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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG. Reprint. Hardcover. Grosset & Dunlap edition circa early 1960's with 100100 on the dust ja cket's inside front flap. Bound in green boards with black decoration on the spine and front cover and lettering on the spine. A Very Good c opy in a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing to the head and base of the sp ine, the corners, and the lower edges. Mild fading to the spine. The d ust jacket has chipping at the head and base of its spine. Rubs to the corners. Mild dust soiling to the rear panel. Map endpapers by Rafa el Palacios. Jacket art by C. Edmond Monroe. .
Synopsis
Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely-connected short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the title character Tarzan. Chronologically it is a midquel to the first Tarzan novel, Tarzan of the Apes, as the events recounted in it actually occur within Chapter 11 of that novel, between Tarzan's avenging of his ape foster mother's death and his becoming leader of his ape tribe.
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- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- SF Hardcover;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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