Adventure Fiction
THE BAMBOO BLOODBATH.
[New York]: Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1975]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Berkley Medallion N2716. Paperback original. Book 3 in the Jason Striker, Master of Martial Arts series.
NINJA'S REVENGE.
[New York]: Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1975]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Berkley Medallion N2821. Paperback original. Book 4 in the Jason Striker, Master of Martial Arts series.
ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects 13 science fiction mystery stories.
DRUMS OF DAMBALA.
Chicago: Covici-Friede Publishers, [1932]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE KING'S PASSPORT.
New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi 1 [2] 3-336, original light orange cloth, front and spine stamped in black, top page edges stained orange, illustrated end papers. First edition. Signed inscription by Jones dated in the year of publication. Historical adventure novel featuring D'Artagnan and Cyrano de Bergerac and involving Cardinal Richelieu.
THE TEMPLE OF THE TEN.
[West Kingston, Rhode Island]: Donald M. Grant Publisher, 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Weird adventure story first published in the pulp magazine Adventure.
THE BOWL OF BAAL.
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Lost race novel.
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-289 [290: blank] [291-298: ads], printed wrappers. First U.S. edition. Part of the Appletons' Town and Country Library series. Adventure fiction set in the Far East. The beautiful White Devil is a female pirate.
THE WHITE WOLF.
New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1 [2] 3-334 [335-336], original purple cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Adventure novel of a dog that grows up with wolves.
THE DANCING FLOOR.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "Adventure based on Greek folklore and predestination." - Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, #293.
SICK RIVER HEART.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1941]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Posthumous adventure novel set in the Canadian north country.
THE BANDIT OF HELL'S BEND.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [1926]. Octavo, cloth. Reprint. Heins BHB-2.
THE BEASTS OF TARZAN.
London: Metheun & Co. Ltd, 1918. Octavo, boards. First British edition. Third in the Tarzan series.
BEYOND THIRTY AND THE MAN-EATER.
South Ozone Park, New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1957. Octavo, illustration by Gil Kane, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 3,000 copies (stated on the copyright page). Collects two stories together which had previously been published separately in wrappers in 1955.
THE CAVE GIRL...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-323 [324: blank], frontispiece by J. Allen St. John, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. First binding with "A. C. McCLURG / & CO" at base of spine panel. 5000 copies printed. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-59. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 333. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 106. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02277. Heins CaG-1.
THE ETERNAL LOVER.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-316, inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-60. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 316. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 332. Heins EL-1.
JUNGLE GIRL.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], six inserted plates with illustrations by Studley O. Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. An American explorer discovers an ancient civilization in the interior jungles of Cambodia. The second and scarcest book published by Burroughs's publishing company. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 109. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02285. Heins JG-1.
JUNGLE GIRL.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. Octavo. pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], six inserted plates with illustrations by Studley O. Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. An American explorer discovers an ancient civilization in the interior jungles of Cambodia. The second and scarcest book published by Burroughs's publishing company. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 109. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Heins JG-1.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [1922]. Octavo, cloth. Reprint. Heins JT-5.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-319 [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John and twelve full-page St. John illustrations in the text, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing, first binding with publisher's imprint on spine panel set on three lines. Total of 63,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably four, all dated 1919. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 319. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02286. Heins JT-1.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-319 [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John and twelve full-page St. John illustrations in the text, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing, first binding with publisher's imprint on spine panel set on three lines. Collection of interconnected short stories about a young Tarzan. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 319. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02286. Heins JT-1.
THE LAD AND THE LION.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. Octavo. pp. [1-6] 7-317 [318: blank] [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. Adventure fiction set in contemporary North Africa. The Lad and the Lion, a 1917 silent film made by the Selig Polyscope Company was the first motion picture based on a Burroughs story. Heins LL-1.
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THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT [with] THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT [with] OUT OF TIMES ABYSS. (3 volumes).
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1963-. Small octavo, covers by Roy Krenkel, pictorial wrappers. First paperback editions. Ace F-213, F-220, F-233. The text of these editions follows that of the original versions in Blue Book Magazine August 1918 (1), October 1918 (2) and December 1918 (3). Published in hardcover as THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT.
THE MAD KING.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-365 [366: blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original dark blue cloth, front panel stamped in orange and blind, spine panel stamped in orange. First edition. First state with textual errors on pages 12 and 92 (later corrected with cancel leaves). 5000 copies printed. Heins MK-1.
THE MAN WITHOUT A SOUL.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1922]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi 1-209 [210: printer's imprint] [211-212: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks] [8 page publishers catalog inserted into rear], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First British (and first separate) edition. Part two of the 1921 McClurg edition of The Mucker. Signed inscription by Danton Burroughs noting this copy is from his father's collection. Publisher's "With Compliments" card laid in as is a photo of Danton Burroughs. Heins M-7b1.