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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950). The Gods of Mars [and] The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918-1919.
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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950). The Gods of Mars [and] The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918-1919.

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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950). The Gods of Mars [and] The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918-1919. 8vos. Each with frontispiece. Both bound in publisher's full red cloth, Gods stamped in black and blind on front board, and lettered in black on spine, Warlord stamped in gilt on front board and spine. FIRST EDITIONS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD MARS ("BARSOOM") BOOKS. Each book offered with facsimile dust jacket.

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Gods spine a bit sunned, some light rubbing, soiling to binding, endleaves lightly soiled, some foxing in text; Warlord spine sunned and a bit rolled and worn, some rubbing, soiling to boards, endleaves scuffed (binding is most likely recased) pencil ownership signature on ffep. Gods is near fine, Warlord is good. 

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