Item #10863 THE PRINCE OF PERIL. Otis Adelbert Kline.

THE PRINCE OF PERIL.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1930. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-x [xi-xiv] 1-322, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in brown and blind, spine panel stamped in brown. First edition. First published as a six-part serial in Argosy, 2 August - 6 September 1930. The second of the three Grandon of Venus novels. Swordplay and fantastic adventure in an imitation of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1242. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 473. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 129. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 115. Reginald 08320. A fine copy in very good four-color dust jacket with dust soiling to spine and rear panel, mainly to the latter and tiny closed tear at top edge of front panel with small internal tape mend. The front panel (reproducing an Argosy cover illustration for the story painted by Robert A. Graef) is bright and quite attractive. Overall, a nice example of this uncommon jacket. (10863). Item #10863

Price: $1,000.00

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