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Pirates of Venus
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Canaveral Press, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [5], 5-314 pp. Blue-grey cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Full-page drawings by J. Allen St. John. Sticker ghost to front pastedown, previous owner's stamp on half-title page; small abrasion to front panel, some age toning to reverse of jacket.
Synopsis
Pirates of Venus is the first book in the Venus series (Sometimes called the "Carson Napier of Venus series") by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the last major series in Burroughs's career. It was first serialized in six parts in Argosy in 1932 and published in book form two years later. The novel is set on a fictional version of planet Venus called Amtor that has similarities to Barsoom, Burroughs's fictionalized version of planet Mars.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00004788
- Title
- Pirates of Venus
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Canaveral Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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