The Chessmen of Mars

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The Chessmen of Mars  (1922)  by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Front Matter

1922

THE CHESSMEN OF MARS

"Turan, the Slave! they cried "Death to him!"
"Turan, the Slave! they cried "Death to him!"

"Turan, the Slave! they cried "Death to him!"

[Page 361]

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

  1. CHAPTERPAGE
  2. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    1
  3. I
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    5
  4. II
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    21
  5. III
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    37
  6. IV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    56
  7. V
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    75
  8. VI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    90
  9. VII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    109
  10. VIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    127
  11. IX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    142
  12. X
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    159
  13. XI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    174
  14. XII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    191
  15. XIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    206
  16. XIV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    223
  17. XV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    240
  18. XVI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    256
  19. XVII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    273
  20. XVIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    289
  21. XIX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    308
  22. XX
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    322
  23. XXI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    339
  24. XXII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    354

ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. PAGE
  2. "Turan, the Slave!" they cried "Death to him!"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    Frontispiece
  3. "The Princess Comes! Dejah Thoris! The Princess Comes!"
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    8
  4. To the girl's horror, the headless body moved
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    104
  5. Only a single antagonist could face him at a time upon the narrow stairway
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    144
  6. A giant Martian rat was gnawing upon his arm!
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    194
  7. O-Tar's sword slipped from his nerveless fingers
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    238
  8. Gahan of Gathol smote the man from his mount
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    292
  9. Gahan looked in upon a small chamber dimly lighted
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    350


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