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Sale 261: 19th & 20th Century Literature (#261) 04/08/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/08/2003 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #55 The Son of Tarzan

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$93.75

Estimate: $150 - $250

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Description

Title:

The Son of Tarzan

Author:

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Place Published:

Chicago

Publisher:

McClurg

Date Published:

1917

Description:

Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Green cloth lettered in gilt. First Edition, First Printing.

True first printing without the dedication-page to Hulbert Burroughs. Burroughs requested that the book be dedicated to Hulbert, but the publisher neglected to include the page in the first printing. All subsequent McClurg printings have the dedication page. Jack metamophoses into Korak the Killer after moving into the African jungle. Heins ST-1; Zeuschner 485.

Condition:

Light shelf wear, spine leaning a bit; faint foxing to endpapers, first few page margins lightly dampstained; still a very good copy.

Item#:

129076
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