A PRINCESS OF MARS. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-326 [327] [328: blank], publisher's pictorial wrappers (with illustration by Frank E. Schoonover). Advance printing preceding the published edition. The first book of the Mars series. Burroughs' first published story appeared as a six-part serial, "Under the Moons of Mars," in THE ALL-STORY, February-July 1912. It preceded "Tarzan of the Apes," first published in the October 1912 issue of THE ALL-STORY. "... this pioneering account of John Carter's magical transmission to the the planet Mars and his subsequent baroque adventures established a new template for fiction set on other planets, developing such imaginative spaces as arenas for exuberantly uninhibited tales of exotic daring-do ... Although it hardly qualifies as science-based speculative fiction, Burroughs' account of Barsoom was enormously influential in pulp SF, standing at the head of a rich sub-genre of 'planetary romances' whose evolution was carried forward by such writers as C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, and Ray Bradbury." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-194. Made into a feature film in 2012 as "John Carter." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-31; (1981) 1-31; (1987) 1-17; (1995) 1-17; and (2004) II-194. Barron, ed., Fantasy Literature 3-61. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 304. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 25. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 115. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1720-25. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02307. Heins PM-1. Zeuschner 422. A very good copy. Enclosed in an old full leather clamshell box (extremities rubbed). The advance copies were printed a month before the trade copies. Very rare. (#174569).
Price: $22,500.00
"Published September, 1917" on copyright page.