The End of the Mars Trilogy
Warlord of Mars.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919.
Full Description:
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919.
First edition, first issue with the "W. F. Hall" imprint on the copyright page. Octavo
(7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm [viii], 296, [7, publisher’s ads,] [1, blank] pp. With inserted sepia frontispiece. Original pictorial dust jacket with artwork by J. Allen St. John (repeated as frontispiece).
Original red glazed buckram. Front board and spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Jacket with some minor wear along top and bottom edges, with a some minor creasing and a few tiny closed tears. Some minor chipping at jacket extremities. Back panel with some light soiling. A tiny tear to middle of jacket spine, not affecting any letters. Overall, an about fine copy.
The third of Burroughs' ten "Mars" books, and the end of the original John Carter trilogy that changed the face of American science fiction: A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, and The Warlord of Mars.
Heins. Zueschner 829.
HBS 69614.
$6'500.
Price: $6,500.00
Item #69614