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TARZAN THE TERRIBLE ..
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Top edge of text block dusty, owner's name inked out on front free endpaper, a tight, very good copy with clean binding in good
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. First edition, first printing. Top edge of text block dusty, owner's name inked out on front free endpaper, a tight, very good copy with clean binding in good or better four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with light wear along top and bottom edges with shallow loss at corner tips and at top and bottom edges of rear spine fold, two tiny chips from front panel, one at lower edges, the other at upper edge, several tiny closed tears at edges, four with very small internal tape mends, and some general dust soiling to spine and rear panels. The scarce jacket is attractive overall. (25731). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-408, nine inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, one map, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. The eighth Tarzan book, a sequel to TARZAN THE UNTAMMED (1920). Seeking Jane, Tarzan enters the land of Pal-ul-don, inhabited by black and white races, both with tails, and prehistoric beasts. A total of 45,000 copies of the McClurg edition were printed. There were multiple printings, at least two, last dated 1922. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 323. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 126. Teitler 197. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02334. Heins TTe-1.
Synopsis
Tarzan the Terrible is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eighth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly in the issues for February 12, 19, and 26 and March 5, 12, 19, and 26, 1921; the first book edition was published in June, 1921 by A. C. McClurg.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25731
- Title
- TARZAN THE TERRIBLE ..
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Top edge of text block dusty, owner's name inked out on front free endpaper, a tight, very good copy with clean binding in good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . SF
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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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