TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Several small stains to fore edge, a very good to nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with rubbing to folds, wea
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1930]. First edition. Several small stains to fore edge, a very good to nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with rubbing to folds, wear to edges with chips and loss to head of spine panel and corner tips, closed tears to lower spine folds with tape repairs to verso and creasing to rear panel. (31178). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11-312, inserted frontispiece with illustration by Paul F. Berdanier, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Third book of the Pellucidar series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 313. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 118. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02315. Heins TP-1.
Synopsis
Tanar of Pellucidar is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third in his series set in the interior world of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a six-part serial in The Blue Book Magazine from March-August 1929. It was first published in book form in hardcover by Metropolitan Books in May, 1930.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31178
- Title
- TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Several small stains to fore edge, a very good to nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with rubbing to folds, wea
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1930]
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . SF . Signed
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