15-tarzan-and-other-assorted-hardcover-titles-from-edgar-rice-burroughs
Lot 2186
(15) Tarzan and other Assorted Hardcover Titles from Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
All small 8vo, all with frontispiece, to include:


J. Allen St. John, illus. TARZAN THE TERRIBLE. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1930]. Later reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine. 408pp. with map and glossary, plus advertisements and plates. Zeuschner 756. (Light stains and wear to boards with corners bumped, light creasing to spine with wear to head and tail, slight separation from text block; writing on front free endpaper, pages lightly toned with occasional light finger grime, one page with small corner chip, small dents at front endpapers; good to very good, lacking jacket.)

TARZAN AND THE ANT MAN. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [ca. late 1920s]. Later reprint. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine, in illustrated jacket. 346pp., plus advertisements. Zeuschner 534. (Lower board with staining and residue, light wear and creasing to spine including fraying at tail, slight separation from text block; pages toned, with light foxing concentrated at edges, writing on front free endpaper, small stains and offsetting to rear endpapers; jacket with losses and tears, red staining from cover to interior; good in fair jacket.)

J. Allen St. John, illus. TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1929]. Later reprint, early G&D jacket. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine, in illustrated jacket. 377pp. plus plates. Zeuschner 684. (Boards with light wear and mild creasing at spine, some separation from text block; interior with light toning, occasional small stain, and minor foxing concentrated at endpapers; jacket toned with foxing, small losses and tears, faint damp stain at bottom edge; good to very good in fair jacket.)

TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE. New York: Metropolitan Books and Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. “Mixed edition.” Frontispiece by A.W. Sperry. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine, top edge stained green, in illustrated jacket. 313pp. Zeuschner 639. (Spine with some staining, creasing, and rubbing to head and tail, slight separation from text block; pages lightly toned with occasional minor stain and some foxing at endpapers and preliminaries, previous owner's name on free endpaper; jacket with staining/residue to interior, edgewear, spine lightly toned, with tears and small losses; good to very good in good jacket.)

Studley O. Burroughs, illus. TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1933]. First G&D reprint, later jacket. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine, top edge green, in illustrated jacket. 318pp. plus advertisements. Zeuschner 734. (Boards with light wear including small areas of residue and corners bumped with one bent, spine with light creasing and wear at head and tail, slight separation from text block; pages lightly toned with minor staining and creasing, previous owner’s name on front free endpaper; jacket with creases, tears, and small losses, spine sunned; good to very good in good jacket.)

Studley Burroughs, illus. TARZAN TRIUMPHANT. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1934]. Later reprint with (4) pages of ads, earliest G&D jacket. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine, top edge green, in illustrated jacket. 318pp. plus advertisements and plates. Zeuschner 785. (Boards with small stains, spine with wear at head and tail including small tear at head, slight separation from text block; pages lightly toned, with occasional foxing, small stain, and offsetting, previous owner’s name on first free endpaper; jacket toned with light grime, small chips and tears, and staining; good in fair to good jacket.)

Frank E. Schoonover., illus. A PRINCESS OF MARS. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1920-30s]. Later reprint. Olive green cloth-covered boards stamped in orange on cover and spine. 326, [1]pp., plus advertisements and plates. Zeuschner 424. (Boards with small stains, light wear and browning at edges, spine creased, toned, and faded, with head and tail rubbed, separation from text block; pages toned with occasional small stain or spot of foxing, owner’s name and date on first free endpaper, one page separated from binding; fair to good copy, lacking jacket.)

THE GODS OF MARS. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. late 1920s]. Later reprint. Frontispiece by Frank E. Schoonover. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine with green arc design, in illustrated jacket. 348pp. Zeuschner 178. (Corners lightly bumped, spine with light residue, creasing, and wear to head and tail; edges foxed; endpapers and title page with foxing and edge chips, one corner folded; jacket toned with small stains, and edgewear including tears and small losses; good in good jacket.)

THE WARLORD OF MARS. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1930s]. Later reprint. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Hardcover. Yellow cloth-covered boards stamped in black on cover and spine. 296pp. plus advertisements. Zeuschner 831. (Boards with light marks and scuffs, spine creased with wear at head and tail; pages lightly toned, edges with foxing, one page with small margin loss, staining and foxing to several pages, previous owner’s name and date and light grime on first free endpaper; separation from text block; fair to good, lacking jacket.)


Each 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.