Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE WARLORD OF MARS. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1919.

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Description: 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. Inscribed and signed by Burroughs to collector Ed Gilbert who at the time of signing was Burroughs son-in-law, married Gilbert's sister Maud. Along with the inscription is a drawing by Burroughs of a Martian (Barsoomian) Thark, perhaps Tars Tarkas. 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. Spine somewhat darkened, with small dark stain, a very good copy which includes a photocopy dust jacket. Provenance; The Edward Gilbert collection, PBA galleries, November 15, 2001. (31168)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.