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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight loss to corner tips, small chip at upper left corner of the spine panel, several small closed tears to the upper front panel. A spectacular copy in the first printing jacket, priced $1.35 on the spine panel, is rare. Almost as scarce as A Princess of Mars in jacket. (31182). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-xi [xii] 1-348, inserted frontispiece with illustration by Frank E. Schoonover, original red cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. Total of 10,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, at least two, last dated 1919. Second book of the Mars series, John Carter returns to Mars. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-27. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 305. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 108. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02282. Heins GM-1].