"The Son of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, illustrations and chapter headings by J. Allen St. John; published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1920s, printed from the original plates of McLurg's first edition with McClurg copyright and McClurg's 1st printing statement "Published March, 1917." [This was not a pirated edition-- the reuse of original plates was a part of the agreement].

Hard boards, original red cloth with black lettering on spine and front board [slightly faded spine], 5" x 7.1/2"; ink-written "Kenyon B. De Juene" on the front endpaper; 394 pages, a few stains- mostly the vertical outer edge of the pages; many line illustrations, very good condition.

The Son of Tarzan is the fourth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was written between January 21 and May 11, 1915, and first published in the magazine All-Story Weekly as a six-part serial from December 4, 1915 to January 8, 1916. It was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg & Co. in March 1917 and has been reprinted numerous times since by various publishers.

In this novel, for the first and only time in the Tarzan series, the main character is not Tarzan himself but his son Jack, who becomes known as Korak, first introduced (as a baby) in the earlier novels The Eternal Lover (1914/15) and The Beasts of Tarzan (1914). Korak would return as a supporting character in the later novels Tarzan the Terrible (1921), Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1922/23) and Tarzan and the Ant Men (1924). The story begins 10 years after the conclusion of The Beasts of Tarzan.

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