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Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1914. Very good plus.. Twice inscribed first edition, first state of the first Tarzan novel, warmly presented from Burroughs to his niece. Tarzan is one of the most recognizable pop cultural icons of the 20th century. Beginning with the novels, but quickly translating to film and beyond, Tarzan soon had his own merchandise, piracies, and international adaptations (including Bollywood films and Japanese manga). Tarzan's relationship with the movies — beginning in 1918, during the early years of popular film — was especially rich. One producer of Tarzan films, Sol Lesser, described Tarzan's global market saturation with only slight hyperbole that "there is always a Tarzan picture playing within a radius of 50 miles of any given spot in the world — in Arab villages, African bush theatres and in pampas settlements down the Argentine way" (quoted in Abate & Wannamaker, 3). But Tarzan enjoyed many revivals in print as well; in 1963 "one out of every…

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.