A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS. New York: Metropolitan Books, Inc. Publishers, [1931]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-319 [320: blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Hugh Hutton, original red mesh weave cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow-green, top edge stained green. First edition, first binding with "METROPOLITAN" at base of spine panel. Seventh book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 310. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02281. Heins FMM-1. Just a bit of spotting to paste-downs, short hairline crack along inner rear hinge, but a tight, clean, very good copy in poor dust jacket with wear along top and bottom edges, shallow chipping at upper spine end and along top edge of rear panel, amateur patch-ins at lower right of front panel, some poorly executed re-coloring along top and fore-edge of front panel, and some internal tape. (#151455).
Price: $500.00
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