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TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Publishers, 1947. First edition. first printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed in blind by Burroughs on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzana, California." Publisher's label fixed to the front paste-down endpaper stating this book survived the infamous storeroom fire. Heins, FL-1. Zeuschner 578. The twenty ninth novel in the Tarzan series. Dust jacket and interior illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs. No evidence of fire or smoke damage to the book and the dust jacket. The faintest hint of a few spots of foxing to the endpapers. Lightest of wear to the lower edges of the boards. Near fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Signed copies of this title are very uncommon.
Synopsis
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-second in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. The book, written June-September 1944 while Burroughs was living in Honolulu and published in 1947, was the last new work by Burroughs to be published during his life (Llana of Gathol, the tenth book in the Barsoom series, was published in 1948, but it was a collection of four stories that were originally published in Amazing Stories in 1941).
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- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29059
- Title
- TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. first printing
- Publisher
- Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Tarzana, CA
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- science fiction, Tarzan, erb, adventure, fantasy, horror, supernatural.
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Paste-down
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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