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Burroughs, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan of the Apes.
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York;
Date of Publication: 1960
Stock Code: 10254
Sixth Edition and the First by Grosset and Dunlap, with "1914" McClurg copyright date to verso title page. Octavo, pp. 392. Frontispiece of original title page silhouette Publishers’ scarlet cloth with black titles to spine and upper board in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Spine lightly rubbed with “36” inscribed in white and small stain; unobtrusive faint splash stains to upper board, lower corner bruised. Contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket lightly surface soiled but bright, with a few nicks & creases to edge and associated minor loss. A Very Good copy in like jacket. First in the popular series of adventure stories featuring Tarzan aka John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, raised by apes in the jungle following the death of his parents after a mutiny at sea. The tale was such a success that many sequels followed, with film and comic adaptations over decades. £85.00