EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - The Man Who Created Tarzan

Porges, Irwin (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs) (introduction by Ray Bradbury) (memoir by Forrest J. Ackerman)

ISBN 10: 0842500790 / ISBN 13: 9780842500791

Published by Brigham Young University Press, Provo, Utah, 1976

About this Item

(xvii) 820 pp. Please note, this is a extremely heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in black on green tweed boards; lettered in black on the front panel and gilt on the spine; green endpapers; headband. A few small nicks around the edges of the dustjacket with a short tear on the lower right of the rear panel; sticker residue on the front panel near the spine; creased on the front flap; price intact. Illustrated profusely. The Contents are: Foreword by Hulbert Burroughs; Preface; Introduction: Tarzan, John Carter, Mr. Burroughs, and the Long Mad Summer of 1930 by Ray Bradbury; The Creative Decision; Childhood and a First Adventrue; Schooling, Rebelliion, and Discipline; The Seventh Cavalry and Beyond; Marriage, Wanderings, and Reality; Frantic Years and a Taste of Success; The Outlaw of Torn; Tarzan of the Apes; The Prolific Perios; A California Sojourn; The Writer at Home; Film Frustration; Auto-gypsying; Writer-Patriot; Gentleman Farmer; Tarzana-Family, Business, Creativity; Problems at Home and Abroad; Social Commentator, Columnist; Diverse Writings; Minor and Major Money-makers; Personal Crisis and Adjustment; Burroughss - Tarzan Films; War Correspondent; Venus-Mars-Pellucidar Series and Other Works; and Last Years with the Family; followed by Appendices: Major George and Mary Evaline; Genealogy; Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fiction Writer: An Autobiographical Sketch; List of ERB's Complete Works; Reminiscences of Hulbert Burroughs; Of Beans and Rice by Forrest J. Ackerman; and The Author; followed by an index. Size: 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - The Man Who Created Tarzan
• Publisher: Brigham Young University Press, Provo, Utah
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0842500790
• ISBN 13: 9780842500791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Later Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography and Biography
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Stated first edition, first printing bound in black and mustard colored cloth. The book measures approximately 9" x 11 1/2". 819 pages. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. There are light bumps at the bottom corners. Rubs at the base of the spine. Tanning to the page margins. The dust jacket has a vertical 2" closed split at the lowr right corner of the front panel. Dust spotting and soiling to the spine and at the folds. Rubbing to the front panel. Small splits to the corners. Shipping weight is approximately eight pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply to international orders.