Edgar Rice Burroughs, At the Earth's Core. Pellucidar Series, 1976. Book Club.

Description: Edgar Rice Burroughs, At the Earth's Core. Doubleday. Dated 1914 but published in 1976 as a Special Book Club edition movie tie-in featuring 8 black and white images from the 1976 movie of the same name. Burroughs' book = At the Earth's Core was originally published in 1914, the first in his series about the fictional "hollow earth" land of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a four-part serial in All-Story Weekly from April 4 to 25, 1914. It was first published in hardcover book form by A. C. McClurg in July, 1922. Book one of the Pellucidar Series is At the Earth's Core, with six books later published in the series, including one Tarzan title. The author relates how, traveling in the Sahara Desert, he has encountered a remarkable vehicle and its pilot, David Innes, a man with a remarkable story to tell. David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth's crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar. In Burroughs' concept, the Earth is a hollow shell with Pellucidar as the internal surface of that shell. Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves and preys on the local stone-age humans. Innes and Perry are captured by the Mahars' ape-like Sagoth servants and taken with other human captives to the chief Mahar city of Phutra. Among their fellow captives are the brave Ghak, the Hairy One, from the country of Sari, the shifty Hooja the Sly One and the lovely Dian the Beautiful of Amoz. The novel was filmed as At the Earth's Core (1976), directed by Kevin Connor and starring Doug McClure as David Innes and Peter Cushing as Abner Perry. When DC Comics gained the license to adapt the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, they managed to adapt the first Pellucidar book, with Len Wein scripting, and various artists such as Mike Kaluta and Murphy Anderson on art. The adaptation started out Korak, Son of Tarzan #46, then moved to Weird Worlds, where it ran from #1-6. The book being offered for sale is in near fine condition. Book boards and text block good with no markings or writings, spine tight. Appears unread. The only flaws to the book include a tiny (1/4") closed tear at back top corner, and a small bump to the top of the text block. Some age toning as is usual in Book Club editions, but for one 47 years old, this one is stunning! The "Iron Mole" on the cover is particularly beautiful. Pictures included are of the actual book for sale. A collectible book by a very collectible writer!

Price: 30 USD

Location: Aberdeen, Mississippi

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