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Tarzan at the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Bookseller: John McCormick
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 005159
- Format: Hardcover
- Jacket condition: Good
- Illustrator: J. Allen St. John (wraparound dust jacket and frontispiece)
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: New York: Metropolitan Books 1st Edition 1930
Description
New York: Metropolitan Books 1st Edition 1930. ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION, with green cloth, black lettering, Metropolitan on the spine, 301 pages, and the St. John frontispiece. Zeuschner 665. The front panel of the book and the spine have slight wrinkles, there is some spine edgewear, a small bump to the bottom of the front boards, former owner pen name and small coloured stamp inside the front boards and on the free front endpaper, some modest soiling to the boards. The book is very solid and square, the overall condition being VG+. The mylar-protected Metropolitan jacket has pieces out of the spine extremities and fold corners, small tears to the top and bottom of the panels, and some ancient clear tape repairs to the inside of part of the flap folds. The flap edges appear to have been slightly trimmed (perhaps they came that way), but the original $2.00 price is still present. The overall jacket condition is good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by J. Allen St. John (wraparound dust jacket and frontispiece).
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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