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Tarzan of the Apes: The Artist Edition
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Tarzan of the Apes: The Artist Edition Leather bound - 2021

by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. ERB, 2021. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. New/New. Sanjulian/Frazetta/Brom, et al.. As new in leather clamshell case. Limited to 600 numbered/signed sets. This gorgeous new set is the sixth title in the ERB Limited Edition Collection. Leather bound, signed by four of the artists, and contributors Michael Dirda and Thomas Yeates. The book features: two wraparound dust jackets, (one a newly commissioned work by Sanjulian, and the other, a new version of the first edition dust jacket redesigned by Phil Normand). Also features (28) tipped in color plates including a 4-page fold-out featuring artwork by Frazetta, Brom, Foster, Manchess, St. John, Jones, Adams, Miller, Arting, Yeates, Kubert, Pettee, Patrick, Jusko, Hogarth and more. In addition are 100 b&w Illustrations throughout the text by a host of artists and featuring 22 full-page illustrations for Tarzan of the Apes by Zdenek Burian and a 16-page Tarzan Artists Sketch. Plus as an added bonus, is an Artifact Portfolio (1912-1914) - which includes replicas of editor letters, manuscript pages, Munsey's check to ERB, the ALL-STORY Oct. pulp cover, contents and title pages (1912), the illustrated first installment of the first Tarzan of the Apes newspaper serialization (1913) & the A. C. McClurg advertising postcard, illustrated order form & the first edition book contract. (1914), a vintage style pen with gold grip and gold-plated Esterbrook nib; a replica of the pen used by ERB to create Tarzan of the Apes and finally, a die cast numbered color stamp (2 x 3) reproduction in metal of the rare 1914 advertising stamp designed by ERB to promote the first edition of Tarzan of the Apes using Fred Artings dust jacket art and design. All inside the custom case. A fantastic collectible! PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A HEAVY SET AND WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING TO YOUR DESTINATION.
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About this book

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.

First Edition Identification

First edition, first state has the printer's name set in two lines of Old English type, Publisher's crimson cloth without acorn device on spine. A.C. McClurg printed a total of 10,000 First Edition copies of "Tarzan of the Apes", with approximations of 5000 of the 1st state, 2500 of the 2nd state, and 2500 of the 3rd state.

First editions generally run around $3,000,-$5,000 but can be up to $35,000.

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