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Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs First Burt reprint w/DJ Moderate edgewear. Owner's small name plate to pastedown. No markings. Slightly dusty top edges, clean cream endpapers and textblock. Square and firmly bound. Some sun darkening, edgewear, minor chips. Mylar bookcover protected. A. L. Burt, reprint [ca 1915] Dark green cloth, white lettering, blind ruled. This is a first reprint of Tarzan of the Apes. The First of Burroughs's Tarzan Books. This preceeds all other Burt or G&D reprints. The DJ is also the earliest Dust jacket that is Identical to First edtition Dustjacket. It has Tarzan and the lions in Black Silhouette,and the Sun and ground in Yellow. This is the closest thing to a first in DJ you can get without paying tens of thousands of Dollars 401pp. + [6] ads. Cover illustration and Frontispiece glossy black and white version by F. J. Arting.

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.