Lot 332
Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Tarzan the Invincible, publisher's dummy copy, [1931].
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,800
Description
Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Tarzan the Invincible, [one of 30 copies], publisher's dummy copy with most pages blank, frontispiece by Studley Burroughs, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light creasing to head of spine, else fine, 8vo, [1931].
⁂ A superb example of the rare dummy copy, produced by the publisher's to demonstrate the look and size of the final book to salesmen. "No printer's dummies of this title have been reported in collections" - Zeuschner.
Description
Burroughs (Edgar Rice) Tarzan the Invincible, [one of 30 copies], publisher's dummy copy with most pages blank, frontispiece by Studley Burroughs, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light creasing to head of spine, else fine, 8vo, [1931].
⁂ A superb example of the rare dummy copy, produced by the publisher's to demonstrate the look and size of the final book to salesmen. "No printer's dummies of this title have been reported in collections" - Zeuschner.