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[Edgar Rice Burroughs]. Frank A. Munsey Company Check for the serial rights to "Tarzan and the Forbidden City."...

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[Edgar Rice Burroughs]. Frank A. Munsey Company Check for the serial rights to "Tarzan and the Forbidden City." 8 ½ x 3 3/8 inches; New York; December 16, 1937. Check no. 9707 made out to Edgar Rice Burroughs for $3,000.

Endorsement reads "One serial entitled 'Tarzan and the Forbidden City', by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which the payees sell to the drawer with first American and Canadian magazine rights..." Stamped "Pay to the order of Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank... Los Angeles... Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc."

"Tarzan and the Forbidden City" was published as a 6-part serial in Argosy Weekly (March 19, 1938 - April 23, 1938) under the title "The Red Star of Tarzan".

Condition: Lightly toned to edges, middle fold crease. Cancelation affecting text.

Provenance: From the collection of B.J. Lukes, noted collector and bibliographer of Edgar Rice Burroughs.