6) Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919)

The young Tarzan was unlike the great apes who were his only companions and playmates. Theirs was a simple, savage life, filled with little but killing or being killed. But Tarzan had all of a normal boy's desire to learn. He had painfully taught himself to read from books left by his dead father. Now he sought to apply this book knowledge to the world around him. He sought for such things as the source of dreams and the whereabouts of God. And he searched for the love and affection that every human being needs. But he was alone in his struggles to grow and understand. The life of the jungle had no room for abstractions.

The book is divided into 12 chapters each containing a separate story. The illustrations of the great J. Allen St. John are among his best artistic creations.

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First published by Blue Book Magazine: September 1916 through August 1917. Herbert Morton Stoops: one b/w illustration for each instalment.

First Book Edition: A.C. McClurg: March 29, 1919; 319 pages. Art: J. Allen St. John: cover, five sepia plates and 12 interior b/w illustrations.

We followed the McClurg First Edition of 1919 with the addition of one extra illustration by Dave Bader.

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