Swann Galleries - 19th & 20th Century Literature

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BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE.

Tarzan of the Apes.

Half-title. Pictorial

title-page after Fred J. Arting. 8vo, original

maroon cloth, front cover ruled in blind,

front cover and spine lettered in gilt, light

dustsoiling to top-edges, textblock leaning

slightly, minor rubbing confined to gilt

rule at spine foot; facsimile dust jacket;

pencilled ownership inscription to front

flyleaf, otherwise contents clean.

McClurg, 1914

[3,000/4,000]

FIRST EDITION

FIRST ISSUE

with no “acorn”

device on the spine, and the W. F. Hall imprint

in Old English on the copyright page. The

story first appeared in the pulp magazine The

All-Story, vol. XXIV, no. 2 (October 1912).

Remarkably clean, sound copy. Peter Parley to

Penrod p.134; Zeuschner 696; Currey p. 93.

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BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE.

Tarzan and the Leopard Men.

Illustrated by J.

Allen St. John. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in red; laminated dust jacket, flap edges

creased, light rubbing to spine panel tips; small area of paper residue on title not touching

letters.

FIRST EDITION

. A clean, crisp copy.

Tarzana, (1935)

[400/600]

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BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE.

Tarzan and the Lost Empire.

Frontispiece by

A.W. Sperry. 8vo, publisher’s orange cloth lettered in black, stain to front joint, spine faded;

dust jacket, several cellotape mends on verso repairing closed tears, spine panel with verti-

cal crease and light rubbing to tips, rear panel dust-soiled; small label to front pastedown.

FIRST EDITION

. Currey’s binding (A).

NewYork:Metropolitan Books, (1929)

[500/750]