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The Mucker
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair condition/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1921. SEE PHOTOS. Fair condition with considerable soiling to the original green cloth binding. Some cover rubbing but only a little fraying. Inner hinge cracks neatly reglued and holding firm. Some pages show brown spots/discoloration, but remain easily legible. Spine NOT faded. NO owner's name or bookplate. Some ink notes on the 3 page publisher's catalog at the end. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. "Published October, 1921" on the copyright page. "M.A. Donohue & Co., Printers and Binders, Chicago" at base of copyright page. Complete with all 5 plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. The plates are Very Good+, with only a little foxing at the edges of the last plate. This is the first book appearance of the complete text. This book is noticeably taller than most other ERB first editions, being 7-7/8" in height (as called for by Heins), compared to the standard 7-1/2". Said to be one of ERB's personal favorites. ERB is quoted as having said he thought it was one of his best novels. Zeuschner 359. Heins M #1 (page 156). Currey p. 90. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fair condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by St. John, J. Allen. 8vo. (xii), 414pp+ 3 page catalog. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
From the book:BILLY BYRNE was a product of the streets and alleys of Chicago's great West Side. From Halsted to Robey, and from Grand Avenue to Lake Street there was scarce a bartender whom Billy knew not by his first name. And, in proportion to their number which was considerably less, he knew the patrolmen and plain clothes men equally as well, but not so pleasantly. His kindergarten education had commenced in an alley back of a feed-store. Here a gang of older boys and men were wont to congregate at such times as they had naught else to occupy their time, and as the bridewell was the only place in which they ever held a job for more than a day or two, they had considerable time to devote to congregating.
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- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021911
- Title
- The Mucker
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Illustrator
- St. John, J. Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo. (xii), 414pp+ 3 page catalog
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Plate
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