Fantasy
THE BEASTS OF TARZAN.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-336 [337] [338-340] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 19,500 copies printed. The third Tarzan novel. Tarzan searches for Jane and his kidnapped son. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 317. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 105. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02272. Heins BTa-1. Zeuschner 43.
THE CHESSMEN OF MARS.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-375 [376: blank], eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, eight inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. 12,500 copies printed. Fifth book of the Mars series. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 308. Heins CM-1.
THE ETERNAL LOVER ...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-316, inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. 5000 copies printed. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-60. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 316. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 332. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 107. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02280. Heins EL-1.
THE ETERNAL LOVER.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-316, inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-60. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 316. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 332. Heins EL-1.
JUNGLE GIRL ...
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], six inserted plates with illustrations by Studley O. Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. An American explorer finds a flourishing ancient civilization in the interior of Cambodia. The second and scarcest book published by Burroughs's publishing company. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 109. Teitler 214. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02285. Heins JG-1.
JUNGLE GIRL.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], six inserted plates with illustrations by Studley O. Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. An American explorer discovers an ancient civilization in the interior jungles of Cambodia. The second and scarcest book published by Burroughs's publishing company. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 109. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02285. Heins JG-1.
JUNGLE GIRL.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1932]. Octavo. pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], six inserted plates with illustrations by Studley O. Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. An American explorer discovers an ancient civilization in the interior jungles of Cambodia. The second and scarcest book published by Burroughs's publishing company. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 109. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Heins JG-1.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN.
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [1922]. Octavo, cloth. Reprint. Heins JT-5.
THE LAD AND THE LION.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. Octavo, five illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, cloth. Later edition. Text offset from that of the 1938 Edgar Rice Burroughs edition. 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. Not in Heins. Zeuschner, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography, pp. 150-151.
THE MAD KING.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-365 [366: blank], inserted frontispiece withillustration by J. Allen St. John, original dark blue cloth, front panel stamped in orange and blind, spine panel stamped in orange. First edition. First state with textual errors on pages 12 and 92 (later corrected with cancel leaves). A swashbuckling adventure novel of high romance and intrigue set in the imaginary European kingdom of Lutha. Heins MK-1.
THE MOON MAID.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1926. Octavo. pp. [1-8] 1-412, inserted frontispiece with illustration by J. Allen St. John. jacket illustration by J. Allen St. John, Original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Considered by some critics the best of Burroughs science fiction stories. The magazine versions were re-written for the book publication. It is a future history/future war/alien invasion story. After a world war which finally ends in 1967 a peaceful world turns to space and lands on the Moon. Unfortunately the Moon is inhabited by an unfriendly race and a evil genius on earth links with them and eventually the Earth is invaded and becomes subjugated. Civilization in the U.S. descends into nomadic tribes. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-11; (1995) 2-11; and (2004) 11-193. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 334. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 112. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02298. Heins MMa-1.
THE MOON MAID: COMPLETE AND RESTORED.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2014]. Octavo, illustrations, full blue leather binding, stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. First hardcover edition. Introduction by Terry Bisson. This edition is produced from the University of Nebraska Bison Books paperback edition (2002). This takes the original three separate serial versions (which were edited for the original hardcover editions) and "recreated the original text in one volume. Burroughs authority Philip Burger directed Bison [Books] to the research of scholar Alan Hanson where he analyzed the content, distinguishing numerous passages, sentences and words that were either excised by the magazine editors or were added later by Burroughs or an editor to the book editions." - Zeuschner, Edgar Rice Burroughs (2016), p. 210. This edition also includes an analysis of the changes in the text. Zeuschner, Edgar Rice Burroughs (2016), p. 51.
THE MUCKER ...
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-414 [415-417: ads] [418-422: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original sea-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition, first printing of the full text. Adventure novel with short lost race sequence. Total of 17,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably two, last dated 1922. The first part of this novel was published a few weeks earlier in Britain. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1.
THE MUCKER.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-414 [415-417: ads] [418-422: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original sea-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Adventure novel with short lost race sequence. Total of 17,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably two, last dated 1922. The first part of this novel was published a few weeks earlier in Britain, this is the first hardcover printing of the full text. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1.
THE MUCKER.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-414 [415-417: ads] [418-422: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original sea-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition, first printing of the full text. Adventure novel with short lost race sequence. Total of 17,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably two, last dated 1922. The first part of this novel was published a few weeks earlier in Britain, this is the first hardcover printing of the full text. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1.
THE MUCKER.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-414 [415-417: ads] [418-422: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, five plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original sea-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. First edition. Adventure novel with short lost race sequence. The first part of this novel was published a few weeks earlier in Britain, this is the first hardcover printing of the full text. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 330. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02301. Heins M-1.
THE OUTLAW OF TORN.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1927. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-298, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. First printing. Total of 6000 copies printed. There were at least two printings, second so identified on verso of title leaf. Exploits of Norman of Torn, the greatest swordsman in England and leader of an outlaw band of more than one thousand men. Heins OT-1.
PELLUCIDAR.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1923. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-322 [323-236: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], four inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, one map, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. 10,000 copies printed. Second book of the Pellucidar series featuring David Innes. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-20. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 312. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 113. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1665-68. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02303. Heins P-1.
THE RETURN OF TARZAN.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1932-35]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-365 [366-376: ads], original red cloth front front and spine stamped in black, top edge stained yellow. Later edition. Second of the Tarzan series. Heins RT-8. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints RT-7a. Jacket variant 5.
THE RETURN OF TARZAN.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-365 [366-368: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original dark green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first printing. The second Tarzan novel. "Tarzan rescues Jane and discovers untold riches in Opar, the last, much degenerated, outpost of Atlantis." - Teitler and Locke (2013) 194. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 316. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 116. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02309. Heins RT-1.
THE SON OF TARZAN.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1917. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-394, original green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition, later (probable second) printing with W. F. Hall imprint on verso of title leaf, dedication leaf present, and title page dated 1917. The fourth book of the Tarzan series. Total of 32,000 copies printed. There were multiple printings, probably five, last two dated 1918. By late June 1917, THE SON OF TARZAN, published in March 1917, had been reprinted twice. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 318. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 117. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02311. Heins ST-3. Zeuschner 486.
TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1929-30]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-346 [347-348: ads], inserted plate illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth front front and spine stamped in black. Later edition. Tenth of the Tarzan series. Heins AM-3. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints TAM-6. Jacket variant 1g.
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1931-32]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-333 [334: blank] [335-344: ads], eight inserted plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth front front and spine stamped in black, top edge stained yellow. Later edition. Ninth of the Tarzan series. Heins GL-2b. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints TGL-10b. Jacket variant 8a.
TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR.
New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, n.d., [c. 1921-27]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-350 [351-361: ads] [362: blank], inserted plate illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original green cloth front stamped and spine stamped in black. Later edition. Fifth of the Tarzan series. Heins JO-3. Zeuschner p. 364 (number 9).
TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1929-30]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-350 [351-362], inserted plate illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth front front and spine stamped in black. Later edition. Fifth of the Tarzan series. Heins JO-6. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints TJO-3a. Jacket variant 1b.