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TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Mild rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, a nearly fine copy. (25491)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1918. First edition. Mild rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, a nearly fine copy. (25491). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-350 [351-354: ads] [355-356: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original dark green tight weave cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. A sequel to THE RETURN OF TARZAN (1915) with more lost race content ... fantastic adventures in Opar with evil priests and Lah, the High Priestess." - Teitler 195. Total of 50,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, at least two, last dated 1919. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 321. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 120. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02322. Heins JO-1.
Synopsis
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was published in 1916.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25491
- Title
- TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Mild rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, a nearly fine copy. (25491)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- SF . Fantasy
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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