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TARZAN OF THE APES
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An early reprint (circa 1927), with the silhouette frontispiece, green top edge dye, and 34 titles listed on the verso of the dust jacket. The archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani great apes, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (1914), and subsequently in 25 sequels, several authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with black titles. The pictorial dust jacket, which features the colorful wrap-around artwork by Fred J. Artling, is a bit edgeworn with a few faint scratches. A very good copy, much better than those typically encountered. Zeuschner 701.
Synopsis
Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first book edition was published in 1914 by A.C. McClurg & Co in Chicago. The publisher was made famous by their original publishing of the Tarzan of the Apes novels and other stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes tells the story of Tarzan (“White Skin” in ape language) who is adopted as a baby by the she-ape Kala after his parents, the Lord and Lady Greystoke, pass away after being marooned in West Africa. Immediately popular, Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels, and the Tarzan character has been immortalized in books, films and television since. Tarzan was the first literary character to be registered in a trademark. Tarzan and the Castaways was the last finished story by Burroughs, the 24th in his series on Tarzan. In addition to the title novella, the book also includes two short stories about Tarzan. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure is a novel by American writer Joe R. Lansdale, based on an incomplete fragment of a Tarzan novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs which had been left unfinished at his death. The book was serialized in four parts by Dark Horse Comics, before being published as a single volume in 1995.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68495
- Title
- TARZAN OF THE APES
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
This Book’s Categories
- Fiction & Literature Action & Adventure
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Fiction & Literature Literary Studies Literary Criticism
- Fiction & Literature Science Fiction & Fantasy Science Fiction
- Fiction & Literature Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Tarzan & Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature
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