This marks the dawn of a legend tarzan of the apes. First edition of the sixth book in burroughs epic tarzan series. I have many old books and im wondering if they have any value. Come take a tour, visit our exhibitions, and view the gorgeous main reading room. Red cloth binding, titles in black, frontispiece illustrated by j. Edgar rice burroughs wrote great stories and every one is a treasure to me. There he had to learn the secrets of the wild to survivehow to talk with animals, swing through the trees, and fight against the great predators. Tarzan is far more savage and true to the nature of the jungle.
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This collection of the first eight tarzan novels is sure to surprise you. If you like good adventure you need to read these books. Tarzan of the apes by edgar rice burroughs loyal books. Summary ballantine books blurb deep in the savage african jungle, the baby tarzan was raised by a fierce sheape of the tribe of kerchak. Tarzan and the valley of gold 1966 by friz leiber fer heavens sake. Six interesting facts about edgar rice burroughs, the. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes of his tribe, who are neither white nor hairless, he nevertheless regards them as his people.
Tarzan big little books thank you edgar rice burroughs for creating a character that made my imagination run wild as a kid. Tarzan of the apes is absolutely worthy of 55 stars. The adventures of tarzan 1921, 2006 tarzan and the tarzan twins 19271936 written for children. Tarzan apes by edgar rice burroughs, 1914 abebooks. Book has date of 1914, but this is probably the 1927 american edition. Grosset began publishing during the early part of the century with the reprinting of the tarzan books and was an established publisher of juvenile series books such as nancy drew, hardy boys, rick brant, et. The series consists of 24 official books, along with several authorized and unauthorized sequels. Tarzan and the ant men not series not set not apes by. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Tarzan the apeman is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the african jungles by the mangani great apes. Formatted specifically for the nook with an interactive table of contents, this volume contains the following. Created by edgar rice burroughs, tarzan first appeared in the novel tarzan of the apes, and then in twentyfive sequels, three. Tarzan of the apes is burroughs exciting, if improbable, story of an english lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly african ape who raises him as her own. Tarzan lord of the jungle has a broad selection of characters and takes in various scenes, from explorers to knights its got you hooked. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. This collection chronicles the wild and savage tales of tarzan, a boy isolated from civility and raised by apes. Feedback directory price results news help consign.
Tarzan of the apes by edgar rice burroughs and a great selection of related books. Jungle tales tarzan by burroughs, first edition abebooks. Burroughs himself wrote 24 sequels, and the first of many movie versions came along quickly. Tarzan and the well of slaves 1985 by douglas niles isbn 0. The complete tarzan collection by edgar rice burroughs. The story follows tarzans adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle, to his eventual encounters with other humans and western society. It has been written on n on first page and that is all i have found. According to the heins bibliography, this issue was released circa 1927. The lad and the lion debuted in 1917 and starred the girl with the milliondollar smile vivian reed. Tarzan, jane, korak and the waziri battle poachers led by a man who calls himself the red hyena. Putnams sons in 1982 and today is part of penguin random house through its subsidiary penguin group today, through the penguin group, they publish approximately 170 titles a year, including licensed childrens books for such properties as miss spider, strawberry shortcake, super why. The ape man, feeling rootless in the wake of his noble sacrifice of his prospects of wedding jane porter, leaves america for europe to visit his friend paul darnot.
The return of tarzan, published 1915 tarzan the terrible, 1921 son of tarz read more. Tarzan and the jewels of opar by burroughs, edgar rice. Tarzan lord of the jungle edgar rice burroughs grosset. When tarzan was a year old, his mother died of natural causes, and his father was killed by kerchak, leader of the ape tribe into which tarzan was adopted. Tarzan of the apes erb firsts first edition books by edgar rice.
Collecting tarzan of the apes by burroughs, edgar rice first. His shrewd business acumen and marketing blitzkrieg ensured that tarzan burst upon the world in the form of novels, comicstrips, films and merchandise. Tarzan apes by edgar rice burroughs, first edition, 1914. After some time a new white party gets marooned and one of them is a beautiful woman, the first white one tarzan has ever seen named jane porter. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Tarzan, lord of the jungle tarzan finds an outpost of european knights and crusaders from a forbidden valley hidden in the mountains. More information about this seller contact this seller 8. Putnams sons and now they are owned by penguin random house. In the case of most erb books, a dust jacket in especially good condition can enhance the value of a book five to ten times over. Once he got in the groove of his profession, burroughs shunned rough drafts and rejected any excuse to take time off from writing.
Condition is near mint for its age, hardcover with no dust jacket. The son of tarzan by edgar rice burroughs is for sale. Tarzan is the son of a british lord and lady who were marooned on the west coast of africa by mutineers. The return of tarzan is a novel written by edgar rice burroughs, the second in his series of books about the title character tarzan. William cecil clayton is also among them and is the cousin as well as the usurper of the english estate of tarzan. So its a testament to edgar rice burroughs lasting qualities that, despite this prior knowledge, i was still enthralled. Most erb jackets have beautiful color art on the covers, but not all of them do. Tarzan and the jewels of opar and millions of other books are available for instant.
When my bedroom door was closed my room turned into a jungle and i imagined myself as tarzan of the apes. Tarzan made his first appearance in the novel tarzan of the apes in 1912. Edgar rice burroughs was an american novelist who turned to fiction writing after an unsuccessful stint as a pencil sharpener salesman. James bergens bibliography also has much of the detail. Burroughs was the first writer of fiction to shrewdly exploit his creation in a manner which is now considered. Jacket lightly rubbed at extremities with 1 small chip to top of front cover and a tiny bit of loss to bottom of spine. Tarzan and the jewels of opar is a novel written by edgar rice burroughs, the fifth in his series of books about the title character tarzan. Below is a list of the official tarzan books by edgar rice burroughs in order of when they were originally published. The son of tarzan original publishers red binding with read more. His lion ally jadbalja puts in an appearance late in the book.
Tarzan of the apes is a novel written by edgar rice burroughs, the first in a series of. View each novel as originally published in various pulp fiction magazines, from the early 10s, 20s. Tarzan books edgar rice burroughs uk first editions. Despite having tarzan in their titles and leading into the events of tarzan and the lost empire, the two tarzan twins books sometimes published together as tarzan and the tarzan twins are not traditionally considered part of the tarzan sequence and so are left out of the standard numbering, probably because they were intended for a.
A shrewd businessman, burroughs built and promoted the tarzan franchise in many media during his lifetime and left a lasting legacy in the town of tarzana, built on the site of his san fernando valley ranch. Published on june 6, 1914, this is edgar rice burroughs first novel to come out in. Tarzan of the apes is a novel by american writer edgar rice burroughs, the first in a series of twentyfour books about the title character tarzan. Six interesting facts about edgar rice burroughs, the author of tarzan. Burroughs wrote nearly 80 books, including 26 tarzan stories. Tarzan, lord of the jungle marks an important transition in the plottype presented in the tarzan series, presaged by the earlier tarzan the.
Publisher s brown cloth, dark brownstamped front board and spine, dust jacket. I have a set of tarzan books that are showing their age. Tarzan the terrible is a novel written by edgar rice burroughs, the eighth in. The strapping hero is saddled with added extraterrestrial superpowers in a questionable attempt to ape modern scifi fantasies, writes mark kermode. Soon tarzan is starting to be liked by the ape tribe and at last he attacks kerchak. Curiously, the first edgar rice burroughs story to make it to the big screen was not a tarzan tale. Tarzan big little book for sale rare tarzan comics. It was first published in the pulp magazine the allstory in october 1912. This story of an orphaned waif adventuring among arab nomads had some tarzanlike elements and didnt cost a whole lot to make. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Experience the 25 tales of tarzan as written by famed author edgar rice burroughs. The novel picks up where tarzan of the apes left off.
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