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Tarzan of the Apes

by BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE

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Very early reprint edition; front hinge mended, else very good in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in Honolulu in 1941.
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New York: A.L. Burt, c. 1915. Very early reprint edition; front hinge mended, else very good in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in Honolulu in 1941.

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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Bookseller
Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc. US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
15322P
Title
Tarzan of the Apes
Author
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE
Book Condition
Used - Very early reprint edition; front hinge mended, else very good in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in Honolulu in 1941.
Publisher
A.L. Burt
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
c. 1915

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About Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

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Inscribed
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Hinge
The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Jacket
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