The Chessmen of Mars
THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
"Turan, the Slave! they cried "Death to him!"
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The Chessmen
of Mars
BY
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Author of At The Earth's Core; Tarzan
the Terrible; The Mucker; Thuvia,
Maid of Mars, Etc.
Illustrated by
J. ALLEN ST. JOHN
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1922
Copyright
Edgar Rice Burroughs
1922
Published November, 1922
Copyrighted in Great Britain
Printed in the United States of America
M. A. DONOHUE & CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE 1 I 5 II 21 III 37 IV 56 V 75 VI 90 VII 109 VIII 127 IX 142 X 159 XI 174 XII 191 XIII 206 XIV 223 XV 240 XVI 256 XVII 273 XVIII 289 XIX 308 XX 322 XXI 339 XXII 354
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE - "Turan, the Slave!" they cried "Death to him!"
Frontispiece - "The Princess Comes! Dejah Thoris! The Princess Comes!"
8 - To the girl's horror, the headless body moved
104 - Only a single antagonist could face him at a time upon the narrow stairway
144 - A giant Martian rat was gnawing upon his arm!
194 - O-Tar's sword slipped from his nerveless fingers
238 - Gahan of Gathol smote the man from his mount
292 - Gahan looked in upon a small chamber dimly lighted
350
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