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THE MUCKER
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Several small stains to first two leaves, top of pages edges dust soiled, upper rear hinge starting, wear to cloth at upper spin
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. First edition. Several small stains to first two leaves, top of pages edges dust soiled, upper rear hinge starting, wear to cloth at upper spine corners, moderate dust soiling to cloth, a very good copy. No dust jacket. (19950). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-414 [415-417: ads] [418-422: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original sea-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. Adventure novel with short lost race sequence. The first part of this novel was published a few weeks earlier in Britain, this is the first hardcover printing of the full text. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1.
Synopsis
From the book:BILLY BYRNE was a product of the streets and alleys of Chicago's great West Side. From Halsted to Robey, and from Grand Avenue to Lake Street there was scarce a bartender whom Billy knew not by his first name. And, in proportion to their number which was considerably less, he knew the patrolmen and plain clothes men equally as well, but not so pleasantly. His kindergarten education had commenced in an alley back of a feed-store. Here a gang of older boys and men were wont to congregate at such times as they had naught else to occupy their time, and as the bridewell was the only place in which they ever held a job for more than a day or two, they had considerable time to devote to congregating.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19950
- Title
- THE MUCKER
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Several small stains to first two leaves, top of pages edges dust soiled, upper rear hinge starting, wear to cloth at upper spin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Fantasy . SF . Adventure Fiction
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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