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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875–1950). Tarzan and the Ant Men. Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1924.
8vo. Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John based on his wrap–around dust jacket illustration. Original full brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark brown (spine a bit rubbed and creased, minor rubbing to binding, text a bit toned); original dust jacket (jacket about 2mm shorter than the book, spine a bit sunned, minor rubbing to jacket).
FIRST EDITION AND THE PERSONAL COPY OF HULBERT BURROUGHS (1909–1991), Edgar’s second child (and illustrator of some of his books). Hulbert has inscribed the verso of the dust jacket: “Hulbert Burroughs [in stylized block letters] Tarzana Ranch Reseda California April 23, 1925. Descendent of the mother of Constantine the Great and King Alfred the Great of England.” A handsome copy with an excellent association. Currey, p. 92; Zeuschner p. 325.