'.this pioneering account of John Carter's magical transmission to the the planet Mars and his subsequent baroque adventures established a new template for fiction set on other planets, developing such imaginative spaces as arenas for exuberantly uninhibited tales of exotic derring-do. This popular novel inspired numerous writers and influenced the space faring sword and raygun stories as well as influencing scientists and filmakers. This novel preceded the first publication of 'Tarzan of the Apes,' published in the October 1912 issue of THE ALL-STORY. The story first appeared under the byline 'Norman Bean' (he had intended that pen name be 'Normal Bean') as a six-part serial 'Under the Moons of Mars' in a Munsey magazine, THE ALL-STORY, February-July 1912.

Burroughs' first published story (written in 1911) and his only story to originally appear under a pseudonym. Schoonover, original dark brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange. vii-xii 1-326, five inserted plates with illustrations by Frank E. Orange enamel stamping on front cover a bit dull but fully present, top edge of pages dusty, a nearly fine copy. Three line gift inscription in ink dated 1917 on front free endpaper. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.Chicago: A. 'A Princess of Mars' is both a romantic adventure and a science fiction tale of fantasy which has been an inspiration to countless science fiction writers ever since its first publication. John Carter soon finds himself embroiled in the political conflict between the two 'Red Martian' city states of Zodanga and Helium when he rescues and falls in love with the beautiful Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars is a desert world, a dying planet which is caught in the conflict between the 'Green Martians', or the Tharks, and the 'Red Martians', a group of humanoids who inhabit a loose network of city-states and control the planet's canals and agriculture. This prowess helps him to win the allegiance of the Tharks, a nomadic war-like tribe of green six-limbed aliens. Upon arrival John Carter discovers that the lower gravity of the planet has endowed him a super human strength and agility. At the center of the series is the protagonist John Carter, a Confederate Captain of the American Civil War, who finds himself mysteriously transported to the planet Mars.

First serialized in the pulp magazine 'All-Story Magazine' between February and July of 1912, 'A Princess of Mars' is the first novel in Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic 'Barsoom' series, set on the planet Mars.

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