"The Mucker" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, illustrated with frontispiece and 4 illustrations by J. Allen St. John; published by McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1921. First edition. First issue with publisher's imprint in two lines on spine: "A.C.McClurg/&Co."; Published October, 1921; and with "Printed in the United States of America" and with "M.A. Donohue & Co, Printers and Binders, Chicago". Total of 17,000 copies printed.

[Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1.]

Hard boards, original green cloth, brown lettering on spine and front board [some wear and soiling, spine repairs: see photos]; the cover is protected in clear plastic jacket; 5" x 8"; the endpapers are creased at the hinges, half-title page has an edge wear; sepia monochrome frontispiece; [1-10] + 414 pages + 3page publisher's add of other ERB books; four listed sepia monochrome plates on glossy paper [all plates are present]; a little wear and soiling, fair++ / good condition.

"The Mucker" was originally formed by two stories: "The Mucker", begun in August 1913 and published by All-Story Weekly in October and November 1914; and "The Return of the Mucker", begun in January 1916 and published by All-Story Weekly in June and July 1916. The complete book version was first published by A.C. McClurg on 31 October 1921. This novel was one of Burroughs' personal favorites, and ERB is quoted as having said that he thought that it one of his best novels" (Zeuschner (1996)). It is also one of Burroughs's longest novels, with approximately 125,000 words.

Spawned by the slum jungles of Chicago, Billy Byrne was a vicious animal- ruthless, powerful and blood thirsty. Before long, his natural ability for finding trouble left him shipwrecked in a Far East jungle where he was free to unleash the savage nature that was his only chance for survival. The Mucker spent his life fighting. He fought his way out of the worst of Chicago's slums, he fought his way out of a jail sentence for a murder he didn't commit. Then, forced to fight for his freedom, destiny led him through a startling series of further adventures to Mexico - and a fight for his life in the middle of a bloody revolution. In his adventures, Billy finds a nobility of character that marks Burroughs' heroes.

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