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Tarzan and the Foreign Legion - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Edition: First Edition; First Printing Size: 8vo; [10], 11-314, [2] pages Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1947, Tarzana, CA Illustrator: Illustrated by Burroughs, John Coleman [Book #45181] A attractive First Edition/First Printing in better than Very Good condition, lightly soiled in alike, little edgeworn dust-jacket . [Zeuscher 578]; A combination of circumstances and a mishap of war-stranded Tarzan of the Apes in the mountains of Japanese-held Sumatra nearly two and one-half years after the invasion. Here, in company with American fliers, natives, Dutch guerrillas, a Chinese, a Dutch girl, and the granddaughter of a Borneo head-hunter, he found full scope for his marvelous, jungle-trained senses. (from the dust-jacket) . The last Tarzan story published by ERB, Inc. , and the last Tarzan story published during Burroughs's lifetime. It was inspired by ERB's activities as a war correspondent. It was written between June and September 1944, during World War II while he was living in Honolulu; B & W Illustrations
Price: $300.00
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Edgar Rice Burroughs (Sept. 1, 1875 – Mar. 19, 1950), Chicago born author, best known for his creation of the jungle legend Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter. By 1911, after seven years of low wages, he was working as a pencil sharpener wholesaler and began to write fiction. Aiming his work at pulp fiction magazines, his first story Under the Moons of Mars was serialized in 1912. He soon took up writing full-time and by the time Under the Moons of Mars had finished, he had completed two novels, including Tarzan of the Apes. Burroughs also wrote popular science fiction and fantasy stories involving Earthly adventurers transported to various planets (e.g., Barsoom, Burroughs' fictional name for Mars, and Amtor, his for Venus). Tarzan was a cultural sensation when introduced and remains one of the most successful fictional characters of all times. Award Info |