Silhouettes were very popular in England during the 18th and 19th-centuries, and were primarily used in portraits. After the edge of Tarzan was drawn, the artist detailed the surroundings and around the edges using finer brushes and pigment. The front panel shows Tarzan’s black silhouette on a tree branch with a full moon in the background, while the back panel has lion silhouettes. Pictured on the rare dust-jacket of the first A. On the other hand, first issue copies without a dust jacket, can be purchased for as little as a few thousand dollars. The auction house of Sotheby’s sold a copy of the second issue, at the end of last year, for a little less than $40,000, while first issue copies with a dust-jacket in less than perfect condition are not available for anything below $50,000.

After being put through the stress of time for the last one hundred years or so, the copies with the original dust-jackets are extremely scarce. In total, 8000 copies comprise the entire first state, which is nevertheless quite a sizable release. A smaller Canadian first edition having 200-500 copies issued was released the same year in Toronto by McCelland, Goodchild & Stewart. The difference between the two is a small gold acorn added to the publisher’s slug on the spine. McClurg & Co., of Chicago consists of 5000 copies, and an additional 2,500 copies which have the identical dust-jacket in the second issue.

It was then television’s turn to broadcast Tarzan in the mid 1950s series, followed by video and computer games, device apps, e-books, and a rare book of course. The novel was adopted into a film with the same title, “ Tarzan of the Apes” in 1918 and made its stage appearance on Broadway in 1921 the comic form in the original Tarzan comic strip followed in 1929 and its popular radio program aired during 1932-1936. The story was published in the October 1912 edition of the magazine, but it was not until 1914 that the first book edition was printed by the A. The publication paid $700 for the work, which was enough to send Burroughs the message that he could quite possibly make a living as a writer. One Hundred years ago, a young American author by the name of Edgar Rice Burroughs, wrote his second story, “Tarzan of the Apes” for the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine.

Tarzan first edition