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THUVIA, MAID OF MARS
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pasted down, rear hinge cracked,light wear to spine ends, a good copy with sound
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. First edition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pasted down, rear hinge cracked,light wear to spine ends, a good copy with sound contents. No dust jacket. (25495). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-256 [257: ad] [258: blank] [259-263: ads] [264: blank] [265-267: ads] [268: blank], ten inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Fourth book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years #307. Heins TMM-1.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25495
- Title
- THUVIA, MAID OF MARS
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pasted down, rear hinge cracked,light wear to spine ends, a good copy with sound
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookplate
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- Cracked
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