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Tarzan of the Apes

by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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  • Hardcover
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NY: A. C. McClurg & Company. Good. 1914. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First state. Covers are rubbed at the spine ends and corners, with some water spotting. Spine is dulled, with a vertical crease. Interior hinges are untouched, but the book appears shaken, with some signatures slightly proud. Owner's inscription on the fep, and below the text on the last page. Well read, but certainly a desirable reading copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 401 pages .

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
Robert's Bookshop US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
21685
Title
Tarzan of the Apes
Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Publisher
A. C. McClurg & Company
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1914
Keywords
Fiction, Classic

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Shaken
A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Reading Copy
Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
First State
used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...

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