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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875–1950). Tarzan of the Apes. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1914. 8vo. Pictorial title by Fred J. Arting. Original publisher’s dark red burgundy cloth stamped in gilt within blind double ruled border (spine a bit darkened with some spotting, gilt on spine rubbed, two tiny punctures or wormholes to joints). Provenance: Stephen Cummings (signature dated 1914 on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION of Burroughs’ first story in hardcover format in which only 5,000 copies were published. FIRST STATE without the acorn device on spine and “W.F. Hall Printing Co. Chicago” in Old English script on copyright. Heins TA–2; Zeuschner 696.