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THE MONSTER MEN
de Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Stain to lower left front cover extending to lower right corner of spine, a very good copy in a restored four-color pictorial du
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1929. First edition. Stain to lower left front cover extending to lower right corner of spine, a very good copy in a restored four-color pictorial dust jacket (front panel reproducing a painting by J. Allen St. John) with all panels cut into sections reattached with narrow sections along top and bottom edges and folds restored in facsimile. A stunning piece of work by a master paper conservator. (31174). Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-304, original tan cloth, front panel stamped in green and blind, spine panel stamped in green. Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Professor Maxon's monsters, "souless, malformed, brainless ... [but] nevertheless composed of flesh and blood and endowed with the spark of life," run amok in the jungle country of "savage" Borneo killing hordes of Dyaks while in pursuit of a lustful rajah who has kidnapped the professor's lovely daughter. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 335. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 111. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02297. Heins MMe-1. Zeuschner 329.
Sinopsis
A scientist is obsessed with creating the perfect human in his laboratory vats, but the road to perfection is paved with twelve hideous mistakes!
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- Librería
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 31174
- Título
- THE MONSTER MEN
- Autor
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Stain to lower left front cover extending to lower right corner of spine, a very good copy in a restored four-color pictorial du
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1929
- Palabras clave
- SF . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
Sobre John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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