Tarzan and the Ant Men

Near very good condition, with only a few minor flaws: a small numeral 10 in the top right corner of the dust jacket front; prior owner's name and date (Oct. 1951) in pencil on the front paste down. Otherwise, this copy would easily rate as very good to near fine. The dust jacket has a minor closed tear at the top on the rear, and there is a little wear with minor loss at the ends of the flap folds; price code is present on front flap (100100, indicating $1.00); now in new removable protective cover. Green boards with dark green illustration on front and print on spine. Map of Africa endpapers, and title page illustration by Rafael Palacios. Grosset and Dunlap hard cover with dust jacket, 1950 edition, 346 pages, cover art by C. Edmund Monroe, Jr. 12mo (5" x 7.5") 10th in Tarzan series, preceded by Tarzan and the Golden Lion, and followed by Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins and many more. Originally published in seven monthly installments in Argosy All-Story Weekly, Feb 2 Ð Mar. 15, 1924. First edition was published by A. C. McClurg in 1924. This item dated by reference from Robert R. Zeuchner's Edgar Rice Burroughs bibliography. In the book Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Richard A. Lupoff places Tarzan and the Ant Men in his list of essential Burroughs novels and states that it represents Burroughs at the peak of his creative powers. …