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Tales of Three Planets
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Introduction by Richard Lupoff)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Canaveral Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; First edition in variant blue cloth binding. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a tiny bump with beginning wrinkling to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, but has one small semi-closed tear to the top front panel. Stated First Edition. This book includes three short stories: Beyond the Farthest Star, the Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw, and, The Wizard of Venus (First appearance of this short story). .
Synopsis
Tales of Three Planets is a posthumous collection of short stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, with an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff and illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel. It was first published in hardcover in 1964 by Canaveral Press, and has been reprinted once since. The book collects four novelettes by Burroughs, one set on Earth, two set on the distant planet Poloda "beyond the farthest star," and one set on Venus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A44864
- Title
- Tales of Three Planets
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Introduction by Richard Lupoff)
- Illustrator
- Roy G. Krenkel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Canaveral Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Science Fiction And Fantasy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Richard Lupoff, Roy G. Krenkel, Arlene Williamson
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
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- Fine
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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...
- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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