160 page mass market paperback titled THE WIZARD OF VENUS (This also included the unrelated pirate adventure "Pirate Blood.") by Edgar Rice Burroughs/ New English Library # 013537, First NEL Paperback Edition, January 1973/ No. 5 in the Venus Series. Carson Napier is trapped in the castle of an insane Venusian "wizard" who holds the local population in thrall through the use of hypnotic powers. Napier, who is possessed of comparable powers he has hitherto utilized solely to transmit his account of his Venusian adventures back to Earth, successfully counters the tyrant and frees his victims. "Pirate Blood". Johnny LaFitte of Glenora, California, a 20th-century descendant of the New Orleans pirate Jean Lafitte, finds himself thrown by a bizarre set of events into his ancestor's profession. The author's depiction of modern-day piracy is replete with cold-blooded murder and rapine, but overall the tale is a semi-serious takeoff on the theory that heredity equals destiny. The book is complete and in GOOD - VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes some spine creases, cover edge wear, and tanned/darkened pages. (see pictures)