The Monster Men

BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice

Published by A.C. McCLurg, Chicago, 1929

About this Item

Inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Linen-like tan cloth with green lettering on front cover and spine. Illustration on title page by J. Allen St. John. ?Front cover spotted lower 1/4 of cover. 1/4'' round gouge lower front corner. Spine darkened and rubbed top & bottom. Back cover shows slight discoloration at bottom. Foxing at end of Burroughs name where inscribed. Good + copy. Facsimile dustjacket.

Inscribed:
"To
Edward Gilbert
With best wishes
Edgar Rice Burroughs"

Gilbert's sister, Florence, was married to Burroughs.

The Monster Men is a 1913 science fiction novel by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs, written under the working title "Number Thirteen". It first appeared in print under the title of "A Man Without a Soul" in the November 1913 issue of All-Story Magazine and was first published in book form in hardcover by A. C. McClurg in March 1929 under the present title. It has been reissued a number of times since by various publishers. The first paperback edition was issued by Ace Books in February 1963.

The book features prominently the theme of a scientist trying to create an artificial human being, familiar from the classic Frankenstein.

Seller Inventory # 011

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Monster Men
• Publisher: A.C. McCLurg, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1929
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics
  • Tarzan
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs