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THE OUTLAW OF TORN
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS]. THE OUTLAW OF TORN. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, circa 1928 (1914). Reprint. Condition: VG. Appears gently read, in original publisher's red cloth with black titles, spine slant, rubbing to spine edges, one inch tear at the bottom of pages 83/84, soiling at bottom edges of first few pages, minor hairline scuff to front cover else pages are generally clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. One of the earliest reprints of The Outlaw of Torn from G&D publishers. First appearance in a four part serial in 1914 in the pulp magazine New Story Magazine. Classic ERB historical gothic fiction adventure novel, collectible. 298 pgs. +[12 pages Ads.]. 8vo.
Synopsis
The Outlaw of Torn is a 1927 historical novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, originally published as a five part serial in New Story Magazine from January to May, 1914. It was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg in 1927. It was his second novel, his first being the science fiction work A Princess of Mars. His third was Tarzan of the Apes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-1010
- Title
- THE OUTLAW OF TORN
- Author
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 298
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Fantasy;
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Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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