With 4 plates of stills from the 1927 movie directed by J.P. McGowan. Orange cloth lettered in black, facsimile of the original color pictorial dust jacket.
Photo play edition, signed on the front free endpaper by Burroughs, members of the cast, and persons involved in the production of the movie and publication of this book. These include: Edgar Rice Burroughs; James H. Pierce, who played Tarzan and, incidentally, later became ERB's son-in-law, marrying his eldest daughter Joan; Jno. P. McGowan, the director; Joseph P. Kennedy (yes, the father of JFK and RFK), who was a financial backer, shifting some of his money from the illicit liquor trade into film distribution; Boris Karloff, who played Ozawa; D'Arcy Corrigan, who played Weesimbo; Rober Bolder, who played John Peebles; Harold Goodwin, who played Burton Bradney; Frederick Peters, who played Esteban Miranda; publishers Alexander Grosset and George Dunlap; and five others. With a later inscription on the front pastedown, by Burroughs' wife, "This copy was given to me by my husband Edgar Rice Borroughs, April 4, 1936. Florence Gilbert Burroughs," and thirty years later, "(This book was ERB's own copy, which he gave to Florence while they were married. Edward Gilbert, Dec. 30, 1996)." The color pictorial dust jacket, of which the present example is a facsimile, features James Pierce as Tarzan, with a lion. Heins T10.3a; Zeuschner 585.