John Carter of Mars NN GD+ 2.5 1940 For Sale

Heavy spine roll.Corner creasing and abrading to multiple pages.

This is a low grade item. The story will be complete and readable, but the item itself will have major defects. Allowed defects for this grade include: vertical book-length crease, spine split up to two inches long, detached cover or centerfold, writing or other marks on the cover, major tears, piece or pieces missing, water damage, heavy discoloration or brittleness due to oxidation, and other types of discoloration, staining, or brittleness.

Cover by John Coleman Burroughs. Art by John Coleman Burroughs and Jim Gary. Dell reprints the adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary hero from its comic The Funnies in a form similiar to the Big Little Books, called Fast-Action Story Books. Mysteriously transported to Mars, where he has superhuman powers, Earthman John Carter battles its strange animals and humanoids. He gains an ally in the gigantic green Martian Tars Tarkas, and falls in love with the beautiful princess Dejah Thoris. Art and cover are by Burroughs' son, John Coleman Burroughs. 4-in. x 5 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W.

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