The Warlord of Mars
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
McClurg, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 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. First edition, first printing with W. F. Hall imprint on verso of title leaf and "A. C. / McCLURG / & CO." set on three lines at base of spine panel. Total of 20,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, at least two. 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. Very good in a very good restored dust jacket. Rare in jacket. Housed in a custom-made collectors slipcase. $9,000.
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
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1409601
- Title
- The Warlord of Mars
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- McClurg
- Date Published
- 1919
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Bookbid Rare Books
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Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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