Item #14030 TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN. Edgar Rice Burroughs.

TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN ...

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1924. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-346 [347-350], inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original light brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in dark brown. First edition, first binding with "A. C. McCLURG / & CO." at base of spine panel. 10,000 copies printed. In an unknown region of Africa, Tarzan crashes his plane and is captured by a member of a violent speechless race of humans with a matriarchal stone age culture. He escapes and encounters a race 18-inch tall Ant Men whose advanced civilization possesses some advanced science. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 325. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02316. Heins AM-1. Top edge a little dusty else a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket, some light rubbing to upper corners and head of spine panel, tiny closed tear at upper spine fold, slight color fade to spine panel, front and rear panels of the four-color wraparound pictorial dust jacket (reproducing a painting by J. Allen St. John) are very bright. A lovely copy. (14030). Item #14030

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