SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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- Previous owners label affixed to front paste down, offsetting to end papers, foxing to top and fore-edges, a very good copy in a
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., [1941]. First British edition. Previous owners label affixed to front paste down, offsetting to end papers, foxing to top and fore-edges, a very good copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with wear along lower edges and head of spine, 15 mm closed tear to lower front panel, 20 mm closed tear and crease to upper left front panel, 30 mm closed tear to rear panel spine fold and crease, small chip at the base of the spine panel, and some moderate dust soiling to rear panel. (31155). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8] 9-251 [252: printers colophon] [253-256: blank], jacket illustration by Micklewright, original orange cloth, spine stamped in black, Ninth book of the Mars series. Heins SMM-4.
Synopsis
Synthetic Men of Mars is a science fiction novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth of his Barsoom series. It was first published in the newspaper Argosy Weekly in six parts in early 1939. The first complete edition of the novel was published in 1940.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31155
- Title
- SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owners label affixed to front paste down, offsetting to end papers, foxing to top and fore-edges, a very good copy in a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1941]
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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