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Burroughs, Edgar Rice.
The Lad and the Lion.
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Tarzana;
Date of Publication: 1938
Stock Code: 14447
First Edition, First Issue with all issue points conforming to the standard bibliographies. Hardcover octavo, pp., 317, plus five black-and-white plates by Burroughs’s son, John Edgar. Grosset & Dunlap jacket, indicating this volume was remaindered but is nonetheless a first edition. Typical ERB royal blue cloth, red-lettering to spine and upper board. Upper edge dyed red. Light soiling to jacket, damp stain to upper panel, slight tear to upper panel. A few scuffs to cloth. Slight even toning to contents, as usual. Overall, a very good copy. This edition scarce with the jacket. ERB’s fiftieth book, significantly expanded from the 1914 magazine story. £200.00