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Lot 36

BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875–1950). The Chessmen of Mars. Ch...

Estimate: $600 - $800

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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875?1950).?The Chessmen of Mars.?Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1922. 8vo. Frontispiece and 7 plates by J. Allen St. John. Original full red cloth, front board and spine lettered in blue (spine rubbed and creased, minor rubbing, bumping to upper front cover, text toned); original dust jacket (jacket restored, backed with stiff paper, some light rubbing, soiling); slipcase. FIRST EDITION, uncommon in dust jacket. Bleiler, Science?Fiction: The Early Years 308; Currey, p. 87; Heins CM?1; Zeuschner p. 61.