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Back to the Stone Age - 1st Edition
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A bright first edition/first printing, blue cloth with red lettering on the front cover and spine in Very Good+ condition with minor rubbing to board edges and signs of tape residue to front and rear pastedowns in Very Good-, unlaminated dust-jacket with moderate edgewear and chipping, some small tape repairs. Zeuschner 25; When the great dirigible, the giant 0-220, sailed majestically through the north polar opening out of that weird and savage inner world, Pellicular, it left behind, unaccounted for, but a single member of its original crew that had sailed with Jason Gridley and Tarzan to the rescue of David Innes (from the dust-jacket) ; 8vo; [ii], [4], 5-318, [2] pages .
Synopsis
Back to the Stone Age is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth in his series set in the interior world of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a five-part serial in Argosy Weekly from January 9 to February 19, 1937 under the title "Seven Worlds to Conquer. " It was first published in book form in hardcover by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in September, 1937 under the present title, and has been reissued a number of times since by various publishers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45005
- Title
- Back to the Stone Age - 1st Edition
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Tarzana, CA
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Vannoy
- Bookseller catalogs
- By Year Of Issue / 1930s;
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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