Tarzan and the Foreign Legion

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1947. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Stated First Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very GOod+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a very beginning bump to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some beginning rubbing to the spine and doesn't show any of the smoke damage from the warehouse fire of May 3rd, 1958 that damaged or destroyed so much of the stock held there. There is a tiny chip missing from the top front flap joint, and another missing from the bottom front spine joint. "Written in 1944 but not published until 1947 (and with no magazine serialization) , this was the last Tarzan book by Edgar Rice Burroughs, penned only a few years before his death. It`s also one of the very best in the entire series. Stationed as a war correspondent in Hawaii, Burroughs broke with tradition in many ways with this book. Where the preceding dozen novels had become increasingly repetitious and predictable, here there are real surprises. The writing style is crisp, wry, with sharper pacing and neater characterizaton than had been seen in years. With this last book, Burroughs seemed to take a fresh look at his most famous creation and see him from a different angle." (from ERBzine) .