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TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Inked name and address to front free end paper, light wear to cloth, spine a bit age darkened, a very good copy in a good dust j
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1929-30]. Later edition. Inked name and address to front free end paper, light wear to cloth, spine a bit age darkened, a very good copy in a good dust jacket with tape to the verso along the edges and folds, edges rubbed with some chipping, loss along head of spine panel not affecting title lettering. (24927). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-350 [351-362], inserted plate illustrated by J. Allen St. John, original red cloth front front and spine stamped in black. Fifth of the Tarzan series. Heins JO-6. Luke, Bibliography of the Grosset & Dunlap Reprints TJO-3a. Jacket variant 1b.
Synopsis
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was published in 1916.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24927
- Title
- TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
- Author
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name and address to front free end paper, light wear to cloth, spine a bit age darkened, a very good copy in a good dust j
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c. 1929-30]
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction . Fantasy
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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