17) Lion Man (1934)

A great safari had come to Africa to make a movie. It had struggled across the veldt and through the jungle in great ten-ton trucks, equipped with all the advantages of civilization. But now it was halted, almost destroyed by the poisoned arrows of the savage Bansuto tribe. There was no way to return. And ahead lay the strange valley of diamonds, where hairy gorillas lived in their town of London on the Thames, ruled by King Henry the Eighth. Behind them came Tarzan of the Apes with the Golden Lion, seeking the man who might have been his twin brother in looks—though hardly in courage!

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ERB's writing commenced on February 9, 1933.
First Published by "Liberty": 1933 November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 ~ 1934 January 6. Ray Dean: 18 colour-tinted interiors ~ fewer words than final novel.
First Book Edition: "ERB, Inc. Tarzana": September 1, 1934 ~ bound in grey cloth; 313 pages. Print Run: 5,245 copies. Art: J. Allen St. John: cover "Janus" face and five interiors.

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16) City of Gold (1933)

When Tarzan of the Apes freed the white man who was being tortured by the savages, he was surprised to learn that the stranger came from no race or country the ape-man knew. He was from the fabled land of Onthar, where lay two ancient cities unknown to the outside world. One was Athne, city of ivory; the other was Cathne, city of gold and evil. There great prides of trained lions were used to hunt down men and wage eternal war. And there Tarzan met the beautiful queen Nemone, who was determined to have Tarzan as her king. . . or feed him to the lions!

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Written in Novermber 1931.
First Published by "Argosy Magazine": 1932 March 12, 19, 26 and April 2, 9, 16. Paul Stahr: cover painting March 12 issue ~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w interior per issue.
First Book Edition: "ERB, Inc. Tarzana": September 1, 1933; 316 pages. Print Run: 5,000 copies. Art: J. Allen St. John: cover and five interiors (frontispiece).

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15) Tarzan Triumphant (1932)

In an unusual twist for a Tarzan story, real-life Soviet dictator Josef Stalin is used as a minor character in the novel, though he remains in Moscow and does not personally take part in the action.

Professor Lafayette Smith and Danny “Gunner” Patrick were products of two opposite poles of society; they were a strange pair to be thrown together on safari in Africa. But they had more in common than Lady Barbara Collis and Jezebel. Each of the four was the result of an environment and heredity totally foreign to that of the others. How Fate brought them together The Lord of the Jungle, Tarzan, against a background of the menacing forces of the evil men of the lawless places. You will lie bound and helpless in the village of Dominic Capietro, the white slave raider; you will hear the staccato roll of a Chicago gangster’s sub-machine gun splitting the silence of an African night; and through it all you will witness the unfolding of the surprising love stories of two beautiful women. 

 

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ERB commenced writing in February 1931 ~ working title: "Tarzan and the Raiders".
First Published in "Blue Book Magazine": 1931 October-December; 1932 January - March under the title: "The Triumph of Tarzan" serialized in six parts. Laurence Herndon: covers in Oct. and Dec. issues ~ Frank Hoban: many interiors.
First Book Edition: "ERB Inc. Tarzana": September 1, 1932; 318 pages ~ Print Run: 15,728. Art: Studley Burroughs: Cover and five interiors.

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14) Tarzan the Invincible (1931)

La was in trouble. The high priestess of the Flaming God in the ancient city of Opar — forgotten outpost of Atlantis — had been betrayed by her people and locked in the eon-haunted dungeons until Tarzan came to rescue her. La still loved Tarzan but Tarzan had brought her to his people, and then left her. Now, together with a strange woman of Tarzan's kind, she lay bound in the tent of an Arab slave-trader, dreading her certain fate. Meanwhile, Tarzan was beset by a strange band of men who had invaded his land led by a madman bent on evil subversion!

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ERB started writing March 1930 ~ Working title "Tarzan and the Man Things".
First Published in "Blue Book Magazine": 1930 October through 1931 April. "Tarzan, Guard of the Jungle" pulp title. Laurence Herndon: Tarzan cover art on first 6 of 7 issues ~ Frank Hoban: many interiors.
First Book Edition: "ERB Inc. Tarzana": November 20, 1931 ~ 318 pages ~ Print Run: 10,000 - Art: Studley Burroughs: Cover and frontispiece.

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13) Tarzan at the Earth's Core (1930)

In response to a radio plea from Abner Perry, a scientist who with his friend David Innes has discovered the interior world of Pellucidar at the Earth's core, Jason Gridley launches an expedition to rescue Innes from the Korsars (corsairs), the scourge of the internal seas. He enlists Tarzan, and a fabulous airship is constructed to penetrate Pellucidar via the natural polar opening connecting the outer and inner worlds. The airship is crewed primarily by Germans, with Tarzan's Waziri warriors under their chief Muviro also along for the expedition. In Pellucidar Tarzan and Gridley are each separated from the main force of the expedition and must struggle for survival against the prehistoric creatures and peoples of the inner world. Gridley wins the love of the native cave-woman Jana, the Red Flower of Zoram. Eventually everyone is reunited, and the party succeeds in rescuing Innes. As Tarzan and the others prepare to return home, Gridley decides to stay to search for Frederich Wilhelm Eric von Mendeldorf und von Horst, one last member of the expedition who remains lost (The missing Von Horst's adventures are told in a sequel, Back to the Stone Age, which does not involve either Gridley or Tarzan).

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ERB began writing this novel on December 6, 1928.
First published in "Blue Book Magazine": 1929 Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec ~ 1930 Jan, Feb, Mar. - Frank Hoban: covers for 6 issues and interiors.
First Book Edition: "Metropolitan Books": November 28, 1930. Art: J. Allen St. John: wraparound DJ painting and a different frontispiece.

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12) Tarzan and the Lost Empire (1929)

Somewhere in the heart of Africa, a man had disappeared—Erich von Harben, son of an old friend of Tarzan of the Apes. Now the ape-man was seeking to rescue him. The trail led to a mysterious valley where Tarzan discovered two surviving outposts of ancient Rome, almost unchanged by time. And there, Tarzan was thrust into the bloody arena, to face every peril the cruel and corrupt Emperor of Castra Sanguinarius could devise to ensure the ape-man's death. Miles away in Castrum Mare, Erich von Harben was also awaiting execution upon the sands of another tyrant's arena.

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Written between March and May 1928 (working title: "Tarzan and the Lost Tribe").
First Published in "Blue Book Magazine": 1928: October, November, December ~ 1929: January, February. Frank Hoban: colour covers for the first four issues and 41 b/w interiors First Book Edition: "Metropolitan Books": September 28, 1929 (first title not published by McClurg) ~ 313 pages. A. W. Sperry: wrap-around DJ and b/w frontispiece.

 
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