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Tarzan of the Apes
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Early reprint of the first in the Tarzan series. Bright red boards with black print gently bumped with a touch of rubbing to the corners and spine ends. Binding square and solid, drip mark to the upper edge of the text block, not affecting the pages. Previous owner's name, dated April 7, 1930, on the front end paper. Frontispiece is a black and white silhouette of the front jacket illustration. Jacket lightly rubbed with small chips and tears, plus a 2" tear and crease to the lower front flap fold and the upper rear spine fold. 24 Burroughs titles on the verso of the jacket, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210087
- Title
- Tarzan of the Apes
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction/Fantasy; Fiction;
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About the Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota
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MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
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