Sale 626: Fine Literature, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Daryl Litchfield Collection of Arkham House & H.P. Lovecraft (#626) 10/05/2017 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 161 of 327:
Tarzan of the Apes, first edition 1914  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$840
Estimate:
$500 - $800

Title:
Tarzan of the Apes

Author:
Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Place:
Chicago

Publisher:
A.C. McClurg & Co.

Date:
1914

Description:

Title-page illustration by Fred J. Arting. (8vo), red cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. First Edition. 

Burroughs' first book, and the first volume in his signature series, in which Tarzan, the son of an English nobleman, is raised in the jungle by a she-ape, falls in love with Jane Porter, and journeys to America to find her. 


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Condition:
Some wear to cloth, with area of light bubbling to top board, rubbing to joints and extremities, corners lightly bumped; light foxing and some finger soiling to endpapers, light dampstain to bottom page edge through p.7, not affecting text, scattered light foxing and occasional bits of finger soiling; very good.


 
Item number:
286557
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