At the Earth's Core

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Published by Grosset & Dunlap (G&D), New York, 1923

About this Item

First published in book form by A.C. McClurg in 1922 (which is the date on the copyright page, and which is usually misunderstood as being the publication date for this one). One of 20,000 copies, book and dust jacket being variant 1(b). Lukes 2017, pp. 144-146. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 277 pages w/five pages of advertisements for other titles published by G&D (works by ERB, Curwood, Grey, Tarkington), eight full-page illustrations (including frontispiece). Light wear to corners/spine ends, bump to top edge of front cover, moderately sized stain to back cover, previous owner's small name-stamp applied twice to front end paper, once to half-title, and three times to reverse of frontispiece (poor guy was probably worried about forgetting his name), light soil to page edges, top edge foxed/stained, in dust jacket w/edgewear, chipping/short tears to corners/top spine end, largish piece torn from bottom spine (pretty much removes publisher's name), rubbing, spine edges worn, spine slightly darkened, diagonal crease to bottom of rear flap/bottom left corner of rear panel. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 019149

Bibliographic Details

• Title: At the Earth's Core
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (G&D), New York
• Publication Date: 1923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: J. Allen St. John
• Edition: 1st thus.
• Condition: Good to Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction--Fantasy (hardcover)