Tarzan and The Ant Men First Edition

Name: Tarzan and The Ant Men First Edition
Brand: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. Tarzan and The Ant Men First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. Mixed edition. The first edition McClurg sheets and title page bound in Grosset & Dunlap orange cloth lettered in black, with Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket. Referenced in Heins, ERB Bibliography AM-2; Zeuschner, ERB Bibliography 533; and Lukes, ERB G&D Bibliography; book 14-1, jacket 14-1. Has some condition issues. Damage and fading to cover and spine. Foxing and water damage to first and last few pages. No dust jacket. Some missing corners of pages but no loss of content. Fair condition. Grosset & Dunlap/A.C. McClurg & Co., New York, 1925. Hardcover. First Grosset & Dunlap edition. 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 No dust jacket. Some water damage to cover and first couple of pages, but otherwise good. Back page slightly torn from spine.

Creator:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author)

Dimensions:

Height: 7.6 in (19.31 cm)Width: 5.3 in (13.47 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)

Style:

Romantic (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper,Engraved

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

Early 20th Century