The Big Swingers: Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) & Tarzan (1912-____)
by FENTON, Robert W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and a pseudo-biography of his best-known creation, Tarzan. Burroughs began the journey of Tarzan by writing stories featuring his famous character, then he added full-length novels which were made into popular movies and a very successful comic strip. With several black & white photos, often showing the various men who played Tarzan in the several movies made from the books of Mr. Burroughs. --- In full tobacco brown cloth-covered boards with spine titling in green; green topstain. Volume in jacket with photographic portraits of Burroughs and Tarzan (as portrayed by Elmo Lincoln) to cover. --- A tightly-bound, sound copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Price-clipped jacket with chafing, minor sunning to spine and a few small tears, else bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xvi, 258 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85959
- Title
- The Big Swingers: Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) & Tarzan (1912-____)
- Author
- FENTON, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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