Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Chessmen Of Mars, Methuen & Co, 1923, First Edition Fiona Cronin sold 7 9 24 Examination of the sensational hoax

Examination of the sensational hoax perpetrated by the French journalist Leo Taxil in the late 1800s who created the existence of a fictitious occult sect the Palladian Masons

Wintle became an Oblate in the Abbey of Caldey Island

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Printed by Frederick Muller 1947: London

Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Chessmen Of Mars, Methuen & Co, 1923, First Edition Fiona Cronin sold 7 9 24 Examination of the sensational hoaxEdgar Rice Burroughs The Chessmen Of Mars, Methuen & Co, 1923, First Edition Original red cloth in fine condition. A Martian romance. Illustrated by J Allen St John. Condition: Stains to boards. Faded and bumped spine. Bumped corners. Foxing to edges and some leaves. Pencil notation and tanning to endpapers. Text firm and clean. A good copy. Weight 434g. Pages 243.