Swords of Mars and Synthetic Men of Mars HC (1974 Nelson Doubleday, Inc) comic books

First edition, 1974 (first edition has gutter code 49Q on page 341). Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first collected edition of Swords of Mars with Synthetic Men of Mars, part of the famed six-book matching set of Martian novels issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Six interior full page illustrations by Frazetta. In Swords of Mars, John Carter is determined to stamp out the practice of assassination on Mars. Synthetic Men of Mars finds John Carter on the path of Ras Thavas, the only man on the planet able to heal the broken body of his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris. Frazetta's work for this series is justly acknowledged as among his most iconic; he was clearly inspired. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 346 pages, B&W.

Reprint, 1974 (first edition has gutter code 49Q on page 341). Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first collected edition of Swords of Mars with Synthetic Men of Mars, part of the famed six-book matching set of Martian novels issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Cover by Frank Frazetta. Six interior full page illustrations by Frazetta. In Swords of Mars, John Carter is determined to stamp out the practice of assassination on Mars. Synthetic Men of Mars finds John Carter on the path of Ras Thavas, the only man on the planet able to heal the broken body of his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris. Frazetta's work for this series is justly acknowledged as among his most iconic; he was clearly inspired. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 346 pages, B&W.