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THE MAD KING
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ink name stamp to front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with closed tears to upper front edges repaired b
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1928-29]. Later edition. Ink name stamp to front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with closed tears to upper front edges repaired by external clear tape and a light horizontal crease, mild wear to spine ends and mild age darkening to spine panel, still an attractive copy. (24910). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-365 [366: blank] [367--376: ads] [377-378: blank], one inserted plate with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. The character of Barney Custer from THE ETERNAL LOVER is featured in his own adventure. Heins MK-2. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints MK-2a. Jacket variant 1b.
Synopsis
From the book:ALL LUSTADT was in an uproar. The mad king had escaped. Little knots of excited men stood upon the street corners listening to each latest rumor concerning this most absorbing occurrence. Before the palace a great crowd surged to and fro, awaiting they knew not what. For ten years no man of them had set eyes upon the face of the boy-king who had been hastened to the grim castle of Blentz upon the death of the old king, his father. There had been murmurings then when the lad's uncle, Peter of Blentz, had announced to the people of Lutha the sudden mental affliction which had fallen upon his nephew, and more murmurings for a time after the announcement that Peter of Blentz had been appointed Regent during the lifetime of the young King Leopold, "or until God, in His infinite mercy, shall see fit to restore to us in full mental vigor our beloved monarch."
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24910
- Title
- THE MAD KING
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Ink name stamp to front free end paper, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with closed tears to upper front edges repaired b
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c. 1928-29]
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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