THE WARLORD OF MARS
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Inked name partially erased from front free endpaper, top page edges dust soiled, light rubs to corner tips and spine ends, spin
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. First edition. Inked name partially erased from front free endpaper, top page edges dust soiled, light rubs to corner tips and spine ends, spine a little age darkened, a very good or somewhat better copy. No dust jacket. (19958). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-296 [297-303: ads] [304: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Third book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 306. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 129. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02342. Heins WM-1.
Synopsis
Far to the north, in the frozen wastes of Polar Mars, lay the home of the Holy Therns, sacred and inviolate. Only John Carter dared to go there to find his lost Dejah Thoris. But between him and his goal lay the bones of all who had gone before.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19958
- Title
- THE WARLORD OF MARS
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name partially erased from front free endpaper, top page edges dust soiled, light rubs to corner tips and spine ends, spin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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