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Edgar Rice Burroughs. Works. [Various places: publishers, dates]. First editions. Sixty one volumes. Thirty one titles in ... (Total: 61 Items)
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A Nearly Complete Collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Works in First Edition, Many in Original Dust Jackets
Edgar Rice Burroughs. Works. [Various places: publishers,
dates]. First editions. Sixty one volumes. Thirty one titles in
original publisher's dust jackets. Bindings with some rubbing,
wear and soiling, several titles with repairs. Several titles with
previous owner's signatures. Several split hinges and some loose
pages. Text is generally good, with a few with tears or creases.
Jackets are generally good, although four (Tarzan and the
Madman, Synthetic Men of Mars, Tales of Three Planets, The Oakdale
Affair) are price-clipped. Many have tears, chips (some with
very large chips), and a few have tape repairs to verso. Twenty
four of twenty seven Tarzan titles (lacking Tarzan Twins
and Jad-Bal-Ja, Tarzan Twins, and Tarzan and the
Castaways- also lacking the extra Tarzan titles: Tarzan
Clans and Tarzan, Jr.) Seven out of eleven Mars
Books present (lacking A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, The
Warlord of Mars, Thuvia Maid of Mars). Five out of Six
Pellucidar books present (lacking At the Earth's
Core). All five Venus books are present. This collection has
twenty miscellaneous titles (see below). All titles are first
printings where called-for, except for Tarzan the Lost
Adventure (second printing), The Mad King (second
state). Overall, a good collection.Titles include: Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, The Beasts of Tarzan, The Son of Tarzan, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Jungle Tales of Tarzan, Tarzan the Untamed, Tarzan the Terrible, Tarzan and the Golden Lion, Tarzan and the Ant Men, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Tarzan and the Lost Empire, Tarzan at the Earth's Core (with jacket), Tarzan the Invincible, Tarzan Triumphant, Tarzan and the City of Gold (with jacket), Tarzan and the Lion Man (with jacket), Tarzan and the Leopard Men, Tarzan's Quest (with jacket), Tarzan and the Forbidden City (with jacket), Tarzan the Magnificent, Tarzan and the Foreign Legion (with jacket), Tarzan and the Madman (with jacket, Canaveral Press), Tarzan the Lost Adventure (with jacket, Dark Horse Books).
Also: The Chessmen of Mars, The Master Mind of Mars, A Fighting Man of Mars, Swords of Mars (with jacket), Synthetic Men of Mars (with jacket), Llana of Gathol (with jacket), John Carter of Mars (with jacket, Canaveral Press, second state of binding).
Also: Pellucidar, Tanar of Pellucidar (with jacket), Back to the Stone Age (with jacket), Land of Terror (with jacket), Savage Pellucidar (with jacket), Pirates of Venus (with jacket), Lost on Venus (with jacket), Carson of Venus (with jacket), Escape on Venus (with jacket), Tales of Three Planets (with jacket).
Also: The Mucker, The Girl from Hollywood, The Cave Girl, The Bandit of Hell's Bend (with jacket), The Eternal Lover, The Moon Maid, The Mad King (with jacket), The War Chief, The Monster Men, Apache Devil (with jacket), The Oakdale Affair (with jacket), The Lad and the Lion (with jacket), Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County (with jacket), Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater (with jacket, boards bowed), I Am a Barbarian (with jacket), Marcia of the Doorstep (trade edition, with jacket), You Lucky Girl! (first trade edition in jacket), The Girl From Farris's (two editions, the first the sixteenmo edition, one of 250 copies from 1959 - this copy rebound in red tape backed marbled boards; and the First Authorized Edition in wrappers), The Efficiency Expert (First Authorized Edition in wrappers). The San Clemente Collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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2015 April 8 - 9 Rare Books Signature Auction - New York #6117 (go to Auction Home page)
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April, 2015
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