Outlaw Torn, Signed (3 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Used; Very Good. First Edition. Used; Very Good. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Outlaw of Torn. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927.Octavo. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Facsimile dust jacket.FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the front free endpaper by the author to his son less than two weeks after publication, with an original cartoon: "To John Coleman Burroughs who, forty years from this date, might be inaugurated President of the United States [cartoon captioned] Proud Papa and Mamma going to the inaugural. From Papa, March 4, 1927."Condition: Minor stains to cloth, spine ends a bit pushed, touch of edgewear. Textblock over-opened in a few places, including at the title page, newspaper clipping laid in between pages 72-73 with offsetting, small tear with minor loss in lower margin of page 169/170 but not affecting text.References: Zeuschner (2016), pages 229-230.Accompanied by a letter of authenticity signed by Linda Burroughs, wife of Danton Burroughs, who was the son of John Coleman (Jack) Burroughs, and grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs. . 0. First Edition. HARDCOVER.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Outlaw of Torn" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. [6], 298 pages. Publisher's red cloth, spine and front lettered in gilt; all text block edges trimmed; original illustrated dust jacket, restored. Binding a bit smudged, with wear at extremities; backstrip faded just a shade; lettering tarnished; darkening along front joint, wear at rear. Endpapers and text block slightly yellowed with age; ownership stamp at rear free endpaper. Jacket restored at spine panel, edges, and flap folds, with color added at verso (now starting to flake a bit along panel folds); general rubbing. Very good book in a fair jacket. Zeuschner, p. 229-230. From the Albert E. Willis Collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Inscribed by Author.

First Edition. THE OUTLAW OF TORN, McClurg, 1927, first edition, a bright vg/vg+ copy in an attractive dust-wrapper with some chipping, mostly to the dust-wrapper spine extremities and with some other wear and tear. Very scarce in dust-wrapper and most rare indeed INSCRIBED (as this copy is at the time of publication). The authors second written work, following THE PRINCESS OF MARS, but preceding TARZAN OF THE APES. A most desirable copy of this early work in the Burroughs canon.