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Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the earth's core. A.C. McClurg & Co, 1922.
Price: US$6.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover has some crease markings/ wear. Pages are yellowed
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, edgar rice. THE CHESSMEN OF MARS. burroughs inc,, 1922.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: good hardcover grey binding, quite worn, might be ex-library, the rear page is damaged
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan the Untamed (Tarzan Series Book 8). Grosset & Dunlap, 1922.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1948-49 printing Heins TU-6, Lukes TU-BBG-3c in jacket variant 3b. Jacket edges rubbed with shallow chip from rear jacket edge, minor tape repair to jacket spine head on reverse, front jacket flap corner clipped. 1922 Hard Cover. v, [3], 309 pp. 8vo. Pink tweed boards, black titles. Jacket art by Edmund Monroe, cover art and endpapers by Rafael Palacios. The eighth in the Tarzan series, originally serialized as two separate stories (Tarzan and the Huns & Tarzan and the Valley of Luna) in Redbook and All-Story Weekly. "A vengeful Tarzan unleashes his jungle cunning against the Germans in Africa during World War I.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Description: Tarzan the Untamed (TARZAN #7 428 pages. weight = 424 grams. " James St.John was one of the youngest American portrait painters recognized by the Society of American Artists and was working at the same time as A.C.McClurg {ERBzine}; the Grosset 1920 edition features b/w reproductions of paintings by St.John {BPIB- pp2}; Tarzan the Untamed was begun in September 1918 by E.R.Burroughs and was first published as a six-part serial in 1919 and as a second five part serial in 1920.A first edition book was published in 1920, Chicago, A.C.McClurg & Co. followed by multiple printings including the Grosset edition. This book is dated 1920, but was issued in 1922 based on the Bergen ERB Book. This book has 4 illustration thus it is the 1922 edition. " DUSTJACKET = Lackingt; BOOK = The is a reading copy; wear to cover edges; spine slant; staining to 1/2 front cover; minor staining to backcover 1" piece to top edge of paper spine loose,- reglued;; cover rubbing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. AT THE EARTH'S CORE. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: All plates present. No writing. Covers foxed and soiled. Spine tips ragged. Outside edges foxed. Bookplate on inside front cover. Pages lightly browned, with stains to a few pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 277 pages
Seller: The Avocado Pit, Staunton, VA, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the Earth's Core. A C McClurg, 1922.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first Inner World novel. One plate missing. Fading and wear at the top & bottom of the spine. A decent filler copy of an early Burroughs first.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan the Terrible. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: The binding of this first edition is solid, but it has some flaws. There is corner bumping and board edge wear. Some spotting and sunning of the boards and spine. Chipping of the cloth at the head and foot of the spine. Cloth remains but is thin and frayed. Back hinge is solid, front hinge has been glue repaired, slightly cocking the end paper. Text however is quite solid and only slightly yellowed with age. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs Edgar Rice. At The Earth's Core. A.C, Chicago, Ill., 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. AT THE EARTH'S CORE. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, IL, 1922.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg & Co. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 277, [4] pp., loose frontispiece plate, page toning, writing on ffe .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 10m; G; grayish green spine with black text; first edition; no jacket; original publisher's green cloth shows some soiling to exterior; spine has age toned slightly; rubbing wear to edges and corners; small handwritten text to lower spine; worn and faded spot to lower spine; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges have modest age toning; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; name of former owner lightly to ffep; frontispiece; interior pages show slight wear, generally good; slight cracking to rear hinge; illustrated; few pages of ads to rear; pp 277 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. 1357764. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the Earth's Core (1st ed). A. C. McClurg & Co, 1922.
Price: US$89.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition is published by A.C. McClurg & Co. Early editions were published by Grosset & Dunlap (note for collectors). This fantasy novel was first published in 1914 as a four-part serial and published in book form by A.C. McClurg & Co. in 1922. It is about a fictional hollow earth land called Pellucidar. It is an action tale much like Burrough s Tarzan and John Carter of Mars series. The book is intact but the cover has some damage.
Seller: GardensofHansen, Salem, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.19 + shipping
Description: At the Earth's Core, Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1922. Printed in the same year as the first A.C. McClurg & Co edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 277pp. with 8 black and white plates including frontispiece. Red cloth boards with black titles front and spine. In good condition with names to front and rear endpapers; crease to front board, fraying to head of spine, light spine lean. In facsimile Grosset dustjacket. Pellucidar A Sequel to At The Earth's Core, Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1923. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 322 pp. with four black and white plates including frontispiece. Red cloth boards with black titles front and spine. Name and blind embossed stamp to front endpaper and otherwise volume is in very good condition both internally and externally. In facsimile Grosset dustjacket.
Seller: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth's Core. A. C. McClurg & Co., NYC, 1922.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a VG hardcover first McClurg edition in green cloth. 9 Allen St. John plates, Heins AEC-1. Alas, no DJ. Photos on request
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE.. THE CHESSMEN OF MARS. A.C. McClurg, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Spine lightly faded. Small water spot front cover (see photo). Spine extremities gently frayed . Eight illustrations by J. Allen St. John. A clean copy throughout. A total of 12,500 copies were printed of the first edition. 375pp. Size: Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A nice copy. Cover has very minor edge wear with cloth pulling slightly at head of spine. Light foxing throughout - heaviest across from illustrations. Page edges show light soiling with light staining along top of page block. Paper hinges intact but a bit of looseness in the page block (not slithery but enough to mention). ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 277 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the Earth's Core. A C McClurg & Co, Chicago, IL, 1922.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A 1st edition of the first of Burroughs' inner world (Pellucidar) novels and his 14th published book. Frontispiece and 8 interior plates (all present) by J Allen St John. Internals are clean with the exception of some small spots and stains on pages 128 - 140. Light wear to the covers. The binding is solid however the front hinge is starting. A good to very good copy of an early ERB 1st.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Chessmen of Mars. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Smaller octavo. Red cloth covered boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and the front board. Book has a fair amount of bumping at the head and tail of the spine with heavy accompanying rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the outsdie corners. Cloth of the front and rear boards has facial rubbing along the spine and, on the front, along the outside edge. Light cream colored endpapers. Binding has a slight forward lean, but is tight - top inch of the rear hinge is starting but the rest is solid. Cream colored pages have a few spots on the outside edge of the textblock but are clean and crisp within. 375 pages. Dust Jacket - A previous owner has married a 1948 Burroughs dust jacket to this book. Large rectangular piece of the tail of the spine is missing - bottom two inches at the rear edge and 3" at the front edge. 1/4" chips all along the head of the spine and in the tip of each of the four outside corners. Jacket has some light rubbing all along the upper and lower edges with a few tiny chips and wrinkles. Light evidence of handling, mostly visible on the white spine and rear cover. Part of a large and inclusive Edgar Rice Burroughs consignment - if there's a different Edgar Rice Burroughs book you're searching for, please inquire.
Seller: THE PRINTED GARDEN, ABA, MPIBA, SANDY, UT, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the Earth's Core. A C McClurg & Co, Chicago, IL, 1922.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A 1st edition of the first of Burroughs' inner world (Pellucidar) novels and his 14th published book. Frontispiece and 8 interior plates (all present) by J Allen St John. Internals are clean with the exception of some small spots and stains (coffee?) on pages 118/119 and 122/123. Light wear to the covers. The binding is solid. A good to very good copy of an early ERB 1st.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Original cloth, very good plus with fading to spine, contains a horizantal marking to lower rear cover, hinges okay. This copy in a plastic protective cover.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE. The Chessmen Of Mars. A. C. McClurg & Co, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. The boards are moderately scuffed and soiled. Now presented with a bright facsimile dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by J. Allen St. John. The book is solid. "Jetan or Martian Chess" appendix is present. Zeuschner # 92. Good / Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Chessmen of Mars (Barsoon Series - #5). A C McClurg, 1922.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Orange cloth boards are sun stained, lightly soiled from handling, a couple small dark spots; they are well-bound, lightly bumped on spine ends & corners. Protected in mylar. Endpapers & textbox edges have light foxing; pages are clean & sharp throughout. "As Is" sale.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Burroughs , Edgar Rice.. At The Earth's Core.. A.C McClurg, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition , first printing , 1922 , Chicago. A very good to near fine book in the original binding. Clean with contents excellent. No dust jacket. An original McClurg first.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 277 pp., G+/VG-; DJ, spine tan (age-toned) with black lettering, green and tan pictorial DJ with red and light green lettering to front cover; age-toning to covers of DJ; chipping and closed tears to edges of DJ, with slight material loss to corners; all four corners of flaps clipped; "Grosset & Dunlap" stated to tail of spine and back flap, indicating a First Edition Reprint DJ, covers protected by mylar; olive green cloth boards with black lettering; mild fading to spine (lettering legible), bumping/rubbing to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine, no shelf lean, "A.C. McClurg" stated to tail of spine; rubbing to edges of boards, rubbing, scuffing, and scattered staining to boards; dark top, age-toning, shelfwear, and occasional staining to text-block; starting hinge between pp. 168-169 as well as to front and back endpapers, boards and text-block firmly cased; mild age-toning and occasional fingerprint marks to interior, text clear and legible; pub. 1922 by A.C. McClurg stated to title page, indicating a First Edition; LP consignment; shelved Case 12, Dupont. 1285019. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [1-6] 1-256 [257-262: ads], four inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. The fourth Mars novel. Heins TMM-3. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints TMM-4c, Jacket variant 7. A very good copy of the book, some mild edge rubs, color fade to cloth at base of spine in a very good dust jacket, rubbing to edges, spine panel age tanned, some dust soiling to rear panel. (13371)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (First Edition) Sunned pulled spine with some fraying to the top and bottom edges. Pale damp stains to covers. Toning to endpapers. Owner's name lightly to front endpapers. Some foxing to text block margins. Original Dust Jacket not present. Protected with a new Facsimile Dust Jacket and clear Brodart cover. Published November, 1922 on copyright page. Red cloth with black lettering to the spine and cover. 8 black and white illustration plates.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice,. At the Earth's Core. A. C. McClurg, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$300.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Nice copy. Collectible. Small trivial fault at head of spine.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth's Core. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book has been bound in a dark green/grey cloth with black lettering on the spine and the front board. There is corner bumping and slight edge wear. The board is just barely starting to show on the lower right corner of the front board. Spine edges have bent but not torn. The text has yellowed with age and some slight dirt spots. Solid in it's binding, illustrations are complete and there is no sign of foxing. Spine has slightly cocked and the paper interior of the back hinge has parted. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth's Core. A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This first edition is bound in a grayish cloth with dark grey lettering on the front board and the spine. There is some spine edge wear, corner bumping and a very slight warp in the front board. The binding is very solid and complete with illustration plates. Slight yellowing of the text due to age and very little sign of foxing on the front end papers. No markings on the text interiors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. AT THE EARTH'S CORE. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-277 [278: blank] [279-282: ads], nine inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original gray-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Prehistoric men and beasts are discovered in the earth's hollow interior. The first of the six novels comprising the Pellucidar series, first published as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 4 April through 25 April, 1914. Filmed in 1976 with Doug McClure in the title role. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-25; (1981) 1-29; (1987) 1-15; (1995) 1-15; and (2004) II-191. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 311. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 104. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 93-6. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02269. Heins AEC-1. Inked name and address to upper front paste down, a very good or better copy. This copy has a photocopy dust jacket. (31218)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth's Core. A. C. McClurg, Chicago, IL, 1922.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Cover presents with rubbing/yellowing with age, some soiling at foot of spine, and corner wear. Binding is quite compromised and this copy stands askew; handle with care, in order to preserve remaining spine integrity. Ex-Library indications can be found on inside of front cover and FEP. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (First Edition) Signed Minor corner wear, lightly rubbed covers, dusty top edge. Top pull. Cracked showing webbing between blank pages before Frontispiece. All 8 plates firmly intact. Square. Minor smudges otherwise very clean textblock. Facsimile Dust Jacket. Signed. First edition, November 1922. Signed by Edgar Rice Burroughs' two sons: "With Best Wishes, Hulbert Burroughs, John Coleman Burroughs, Tarzana, Calif. 8-21-63" (inscription in Hulbert's hand). Red cloth, black lettering. 375pp. Art by J. Allen St. John. Eight illustration plates including the Frontispiece. The Barsoom (Mars) series, 5. Facsimile Dust Jacket.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE CHESSMEN OF MARS. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Fifth book of the Mars series. 12,500 copies printed. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 308. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02278. Heins CM-1. Neat inked name to upper front free end paper, a very good copy in a good dust jacket with wear and rubbing to the edges and folds, several closed tears and creases, darkening to spine panel and rubbing to front panel. (31169)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs (First Edition) Signed Minor bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Spine hinge beginning to crack showing webbing. Tanned dust jacket. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. In clear protective cover. First edition. Light olive green cloth, stamped black. 277pp. + ads. Grosset and Dunlap Jacket. Very interesting copy with ERB TLS pasted to front pasted end page. J. Allen St. John Christmas card with a very cool piece of art from him tipped onto front flyleaf. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Nine black and white plates including the Frontispiece.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Chessmen of Mars. A.C. McClurg & Co, Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($1.90 on rear panel), generally toned and soiled, rubbed and with some small chips at the edges and corners, tape repairs on the spine. Red buckram with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Bound with a slight forward lean and some reading wear, former owner's information written on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The fifth Barsoom novel, originally serialized in six parts in Argosy with this McClurg edition being the first book form. Scarce in the original, unrestored jacket.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the Earth's Core. , 1922.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: At The Earth's Core - Edgar Rice Burroughs, Chicago, A. C. McClurg & co. 1922, First edition. 8vo. NF/VG. With frontispiece and eight other inserted plates by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's olive-green cloth, stamped in black, with dust jacket. Burrough's first book in his Pellucidar-Hollow earth series. Near fine book with slightly cocked spine with a few very mild areas of foxing to text block edges and slight discoloring to pastedowns and end papers. Dust jacket is very good with minor loss to head and tail of spine with some wear and creasing and very slight loss to folds. "we find real and likeable characters romance that is not dated, and suspense that still captivates" (Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pg. 96) "Long one fo Burrough's most popular and influential books" (Bleiler, Science-Fiction The Early Years pg. 101) ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
Seller: Fantasy Illustrated, Silvana, WA, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Chessmen of Mars (inscribed by author). A. C. McClurg & Co, 1922.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Chessmen of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. First edition. Inscribed by the author, "For / The O Henry Memorial Library / From / Edgar Rice Burroughs / Los Angeles / April 23 1925." Octavo. [8], 375, [1, blank] pages. Frontispiece and seven additional inserted plates by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's red cloth, spine and front lettered in black; all text block edges trimmed; original illustrated dust jacket with chessboard design and $1.90 price on rear panel. Spine ends gently pushed; minor shelf wear at extremities of binding; minor discoloration at front board. Endpapers and text block softly dulled, with foxing at endpapers and text block edges; some further, milder foxing scattered throughout interior margins. Jacket fairly worn and soiled, with nicking and chipping at spine and flap fold ends; handful of minuscule tears and creasing along edges; some soiling and rubbing at verso, with two tiny pieces of clear tape reinforcing short tears at verso. Deceased arachnid squished between pp. 340-341. Very good book in a good jacket. Zeuschner, p. 61. From the Albert E. Willis Collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. AT THE EARTH'S CORE. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-277 [278: blank] [279-282: ads], nine inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original gray-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Prehistoric men and beasts are discovered in the earth's hollow interior. The first of the six novels comprising the Pellucidar series, first published as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 4 April through 25 April, 1914. Filmed in 1976 with Doug McClure in the title role. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-25; (1981) 1-29; (1987) 1-15; (1995) 1-15; and (2004) II-191. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 311. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 104. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 93-6. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02269. Heins AEC-1. Inked gift inscription and date to upper front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wear and rubbing to the edges with minor loss at extremities and long closed tear to the upper left front edge at the spine fold. Uncommon in jacket. (31160)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE CHESSMEN OF MARS .. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. 12,500 copies printed. Fifth book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 308. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02278. Heins CM-1. A nearly fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with wear along top and bottom edges with shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, a damp stain along lower edge, and some dust soiling to the spine and rear panels. Overall, the jacket is bright and attractive. An uncommon book in jacket. (#151451)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE CHESSMEN OF MARS .. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A presentation copy with gift inscription by Burroughs signed "Ed" to "Lucy & Bill" dated 25 December 1922 at Tarzana Ranch. Fifth book of the Mars series. 12,500 copies printed. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 308. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02278. Heins CM-1. A clean, bright, very good copy in good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with creases and closed tears along top and bottom edges mended by a professional paper conservator. An attractive copy of an uncommon book in jacket. In custom blue cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. (#155524)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$8000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Signed1st St. John Art Bumping and rubbing to corners, spine ends, and along edges. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. .5 inch chip to top spine. In clear protective cover. First edition. Red cloth, stamped black. 375pp. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Eight black and white plates including the Frontispiece. Signed and inscribed by Burroughs on front free end page.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At The Earth's Core. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$12200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition with "Published July, 1922" and "M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO" on the copyright page; in original jacket. Publisher's original gray/green cloth with the front and spine lettered in black. Dust jacket and nine interior plates by J. Allen St. John. Heins P1-1. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. (1922), 277 pps. A Fine tight square copy. Toned area of front end pages, 1" pencil scribble at top corner of f.f.e, small book store sticker on rear paste down. Nearly fine un-restored original jacket with some edge wear and shallow chips, modestly dust darkened and a couple of tiny closed tears. From the "Astonishing Edgar Rice Burroughs collection" of Howard Frank. "Almost every copy in best available condition", in original jackets, many signed.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. AT THE EARTH'S CORE .. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1922.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-277 [278: blank] [279-282: ads], nine inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original gray-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Prehistoric men and beasts are discovered in the earth's hollow interior. The first of the six novels comprising the Pellucidar series, first published as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 4 April through 25 April, 1914. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-25; (1981) 1-29; (1987) 1-15; (1995) 1-15; and (2004) II-191. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 311. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 104. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 93-6. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02269. Heins AEC-1. A fine copy in very good four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing a painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with light wear at spine ends and corner tips, several closed tears professionally mended, and some light dust soiling to spine and rear panels. (#151367)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.