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THE WAR CHIEF
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Used
- 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 WAR CHIEF. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1928 (1927). Reprint. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, in original publisher's red cloth with black titles, no publisher's top stain, mild corner bumping, a touch of fraying to spine edges, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Neat previous owners bookplate on first pastedown from private library collection and small book store sticker on rear pastedown. Lacking only the scarce dust jacket. One of the earliest reprints of The War Chieffrom G&D publishers, uncommon in this very good plus condition. First appearance in 1927 in the pulp magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly. Classic ERB western adventure novel, collectible. 383 pgs. with glossary page, [9 pgs. Ads.]. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-1009
- Title
- THE WAR CHIEF
- 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
- 383
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Western;
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About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
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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.
Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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