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TARZAN
Illus. in black-&-white by J. Allen St. John. Green cloth lettered in black, jacket. With owner's presentation inscription to front free endpaper dated Christmas, 1918. Heins T5.6; Zeuschner 489. Jacket rubbed and worn, extremity chips, tear and chip to top of front panel, lower 1½" of spine panel missing; else very good in fair to good jacket. |
Frontis. by J. Allen St. John. Red cloth lettered in black, jacket. With the original color pictorial dust jacket designed by J. Allen St. John, with wrap-around scene showing Tarzan and an army of 18-inch high men riding miniature horses. Heins T11.3; Zeuschner 534. Jacket with some chipping at the spine ends and edges, 1" tear at lower edge of front panel, corners rubbed and creased; else near fine in very good jacket. |
Illus. in color by Douglas Grant. 8¼x6, cloth-backed pictorial boards, jacket. Seventh Edition. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Edward H. Gilbert, with all good wishes, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzana, May 27, 1939." Also signed on the dedication-page by ERB's three children, to whom the book is dedicated: Joan Burroughs Pierce, Jack [i.e. John Coleman] Burroughs, and Hulbert Burroughs, and with a later signed inscription by ERB's grandson "Danton Burroughs, Sept. 213, 1989, I am so glad to know you, your friend, Danton." Joan has also signed on the front pastedown, facing her father's inscription. The twins, Dick and Doc, are captured by fierce cannibals, and do magic tricks to escape and fine Tarzan. The seven Volland editions of this book published between 1927 and 1932 were virtually identical, varying only in the edition statement on the copyright page, and in the price, which fell from $1.50 to $1.00 and finally $.75. The present copy has the rare original dust jacket. Heins T12.7; Zeuschner 656. Darkening and rubbing to the jacket, a few tears, ½x1½" piece missing from top of rear panel, tape and paper repairs on verso; else fine in very good jacket. |
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Frontis. by J. Allen St. John. Tan-grey boards lettered in blue, jacket. Tarzan rescues Jane from a tribe of bestial white men who have found the secret of eternal youth. With small gilt label of Gilbert's Books, Hollywood & Vine, at the lower right corner of the front pastedown. Heins T22.5; Zeuschner 798. Jacket with small chips at spine ends and corners, near fine in like jacket. |
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Illus. with 5 plates by John Coleman Burroughs. Blue cloth lettered in orange, jacket. First Edition. Tarzan and his friends join the Dutch guerillas in Japanese-held Sumatra during World War II. The is the last Tarzan story to be published before Burroughs' death in 1950, drawn from his own experiences as a correspondent during World War II. Jacket with thin darkened streak along rear joint, else near fine in like jacket. |
Illus. by Reed Crandall. Green cloth lettered in black, jacket. First Edition. First publication of this Tarzan novel written in 1940 but which never appeared in magazine form. Zeuschner 649. Fine in fine jacket. |
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Illus. by Franz Frazetta. Dark green cloth lettered in black, jacket. First Edition. First book publication of three stories which appeared in magazines in 1940 and 1941: Tarzan and the Champion; Tarzan and the Jungle Murders; and The Quest of Tarzan. With label on the copyright page correcting the erroneous copyright dates. Zeuschner 546. Fine in fine jacket. |
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