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Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. A.L. Burt Company, NY, 1915.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: dark green c w/cream titles. 365 clean, unmarked pages; owner's name Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [8], 314 pp. Tan tweed boards, illust. endpapers (mnr shlfwr, rubbng), w/ d.j. (chppng & tears to fore-edges), still VG-/G-. Reprint edition of No. 2 in the Tarzan series.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. grosset & Dunlap, 1915.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In red boards. N.C. Wyeth jacket Chipping to spine ends of jacket, few other small chips.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. A.C. MCCLURG & CO, 1915.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: An acceptable first edition sans dust jacket. Picture shows damage and wear to cover, bindings have began to separate, former owners book plate on back of front cover.
Seller: JMCbooksonline, Cheverie, NS, Canada
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. Grosset & Dunlap, NYC, 1915.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a VG 1927 G&D edition with the 26 chapter decorations by St. John, in a VG mylar protected N. C. Wyeth DJ with Tarzan hanging in a tree cover, , no flap price, white spine. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. Grosset & Dunlap, 1915.
Price: US$40.60 + shipping
Description: THE RETURN OF TARZAN, Grosset & Dunlap, (1915), small lightened area to mid spine, else vg+ in near vg full color pictorial N. C. Wyeth dust-wrapper with some slight soil and wear and a fingernail size chip missing from the dust-wrapper spine. According to the Heins bibliography, this issue was released circa 1943. TARZAN #4. (Editorial - Perhaps best subtitiled "OR---THE CASE OF THE INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCES")
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. Grosset & Dunlop, New York, 1915.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early reprint edition, full red cloth with black lettering front and spine. Clean, tight, square copy. Old departement store label on front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. 365pp, illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Dust jacket illustration by N. C. Wyeth. Jacket is fair only, scuffed and rubbed at extremes with a one-inch chip to top of spine, and a slightly larger chip to top of rear panel. Offered in new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [8], 314 pp. Illust. on title page. Dark burgundy-coloured boards, black lettering (interior toning as usual for war years publication, minor spotting on endpapers), w/ d.j. cover art by J. Allen St. John (very slight chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear), still VG-/G copy. Wartime Grosset edition of No. 2 in the Tarzan series, w/ wartime restrictions notice printed on title, Madison Square imprint on back cover & front flap.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The RETURN of TARZAN. New York, 1915.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Grosset & Dunlap reprint of McClurg, 1915. HC w/DJ. Red cloth, black lettering, bright yellow top edges. 365 pages + ads. Chapter head illustrations by J. Allen St. John.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Return of TARZAN. New York, 1915.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grosset & Dunlap reprint (ca 1943) of McClurg, 1915. HC w/DJ. "Madison Square" logos to Dust Jacket. Wartime paper conservation statement on title page. Burgundy cloth, black lettering. 314 pages. Dust jacket art by N.C. Wyeth of Tarzan in tree holding bow and arrow in one hand. Title page headpiece by J. Allen St. John is the only interior illustration.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: The RETURN of TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs St. John, Wyeth Bright yellow top edges, two brown spots to leading edges. No writing. Firmly bound. Closed tears and one small open tear to spine. Carefully repaired closed tears to spine. Tiny chip mid front. Mylar bookcover protected now. Grosset & Dunlap reprint of McClurg, 1915. HC w/DJ. Red cloth, black lettering, bright yellow top edges. 365 pages + ads. Chapter head illustrations by J. Allen St. John.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 26 Chapter headpieces by J. Allen St. John. (No frontispiece, no glossy internal plates; it appears there never were any.) States "Published March, 1915," with no later printings named. NO dust jacket. First Edition, first state with the "W. F. Hall" imprint in small print to the copyright page (Zeuschner 446). The second book in the Tarzan series. Green cloth with gilt lettering faded but still legible to front board; lettering reduced to a blind-stamlping to spine. The FFE is missing, the first page now being the half-title. A rather dull looking copy but without any stains or damage to the pages; both internal hinges have been strengthened with white library tape; overall fair-to-good. The first Tarzan book illustrated by J. Allen St. John -- 26 illustrations as headpieces for every chapter. 365 pp., reduced from $87.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Return of Tarzan. A.L. Burt Company Publishers c.1915, New York, 1915.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardcover in green buckram boards with black titles, unpriced DJ protected in clear book jacket cover, 365 pages with 10 pages of book ads in rear, well preserved inner hinges with clean end papers, chipping to DJ edges, front cover art of DJ attributed by some to N.C. Wyeth, published March 1915 as stated on copyright page
Seller: Philosopher's Stone Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Smaller octavo. Green cloth covered boards and spine with gilt lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has a fair amount of bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the outside corners. Fair amount of rubbing in all the same places has left the cloth colorless and frayed at the extremities. Extreme tips of the inner boards peek out at the tips of a couple corners. Fair amount of rubbing around all the outside edges and some light facial rubbing on the rear board. Gilt lettering is faded and no longer shiny, but still readable. Light cream colored endpapers. Previous owner's note and gift inscription on the upper edge of the free front endpaper. Front hinge starting just after the copyright page. Rear hinge intact, and binding still feels pretty firm. Light cream colored pages are clean and crisp. 365 pages. Chapter heading illustrations by J. Allen St. John. No dust jacket.
Seller: THE PRINTED GARDEN, ABA, MPIBA, SANDY, UT, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1915.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. Reprint edition. 12mo. Red cloth binding, 365 pp. Illustrated in black and white by J. Allen St. John. 12mo. The Return of Tarzan is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine New Story Magazine in the issues for June through December 1913; the first book edition was published in 1915 by A. C. McClurg. Light soiling to boards. New fine in new FACSIMILE dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+ in light green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with the top and fore edge of the text block soiled and light spots of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a good machine clipped dust jacket (no price) with 3/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and heavy rubbing to the folds. This jacket appears about 1/4" taller than the height of the book. It could be a "married" jacket from another copy. 365 pages of text. Illustrated with chapter headings by J. Allen St. John. The dust jacket was illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. The first edition of this title was published by A. C. McClurg in March of 1915. (Bergen, p. 24)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The RETURN of TARZAN. New York, 1915.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A. L. Burt reprint [ca 1916-19]. Olive green cloth, black lettering. 365pp, + [10] ads. Comes in a Mint Facsimilie Dustjacket. HC w/DJ. N.C. Wyeth jacket cover art. 26 b/w chapter headpieces by J. Allen St. John.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. Grosset & Dunlap, 1915.
Price: US$75.40 + shipping
Description: THE RETURN OF TARZAN, Grosset & Dunlap, (1915), light wear to corner tips and spine extremities, else a g/vg copy in a just about vg N.C. Wyeth dust-wrapper with some light wear and dust-soil and some minor inner reinforcement. According to the Heins bibliography, this issue was released circa 1927. TARZAN #2. (Editorial - Perhaps best subtitiled "OR---THE CASE OF THE INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCES")
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return Of Tarzan. A.C. Mcclurg, 1915.
Price: US$89.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing with "Published March, 1915" and W.F. Hall Printing Co. on copyright page. The book is missing the front end paper ans has wear to the edges.
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, 1915.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Circa late 1940s/early 1950s. vi, 314pp. Grey decorated boards, top edge stained red, map endpapers by Rafael Palacios. Light toning to spine panel, very mild wear to corner tips. A near fine copy in very good+ price clipped dustjacket with a few tiny chips and mild fading to spine panel. Dustjacket art by C. Edmund Monroe. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a near fine, hardcover first A.L. Burt edition in light green cloth bindiing with the black lettering on the cover. With the A,C, McCLURG & CO. 1915 Pubished March 1915 Copyrighted in Great Britain notice. With a Christmas 1920 inscription on the front flyleaf. In a mylar protected DJ with an image of Tarzan up a tree with bow and arrow, that is chipped and taped, white spine. . Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. RETURN OF TARZAN. A. C. Mcclurg & Co., Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 365 pp; Boards and spine are scuffed and edge worn, inner hinges are both broken, binding is tenuously attached to text block, interior has a few cracks as well. One page is detached and torn in half. Previous owner's name is stamped and written on the front pastedown and ffep.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The RETURN of TARZAN. New York, 1915.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A. L. Burt reprint [ca 1916-19]. Grey cloth, black lettering. 365pp, no ads. HC w/DJ. N.C. Wyeth jacket cover art. 26 b/w chapter headpieces by J. Allen St. John.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. A.C. McClurg: Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$109.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus. by J. Allen St. John, 7.5 x 5", gilt-lettered green cloth, 365pp, covers lightly worn, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, inner hinges cracked, front inner hinge with glue stains, pp toned. A good copy of the FIRST EDITION.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. Grosset & Dunlap, 1915.
Price: US$110.20 + shipping
Description: THE RETURN OF TARZAN, Burt, (1915), a bright vg+ copy in a vg N. C. Wyeth dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and dust-soil to both the dust-wrapper spine and rear dust-wrapper panel. A smart copy that should do nicely until the real thing comes along----if ever. TARZAN #2. (Editorial - Perhaps best subtitiled "OR---THE CASE OF THE INCREDIBLE COINCIDENCES")
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. A.C. McClurg & Co, Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Decorations by J. Allen St. John. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 365pp. Chapter headpiece decorations. Good plus. Binding rather edgeworn and rubbed; small (½') stain at top center from about page 350 through the rear pastedown; front flyleaf an expert contemporary replacement. A tight and decent first edition, sans jacket, of the second Tarzan tale. Though worn, an acceptable first with proper points.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The RETURN of TARZAN. New York, 1915.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A. L. Burt reprint 1916. Dark green cloth, white lettering. This is a first Non-McClurg reprint of The return of Tarzan. This preceeds all other Burt or G&D reprints. 365pp. + [8] ads. N.C. Wyeth jacket cover art. 26 b/w chapter headpieces by J. Allen St. John.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1915, 1915.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Edition. Gilt lettering rubbed, inside hinges cracked a Fair copy.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. The Return of Tarzan 1915 Edition, Illustrated. Grosset & Dunlap, 1915.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ads in back list 13 tarzan titles. "Published March, 1915" on c' page; possible first . Red HB; The First; 365 pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: With decorations by J. Allen St. John. Rare first edition. New York: A. L. Burt Company. Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1915, published in March, 1915. Olive green boards, worn, with dark brown print. Worn along edges, bumped. Wear to outside of hinges. Front hinge loose. Pages are tight & in good shape. There is a small illustration at the head of each chapter. Novel is followed with lists of other novels available at the time. Prior owner's name in pencil. No dust jacket. Fair condition. [u3]
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice.. The Return of Tarzan.. A. C. McClurg, Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: [viii] 365 pp. With decorations by J. Allen St. John. 8vo, original green cloth. Second edition. Slight use to cloth at extremities; one nearly 1/2" white spot to the cloth of the front cover (touching "ce" in "Rice"); clean, tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Lot of 3 First Edition Tarzan Titles. Includes: Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1928); The Return of Tarzan (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915); and The War Chief (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927. 8vos. Light finger smudging to boards, spines sunned, corners bumped; owner s name signed on front flyleaf in Tarzan The War Chief. Overall good.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. A.L. BURT CO NY/A.C. McCLURG & CO 1915c, 1915.
Price: US$449.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 'THE RETURN OF TARZAN' MARCH 1915c GREAT BRITIAN. A.L. BURT CO NY/A.C. McCLURG & CO 1915c. With Decorations by J. Allen St. John. Dark green boards, some aging. Embossed White lettering to cover/spine, spine some aging. Clean, Complete in Very Good Condition. 365pp plus ads. Free domestic US shipping with Insurance. Oversized Books, Framed Art, Posters/Prints and International Packages cost of Shipping with Insurance To Be Determined. When paying with a credit card, AbeBooks External payment service fee will be requested for this item. The ipi House Archive Shop also allows payment by other methods; PayPal, etc. Thank you.
Seller: The ipi House Archive Shop, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE.. The Return of Tarzan. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1915, 1915.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Later edition. Front hinge broken; worn; good. Inscribed by the author to his daugher. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE RETURN OF TARZAN. A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1915.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-365 [366-368: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original dark green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. The second Tarzan novel. "Tarzan rescues Jane and discovers untold riches in Opar, the last, much degenerated, outpost of Atlantis." - Teitler and Locke (2013) 194. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 316. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 116. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02309. Heins RT-1. Mild to light rubbing at corner tips and spine ends, a few tiny rub marks to covers, spine slightly darkened, a clean, very good to nearly fine copy. One of the more difficult of the series to acquire in nice condition (nearly impossible in dust jacket). (31012)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.