BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes. New York: Grosset & Dunlop. [1914 stated] circa 1930s.
8vo. Original red cloth lettered in black with an illustrated wraparound dust jacket; pp. [8], 392; previous owners stamp to end paper, minimal scuffing to foot of spine, delicate and slightly split inner hinge, loss to dust jacket on lower corner and foot of spine; otherwise very good copy.
Reprint of the first edition. The very first in the classic Tarzan series, comprised of 24 titles, the famous Tarzan of the Apes follows the trajectory of a boy into a man, who is raised in the African jungle after being abandoned in West Africa and adopted by apes. Tarzan rises into the authority of King of the Apes but must defeat the invasion of Western society whilst securing the affections of the notorious Jane Porter.
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