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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. Half-title, vignette title page, 377pp., illustrated with 5 full-page black and white plates by J. Allen St. John. The later edition has "Second" printing on the copyright page. A very handsome copy bound in green cloth lettered in brown, in the very rare pictorial dust jacket showing some edgewear minute chipping to spine ends, a few tiny edge tears, rubbing or soiling to rear panel. No names or bookplates. (Bergen p. 35).
Synopsis
Stimbol drew his hunting knife from his scabbard. He would slip its point through the wild man’s heart...The ape man moved – consciousness was returning. Stimbol realised that he must act quickly and at the same instant a great hairy man reached out through the foliage and a might hand closed over his shoulders. With a screaming curse he turned to look into the hideous face of Bolgani. He tried to strike at the shaggy breast of his antagonist with his hunting knife, but the puny weapon was torn from his grasp and hurled into the bushes. The great yellow fangs were bared against his throat as Tarzan opened his eyes...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028228
- Title
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A.C. McClurg and Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition Tarzan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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