TARZAN OF THE APES
de Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Usado
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very good plus.
- Librería
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Tarzan's world is not all boyhood innocence: it also "embodies a powerful emblem of past white Western imperialism and, correspondingly, of the present colonialization of the world by American culture" (Abate & Wannamaker, 5). But alongside this, Tarzan has remained internationally beloved as a potent mix of the Rousseauian "noble savage" and the Swiftian "stranger in a strange land," - a mythic figure like Romulus and Remus (one of Burroughs's inspirations) or Robinson Crusoe (also an early literary phenomenon). Above all, the books were fun: as Ray Bradbury recollected, "we may have liked Verne and Wells and Kipling, but we loved, we adored, we went quite mad with Mr. Burroughs" (intro to Porges, xviii).
This copy is inscribed to Marjorie Westendarp, the daughter of Leila Hulbert, Burroughs's sister-in-law. They kept in warm and personal regular correspondence during the '40s when this book was inscribed. Burroughs notes in his presentation that this copy "is an authentic first edition," and signs it twice: once as "Edgar Rice Burroughs" and once simply as "Ed." A terrific family copy. 7.5'' x 5''. Original red cloth stamped in gilt, no acorn on spine. W.F. Hall imprint in Old English type. [8], 401, [1] pages. Inscribed by Burroughs on front free endpaper: "To Marjorie Westendarp / with worlds of love / and good wishes / Edgar Rice Burroughs / Honolulu November 11 1941" and below that "Marjorie - / This is an authentic first edition / Ed." Hinges cracking but still firm. Touch of rubbing to spine ends, spine gently faded with some tarnishing to gilt. Boards bright; interior clean.
Sinopsis
Tarzan of the Apes is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in a series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published in the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine in October, 1912; the first book edition was published in 1914 by A.C. McClurg & Co in Chicago. The publisher was made famous by their original publishing of the Tarzan of the Apes novels and other stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes tells the story of Tarzan (“White Skin” in ape language) who is adopted as a baby by the she-ape Kala after his parents, the Lord and Lady Greystoke, pass away after being marooned in West Africa. Immediately popular, Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels, and the Tarzan character has been immortalized in books, films and television since. Tarzan was the first literary character to be registered in a trademark. Tarzan and the Castaways was the last finished story by Burroughs, the 24th in his series on Tarzan. In addition to the title novella, the book also includes two short stories about Tarzan. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure is a novel by American writer Joe R. Lansdale, based on an incomplete fragment of a Tarzan novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs which had been left unfinished at his death. The book was serialized in four parts by Dark Horse Comics, before being published as a single volume in 1995.
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- Librería
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 48979
- Título
- TARZAN OF THE APES
- Autor
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good plus.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- A.C. McClurg & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1914
- Palabras clave
- 20th century,Adventure Fiction,Books to Film,US American,Fantasy
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Categorías de este libro
- Autógrafos y libros firmados Libros firmados
- Literatura de ficción Aventuras y acción
- Literatura de ficción Literatura clásica
- Literatura de ficción Ficción de género
- Literatura de ficción Estudios literarios Crítica literaria
- Literatura de ficción Ciencia ficción y fantasía Ciencia ficción
- Literatura de ficción Ciencia ficción y fantasía Fantasía Tarzán y Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Infantil y juvenil Juvenil y adulto joven Ficción y literatura juvenil