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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. J. Allen St. John. Red textured paper over boards, title stamped in black onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-1/4 inches tall), pp. v, [vi], 309, Tarzan illustration printed at head of title page. Volume with light wear to bottom edges and toning to text. DJ with white portions toned and what appear to be very unnecessary paper-tape reinforcements to edge corners verso. The Madison Square Edition, the last to use the sensational Allen St. John DJ artwork, prior to switching to the less desirable E. Monroe cover artwork later in the 1940's. Ref. Bergen, p. 37.
Synopsis
Stimbol drew his hunting knife from his scabbard. He would slip its point through the wild man’s heart...The ape man moved – consciousness was returning. Stimbol realised that he must act quickly and at the same instant a great hairy man reached out through the foliage and a might hand closed over his shoulders. With a screaming curse he turned to look into the hideous face of Bolgani. He tried to strike at the shaggy breast of his antagonist with his hunting knife, but the puny weapon was torn from his grasp and hurled into the bushes. The great yellow fangs were bared against his throat as Tarzan opened his eyes...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1279
- Title
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Illustrator
- J. Allen St. John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
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