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Auction Name: 2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction
Lot Number: 45277
Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/6323*45277
[Edgar Rice Burroughs]. Frank A. Munsey Company Check for the serial rights to "Out There Somewhere." 8 ΒΌ x 3 3/8 inches; New York; March 29, 1916. Frank A. Munsey Company check no. 31541 made out to Edgar Rice Burroughs for $1,725.
Endorsement reads "One serial entitled 'Out There Somewhere' which the payee sells to the drawer with first serial rights only thereto, with warranty of authorship and ownership, and with authority to copyright said rights." Signed "Edgar Rice Burroughs."
"Out There Somewhere" was published as a 5-part serial in All-Story Weekly (June 17 - July 15, 1916) under the title "The Return of the Mucker".
Condition: Lightly toned, fold creases. Cancellation affecting text, but not signature.
Provenance: From the collection of B.J. Lukes, noted collector and bibliographer of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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