TARZAN THE UNTAMED ...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-428, nine inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition, first printing. Tarzan fights with the British against the Germans in Africa during World War I. The lost city of Xuja, inhabited by a race of people so ingrown that they are all mad, is found in North Africa. There were multiple printings, at least two, totaling 77,000 copies, the last dated 1921. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 322. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 127. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02335. Heins TU-1]. A fine, bright copy in about good, bright four-color pictorial dust jacket (reproducing painting by J. Allen St. John on front panel) with 22x40 chip from lower spine end with loss of publisher's imprint, 10x20 mm v-chip from top left upper spine end, 50 mm ragged closed tear along front spine fold with associated wrinkles to spine and front panels and internal tape mends, several other closed tears mainly along folds with internal tape mends, wear and fraying at corners, and some light dust soling to spine and rear panels. The front panel is bright and attractive. (15278). Item #15278
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