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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875–1950). Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, with prospectus postcard. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1918. 8vo. 8 halftone sepia plates including frontispiece by J. Allen St. John. Publisher’s dark green cloth lettered in gilt; original dust jacket (artwork by the illustrator) with price of “$1.35” on spine (few creases to upper edge of front panel, faint dust soiling to lower panel); custom quarter leather clamshell box. FIRST EDITION of the author’s fifth Tarzan novel in the series. –– [Also with:] a rare original illustrated prospectus postcard (unused) from the publisher promoting this title. BOTH FINE EXAMPLES. Currey p. 92; Heins JO–1 (T6); Zeuschner 598.