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BACK TO THE STONE AGE
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some edge rubbing, a very good copy in a fine (like new) second state (non-laminated) pictorial dust jacket. (24842)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. First edition. Some edge rubbing, a very good copy in a fine (like new) second state (non-laminated) pictorial dust jacket. (24842). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. The fifth Pellucidar novel. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02271. Heins BSA-1. Zeuschner 25.
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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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24842
- Title
- BACK TO THE STONE AGE
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- New Some edge rubbing, a very good copy in a fine (like new) second state (non-laminated) pictorial dust jacket. (24842)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Tarzana, California
- Date Published
- [1937]
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Second State
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