Thuvia, Maid of Mars and The Chessmen of Mars
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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