THE WARLORD OF MARS by Burroughs, Edgar Rice - 1919

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. Hardcover. About Very Good. ,. The third novel in Burrough's science fiction-romantic fantasy Barsoom series featuring John Carter, an American Civil War veteran who, in the previous two novels, has been transported to Mars via astral projection where he encounters various dangerous creatures, meets warring Martian races and wins the hand of the Princess Dejah Thoris to become Warlord of Mars. But the Princess has been taken prisonor by the vile pretender goddess, Issus, and thrown into the prison of the Temple of the Sun with two other women and John Carter must now search this war-torn planet to find and rescue his wife. This copy is an early Grosset & Dunlap reprint (Originally published as a four-part serial in 1913-14 in "All Story" magazine and first issued as a novel by A.C. McClurg in 1919.). About 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 296 pages plus 2 pages of publisher's ads, bound in red cloth-covered boards with frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Lettering on front cover and spine in black. Sorry, no dustjacket. Boards are moderately worn at corners and spine ends with very minor creasing and tearing and no significant damage. Front cover has pair of small dime-sized white spots. Binding remains tight, hinges uncracked. Front end page has previous owner's name and address in faded pencil as well as 1920s date. Text is complete, clean, very lightly age-tanned with no notes, underlining or highlighting. Overall, a very decent reading copy.