"Tarzan the Untamed" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, illustrated by Allen St. John, published by A.C. McClurg &Co, Chicago, 1920. First Edition, first issue; '1920' stated on title page, "Published April 1920" and "M.A. Donohue & Co. Printers" is stated on copyright page. [References: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 322. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 127. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02335. Heins TU-1]

Hard boards, original olive-green cloth, front and spine lettering in brown [some wear: see photos]; 5" x 7.3/4"; former owner name inside front cover, the endpapers are creased at the hinges, 428 pages + frontispiece and eight inserted plates on glossy paper with monochrome sepia illustrations by J. Allen St. John [all listed plates are present], a little foxing and a little staining, very good condition.

Tarzan the Untamed is the seventh in Burroughs' series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was originally published as two separate stories serialized in different pulp magazines; "Tarzan the Untamed" in Redbook from March to August, 1919, and "Tarzan and the Valley of Luna" in All-Story Weekly from March to April 1920. The two stories were combined under the title of the first in this first book edition, published in 1920 by A. C. McClurg. Chronologically, it follows Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.

Previous novels in the series had dealt primarily with the ape-man's own affairs, while Tarzan the Untamed and later ones (beginning with Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle) would cast him as a protector and enabler of others.

Tarzan the Untamed introduced the lost civilization of Xuja, foreshadowing a pattern in later Tarzan novels. Of the six books before Tarzan the Untamed, two featured the lost city of Opar, but otherwise the series centered on Tarzan’s adventures in his natural environment, the jungle. After "Tarzan the Untamed," lost civilizations in remote parts of Africa became common in the novels. Such places tended to consist of two warring cities or kingdoms.

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