936
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Vannoy
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction / Science Fiction; By Year Of Issue / 1930s;

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