Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950). Tarzan of the Apes. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1914.
8vo. (A few marginal stains.) Original red cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt (contents starting, light horizontal crease to spine, light soiling or darkening to covers); facsimile dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE without the acorn device on spine and “W.F. Hall Printing Co. Chicago” in Old English script on copyright. The first in the Tarzan series and Burroughs’s first story in hardcover format. Currey, p.92; Heins TA-2; Zeuschner pp.424-425.
This lot is located in Chicago.