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TARZAN AND THE MADMAN
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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- first
- Condition
- Cover from the ballantine paper edition tipped on to front free end paper, about the author leaf and copyright information (from
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About This Item
New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. First edition. Cover from the ballantine paper edition tipped on to front free end paper, about the author leaf and copyright information (from same paperback edition) affixed to verso of front free end paper and copyright pages respectively. Upper corners bruised, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear. (31215). Octavo, illustrations by Reed Crandall, original green cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First publication of an unpublished Tarzan novel written in 1940. See Heins QT- (T28). Zeuschner, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography, p. 391.
Synopsis
Tarzan and the Madman is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-third in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Written from January-February, 1940, the story was never published in Burroughs' lifetime. It was first published in hardcover by Canaveral Press in June, 1964, and in paperback by Ballantine Books in February, 1965.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31215
- Title
- TARZAN AND THE MADMAN
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Cover from the ballantine paper edition tipped on to front free end paper, about the author leaf and copyright information (from
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Canaveral Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Fantasy . SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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