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The Chessmen of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: J. Allen St. John. Book Red cloth with black stamped titles. First UK edition. With 6 b/w plates - all present Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 243 +8 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slightly foxed prelims. No inscriptions. Illustrator: J. Allen St. John. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; . Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 034655. .
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- H4o Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034655
- Title
- The Chessmen of Mars
- Author
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Illustrator
- J. Allen St. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- BZDB69 Science Fiction & Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy; . The Chessmen of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
H4o Books
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Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
About H4o Books
Online only dealership established in 2005. We have a varied general stock but specialise in Military and other History, Modern Fiction and Science Fiction, and Children's books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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