Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace (03321)
Date Published: 1968
Description: Krenkel, Roy. Good. No dust jacket as issued. VG- 142 p.; 17 cm. 1968 Ace paperback edition (03321). VERY GOOD MINUS. Roy Krenkel cover and frontis. read more
Edition: First edition. FIRST PRINTING MAY 1981
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: ACE BOOKS
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780441033270ISBN:044103327X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. CAME FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. COVERS HAVE EDGE AND CORNER WEAR. BINDING IS TIGHT. ORIGINAL OWNER'S NAME IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER. STORY PAGES ARE FREE FROM MARKS AND TEARS. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Putnam Berkley
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780441033270ISBN:044103327X
Description: Good. No Jacket. Light wear to corners and edges, spine lightly creased with a slight slant, covers worn and tanning, text is unmarked. read more
Description: Frank Frazetta. Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Frank Frazetta cover art. 159 pages. Paperback. Ace Books, Inc. No. 03324. Undated, a later printing (likely from early 1970s). Condition: Good to very good. The spine is uncreased. Mild edge wear. Unmarked. Several small indentations on front cover. Light moisture stain at edge of front cover. 2f. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Binding tight. Age toning. Slight staining on the corner of some pages, but doesn't prevent readability of text. read more
Edition: 13th
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780441033287ISBN:0441033288
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. First of the Pellucidar series(I believe this was my first introcuction to Burroughs at about 11 years old in an extremely beatup grosset and dunlap copy I found in My Father's Books from his childhood(he had of course thrown out the dust jackets to all his Burroughs including several McClurg firsts(aggh! ! ). Some soiling to rear cover, spine lean, and some light to moderate shopwear. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Date Published: 1922
Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Book shows heavy wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; several tears and chips; large chip on side of front cover; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine hinge creased/ readers slant/ pages yellowed/ previous owners name stamped inside front cover/ inside covers discolored. read more
Description: Good. 0803261748 Nice looking Ex-Library book with stickers and stampings. Has clean text and good binding. Hawaii and Alaska residents are encouraged to use pri or itymail. read more
"After reading some John Carter and a couple Venus books, I found this pretty much more of the same from ERB. I always find his scientific inventions to be more interesting in concept (ie, on the back of the book) than when they're actually on the page, whereupon they start to sound kind of boneheaded. But then, pretty much all the science fiction from this era and before had that problem. And his action sequences would be thrilling, if there weren't so damn MANY of them. If you have not read a Burroughs book, in my opinion the only one you should even consider starting with is Tarzan, which is sheer f**king genius. His planetary romances and lost world books are rather less satisfying.
The book is infinitely more delightful as a companion to the truly garish 1976 B-movie based on this book, with Peter Cushing as Abner Perry."
"I read this on the grounds that it is one of those books that should be read. The only Burroughs book I have read. It reads like a Victorian adventure utilizing the sketchy science of the times. It all felt a little bit 'junior reading' for me. I am sorry I feel this way. I understand that the ideas were very advanced at the time of writing, but unfortunately not of my time. I was pleased to finish it and put it down."
"As I return in my dotage to reread some of the Burroughs tales that so captivated me many years ago, I continue to find them enjoyable. I do feel the need to acknowledge that this is pure escapism. There are points, at least in this book, where the prose is almost laughable, and generally speaking much of it could have been burnished to provide a more enjoyable reading experience. But none of that negates the sheer delight of Burroughs' imagination, and the impressive whole societies and worlds he constructs. My reaction this time through is to read quickly, almost skimming at times, in order to enjoy the latter without being overly distracted by the former.
I noted a brief nod here toward the ideal of the noble savage that is prevalent elsewhere in his work: "They are a noble-looking race, these cave men of Pellucidar, and if our progenitors were as they, the human race of the outer crust has deteriorated rather than improved with the march of the ages. All they lack is opportunity. We have opportunity, and little else." I think that's about as close as Burroughs comes to commentary on the real world. Mostly he's concerned with following a surprised but willing representative of our world who ventures into ever more unlikely adventures and who also manages, with difficulty, to win the heart of an extraordinary woman. Great stuff, at least for its genre! Books such as this deserve as much credit as anything for having made me a lifelong lover of reading."
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