THUVIA MAID OF MARS.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-256 [257: ad] [258: blank] [259-263: ads] [264: blank] [265-267: ads] [268: blank], ten inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing. Fourth book of the Mars series, this novel involves the son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris, Cathoris, prince of Helium. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 307. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 128. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02340. Heins TMM-1]. A bright, fine white paper copy with no binding wear in very good or better four-color pictorial dust jacket (with illustration on front panel by P. J. Monahan) with light wear at sine ends and corner tips and dust soiling to spine and rear panels. A very nice copy of an uncommon book with a colorful and attractive example of the very scarce jacket never touched by a paper conservationist. (25734). Item #25734
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