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The Swordsman of Mars
by Otis Adelbert Kline
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Avalon Books, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1960 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, which shows a bit of creasing to the covers from the publisher's original "Plasti-Kleer" jacket cover, now removed. 12mo, dustjacket design by Ed Emshwiller. This copy directly from the publisher's personal files.
Synopsis
This is the first complete edition of The Swordsman of Mars published since the story's original appearance in Argosy Magazine in 1933. Popular editions released in the 1960s featured viciously cut prose in order to fit the story into a standard novel format.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15583
- Title
- The Swordsman of Mars
- Author
- Otis Adelbert Kline
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Avalon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- rare science fiction, rare Avalon books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...