TALES OF THREE PLANETS
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. Zeuschner, #517. An anthology collecting three stories, Beyond The Farthest Star, The Resurrection Of Jimber-Jaw, and The Wizard of Venus. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Roy Krenkel. Bound in original tan cloth with lettering in black. Tiny, light spots of foxing along top of the text block. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with tiny closed tear near the head of the spine panel.
Synopsis
Tales of Three Planets is a posthumous collection of short stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs, with an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff and illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel. It was first published in hardcover in 1964 by Canaveral Press, and has been reprinted once since. The book collects four novelettes by Burroughs, one set on Earth, two set on the distant planet Poloda "beyond the farthest star," and one set on Venus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26542
- Title
- TALES OF THREE PLANETS
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Canaveral Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- First edition, science fiction, ERB, Burroughs.
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Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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- Fine
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