# The Chessmen of Mars

The "Tarzan" Series By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Never has such a character come to you from the pages of a book; never has the human brain conceived so strange a creation as Tarzan, the Ape-man.
Everybody is reading and talking of the wonderful "TARZAN" Novels, which now comprise the following:
Tarzan of the Apes The Return of Tarzan The Beasts of Tarzan The Son of Tarzan Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Jungle Tales of Tarzan Tarzan the Untamed Tarzan the Terrible
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
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
The "Martian" Series By Edgar Rice Burroughs
An absorbing series of Adventures and Romance forty-three million miles from Earth. It is hardly too much to say it is the boldest piece of imaginative fiction in this generation.
Only the man who created TARZAN, the Ape-man, could have written these amazing stories, of which the following titles are now ready:
A Princess of Mars The Gods of Mars The Warlord of Mars Thuvia, Maid of Mars The Chessmen of Mars
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