First Published in Great Britain, April 3rd 1919.
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ppint. 17th Mar 2019
| | barsoom / erb's martian series #1:
#1: "a princess of mars" (1917) (this novel)
#1a: ''a princess of mars (abridged)'' (1968), q.v.
#2: "the gods of mars" (1918), q.v.
2a: ''the gods of mars (abridged)'' (1968), q.v.
#3: "the warlord of mars" (1919), q.v.
#3a: ''the warlord of mars (abridged)'' (1968), q.v.
#4: "thuvia, maid of mars" (1920), q.v.
#4a: ''thuvia, maid of mars (abridged)'' (1968), q.v.
#5: "the chessmen of mars" (1922), q.v.
#6: "the master mind of mars" (1927), q.v.
#7: "a fighting man of mars" (1931), q.v.
#8: "swords of mars" (1936), q.v.
#9: "synthetic men of mars" (1940), q.v.
#10: "llana of gathol (1948), q.v.
#11: "john carter of mars" (1964), q.v.
#1a - #4a: abridged by gordon landsborough ''for boys and girls aged 12-15'' for his new dragon books;
gordon landsborough convinced erb/inc. that these - and his abridgements of the tarzan books - would not infringe the uk & commonwealth, etc. rights already licenced to other publishers: he must've been a very persuasive person... |
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ppint. 29th Jan 2019
| | first book publication year date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1917;
first published by a. c. mcclurg & co. chicago usa in hardcover 10/10/1917 |
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ppint. 5th Jun 2022
| | cover art by roy carnon (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 5th Jun 2022
| | cover art by roy carnon
cover price 2'6
160pp. including titles, indica etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 17th Jul 2019
| | second four square imprint uk p/b printing, near-identical with the first; distinguishable as it adds
''reprinted 1962'' to indica publishing history (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 15th Jul 2019
| | first four square printing by the new english library, not first uk p/b (goulden/w. h. allen 1946, 1952), q.v.
cover art by roy carnon
cover price 2'6
160pp. including titles, indica etc.
near-identical second four square books printing 1962
indica publishing history should add line, or extend a line to state:
reprinted 1962
prob'ly near-identical 1965 third printing (cover design - typography, layout -may differ), except new
cat# 1401
cover price 3'6 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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ppint. 10th Jul 2019
| | new english library p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition
previously uk papperbocked by w. h. allen (at least two printings)
cover art (uncredited, unsigned; attribution claimed for bruce pennington by someone's claiming this to be from its inclusion in ''ultraterranium'' q.v.)
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erbzine website credits this amongst twenty new english library nel covers to richard clifton-dey
near-identical reprint of first nel/new english library imprint edition of 4/1969
cat# 2469
this nel edition april 1969
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
(printed from typesetting of the earlier four square imprint edition, suitably emended)
second nel printing 1972
should add indicia publishing history ''reprinted august 1972''
sbn 450-01186-0
cover price 40p, spain pts 100, gibraltar 45p, malta 45c, cyprus 450 mils, australia $1.35, new zealand $1.35, trinidad (w.i.) $2.40
160pp. including titles, indicia etc.
thrid near-identical printing 1973
indicia publishing history adds
reprinted march 1973
fourth near-identical printing 1975 (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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camshaft SUBS 15th Mar 2017
| | Unfortunately the copy of this book I have, has a lot of loose pages. Probably will go for re-cycling!! (this comment is from another edition of this book) |
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