The sixth novel in the series, Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories of Tarzan's late teenage years, including Tarzan's First Love, A Jungle Joke, and Tarzan Rescues the Moon. An archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by Mangani great apes, Tarzan spawned innumerable works in literature and film, including 25 sequels and the popular Tarzan movie franchise which lasted from the 1930s to the 1960s.

The noble savage Tarzan first appeared in Burroughs' 1912 story Tarzan of the Apes, published in the pulp magazine The All-Story and in book form two years later.

Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition with some chipping and loss to the crown and foot of the spine. The recipient, Edward Gilbert was the brother of Burroughs’ second wife and silent film actress Florence Gilbert. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Edward Gilbert Best Wishes Always, Edgar Rice Burroughs. $3,800.00 Item Number: 96781įirst edition of the sixth book in Burroughs’ epic Tarzan series. The novel also continues the trend, first seen in The Return of Tarzan and established definitively in Tarzan the Untamed, of taking Tarzan to a new lost civilization or tribe in almost every book.BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. While a few previously established and new characters continue to appear, notably the lion Jad-bal-Ja, the monkey Nkima, and Muviro, sub-chief of Tarzan’s Waziri tribe, along with his warriors, most formerly major characters are dropped aside from an occasional token appearance.

Previous novels dealt primarily with the ape-man’s own affairs and family beginning with this novel, he becomes an apparently rootless adventurer serving as a savior and enabler of a cast of secondary characters which changes in each book. There are 3 states of the first edition, all bound in a maroon. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle marks an important transition in the plot-type presented in the Tarzan series, presaged by the earlier Tarzan the Untamed. A bright, Nearly Fine copy of this classic work, introducing the world to one of its great heros. Published on June 6, 1914, this is Edgar Rice Burroughs first novel to come out in hard cover. Tarzan finds an outpost of European knights and crusaders from a “forbidden valley” hidden in the mountains.

Tarzan first edition