THE LAD AND THE LION.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-317 [318: blank] [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Burroughs on the front free end paper. Adventure fiction set in contemporary North Africa. The Lad and the Lion, a 1917 silent film made by the Selig Polyscope Company was the first motion picture based on a Burroughs story. [Reference: Reginald 02287. Heins LL-1]. Front hinge cracked, some stains to front free end paper, some stains and foxing throughout, covers rubbed with spine a bit darkened, a good to very good copy in a nearly fine later state (non-laminated) dust jacket with some fade to the orange ink of the spine panel. The jacket is no doubt a mate. (31865). Item #31865
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