Search Results: Tarzan Consignment from Glenn Books

Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1917. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Small defect in cloth front joint. Book is very slightly squint. Previous owner's name front pastedown. Front hinge weakened top third. Text illustrations by J. Allen St. John. "Published, March, 1917"{ on copyright page.Collated complete. A very good copy of the first printing with NO dedication page, supplied with a FACSIMILE dust jacket. . McClurg published four printings of this title, the fourth in the Tarzan series, for a total of 32,000 copies. Korak, the ape name for John Clayton llll, Earl of Greystoke, was the son of Tarzan and Jane Porter. 394pp.. First Edition, First Printing. Light Green Cloth. Light Corner Wear, Soiling/Facsimile Jacket. Octavo.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1914. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt.Rubbing both joints and corners. See photos. "Published, June, 1914" on copyright page. First issue cover without the acorn at foot of spine. "W.F. Hall Printing Co." at foot of copyright page in Old English type-face. A single illustration on title-page. Supplied with a FACSIMILE first edition dust jacket. This is the author's first novel published in a hard cover, AND it is the first book in the Tarzan series. McClurg published a total of 10,000 copies of the three issues of the first edition. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was an American author in the genres of adveenture, science fiction, and fantasy, best-known for his characters Tarzan and John Carter. Tarzana's name was derived from the ape-words "Tar" and "Zan" meaning white skin, the name bestowed on him by his foster mother Kala, the great she-ape. 401pp.. First Edition, First Issue. Maroon Cloth. General Moderate Cover… Read More