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Escape on Venus
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1946. First Edition :. Hardcover. Small octovo hardcover, tight binding, clean unmarked pages, very faint shelfwear, else NFINE++ in VG DJ, light chip on spine tips, else VG+, now in clear mylar jacket protector. A nice copy indeed. The hero lands on Venus instead of Mars due to a miscalculation, meets very strange aliens.... A complete story in this series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875. After serving a short time in the 7th U.S. Cavalry, Burroughs was a shopkeeper, gold miner, cowboy, and policeman before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Tarzan of the Apes , was published in 1914, and along with its 22 sequels has sold over 30 million copies in 58 languages. Author of numerous other jungle and science fiction novels and novellas, including The Land That Time Forgot , Burroughs had a writing career that spanned almost 30 years, with his last novel, The Land of Terror , being published in 1941. He died in 1950 at his ranch near Tarzana, the California town named for his legendary hero.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28546
- Title
- Escape on Venus
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition :
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Place of Publication
- Tarzana, CA
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Carson Napier; Life On Venus
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
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About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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