Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Hardcover. b&w frontispiece. pp. 375.,8vo,,Bound in tan cloth with dark brown/red lettering.,Bottom corner of rear board bumped. Slight shelf wear & soiling. Binding tight. Free of previous owner's markings. Good plus to very good condition. Wants dust jacket. Remember: when price-checking this book, relatively inexpensive copies will be offered with the claim that the book is a first edition, and/or was published in 1922 when, in fact, this Burroughs, Inc., edition was actually published in 1948. (Hint: any edition published by Burroughs, Inc., in a tan/gray binding is a reprint). Without the help of a thorough Burroughs' bibliography, such as Heins or Zeuschner, it is unfortunately easy for an uninformed bookseller to incorrectly describe this book. If in doubt - ask the dealer which bibliography was used to identify the book as a first edition. Cheaper is not always better. First published in 1922, this is the 1948 reprint, with the J. Allen St. John frontispiece. Zeuschner 96.

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The Chessmen of Mars is an Edgar Rice Burroughs science fiction novel, the fifth of his famous Barsoom series. Burroughs began writing it in January, 1921, and the finished story was first published in Argosy All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial in the issues for February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1922. It was later published as a complete novel by A. C. McClurg in November, 1922.

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Bookseller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9900032260
Title: THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
Author: BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice
Illustrator: b&w frontispiece
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc
Place of Publication: Tarzana, CA
Keywords: Tarzan;AmerLit;Juvenile series; science fiction

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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...