Tarzan first edition5/30/2023 ![]() This is the first appearance of the Lord of the Jungle in hardback” (Zeuschner 696). “ Tarzan of the Apes is the third story Burroughs wrote, but is the first hardback book Burroughs published. I did not think it was a very good story and I doubted if it would sell.” Of course, it not only sold-it first appeared, complete, in the October 1912 issue of All-Story-but also inaugurated a series of fantastic adventure tales that “exceeded the wildest dream of author and editors alike and triggered a phenomenon unprecedented in publishing history” (Taliaferro, 13). Long after his most famous character became an icon in the reading and movie-going publics’ imaginations, Burroughs recalled, “I wrote Tarzan of the Apes evenings and holidays… in longhand on the backs of old letterheads and odd pieces of paper. ![]() Small octavo, original burgundy cloth gilt.įirst edition, first state of the first Tarzan book, “a landmark in popular fiction” (Fantasy and Horror 5-47), with illustrated title page. “THE YOUNG LORD GREYSTOKE BEAT UPON HIS MIGHTY BREAST AND SCREAMED OUT ONCE MORE HIS SHRILL CRY OF DEFIANCE”: FIRST EDITION OF TARZAN OF THE APESīURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. ![]()
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