Thuvia, Maid of Mars and The Chessmen of Mars

Overview:

  • Title: Thuvia, Maid of Mars and The Chessmen of Mars
  • Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Year: 1973
  • Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
  • Price: $2.98
  • Pages: 341
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: The Chessmen of Mars
  • Notes:
    • First edition [not stated]; an exclusive omnibus edition indicated by the Nelson Doubleday imprint
    • First printing has gutter code "49N" [verified] on page 341, indicates a printing in October 1972
    • Known reprint codes: "20P" (May 1973)(verified); "35P" (Aug. 1973), "45R" (Nov. 1975) and "H31" (Sep. 1977).
    • A January 1973 Selection of the SFBC
    • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on rear flap
    • Source of the price not known
    • "Jacket painting by Frank Frazetta" on rear flap, the artwork is also signed
    • "Illustrations by Frank Frazetta" on title page, most of the illustrations are signed
    • First printing has dark green boards and gold lettering