Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs — 1st Edition

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Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs — 1st Edition

Name: Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs — 1st Edition
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Publication: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [viii], 253.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original red cloth boards remain structurally sound and straight, with the black tooling and lettering to the front board and spine remaining stark. The spine exhibits typical sunning, fading from the original vibrant red to a toned tan, alongside very mild rubbing to the head, tail, and corners. The binding is remarkably tight, with no separation or leaning. The untrimmed fore and bottom edges show expected age-toning and scattered spotting. Internally, the text block is predominantly clean, though moderate foxing is present on the preliminary leaves, including the half-title and title pages, which does not detract from the overall integrity of this robust copy.

Catalogue Note: This is the true first UK edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' hollow-earth adventure, Pellucidar. Although first serialised in the American All-Story Cavalier Weekly magazine in 1915 and published in book form in the US in 1923, this 1924 Methuen issue stands as the first British publication of the work.

The volume is bound in the publisher's original red cloth, a primary binding state typical of Methuen's interwar adventure fiction output. As is customary for this edition, it is unillustrated save for the striking textual layout and traditional typographical flourishes of the period.

First British editions of Burroughs' non-Tarzan works have become increasingly scarce on the open market in unsophisticated, original condition. While lacking its rare dust jacket, this copy remains a highly collectible piece of early twentieth-century speculative fiction.

In Pellucidar, Edgar Rice Burroughs chronicles the further adventures of David Innes in the land underneath the Earth's crust. Having briefly returned to the surface, Innes ventures back into the eternal, sunless realms to rescue his beloved Dian the Beautiful and free the human inhabitants from the tyrannical, reptilian Mahars. Combining lost-world romance with relentless, blood-stirring action, Burroughs masterfully crafts a timeless realm where dinosaurs roam, primitive tribes clash, and adventure awaits in a world without time.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Book Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Science Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 253

Book Publication Year: 1924

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Pellucidar

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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