THE RETURN OF TARZAN
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1915. Early Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. 365, [1], [10] (advertising). "Copyright A.C.McClurg & Co. 1915 / Published March, 1915" to copyright page. Illustrated with decorations by J. Allen St. John. Cover art by N.C. Wyeth. Rich ivy-green cloth boards with black title to front and spine. Light shelfwear to edges and spine ? ends. Previous owners' names to front free endpaper and ink-stamped to rear pastedown. Light age-toning to pages. SpIne and hinges are tight.
Sizeable chips to dustjacket's lower corners and at each spine end. Title on spine sunned and nearly invisible.Touch of rubbing to front dustjacket picture. Flaps are whole. Protected in mylar. Very Good / Good Minus. Item #100641
The second Tarzan adventure. Ten pages of rear advertising suggests this copy was printed in the late 1910s or 1920s.
The tidy inscription reads: "G.W. Griffiths / June 11th 1903 / from Allie." How the inscription was written years before publication remains a mystery.
Price: $110.00