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Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1914. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing with publisher's two-line imprint on copyright page printed in Olde English, in Currey B binding with acorn at the foot of the spine. Signed by Edgar Rice Burroughs on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt on upper board and spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light lean to binding, soiling and wear to cloth, light scratches to textblock edge, corner crease and former owner name to front free endpaper above Burrough's signature. Rear inner hinge slightly exposed, front inner hinge slightly pulled. Pages toned.

Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the first in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. Originally published in 1912, the story follows Tarzan as he grows up in the African jungle and discovers his human heritage.