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TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE..
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Lower front panel has a slight bump in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of edge rubbing and a hint of age darkening to spine
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Books Publishers, [1929]. First edition, first binding. Lower front panel has a slight bump in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of edge rubbing and a hint of age darkening to spine lettering. A superior copy. (14031). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-313 [314: blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by A. W. Sperry, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 327. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 122. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02325. Heins LE-2.
Synopsis
Tarzan and the Lost Empire is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, generally considered the twelfth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan (the previous book, Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins, being omitted from the enumeration on the grounds that it was written for younger readers).
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14031
- Title
- TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE..
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Lower front panel has a slight bump in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of edge rubbing and a hint of age darkening to spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first binding
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1929]
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . SF
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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