The Outlaw of Torn [true first edition]
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ condition/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1927. Photos upon request. Good+ condition. Only a couple tiny spots to the original gilt-stamped red cloth binding. Spine lettering a little dull. Hinges are NOT cracked. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown endpaper. A few pages show small brown spots (foxing?). NO owner's name or bookplate. First Printing of the First Edition, with NO statement of printing on the copyright page, but with the publisher's acorn device (as called for by Currey). NOTE: This is true first edition published February 1927, NOT the First Reprinting from March 1927. Zeuschner 381. Heins OT #1 (page 170). Currey p. 91.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. (vi), 298pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
The Outlaw of Torn is a 1927 historical novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, originally published as a five part serial in New Story Magazine from January to May, 1914. It was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg in 1927. It was his second novel, his first being the science fiction work A Princess of Mars. His third was Tarzan of the Apes.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021915
- Title
- The Outlaw of Torn [true first edition]
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo. (vi), 298pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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- First Edition
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- Device
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- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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