1947-48 Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, and, Llana of Gathol

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Two first edition copies of works by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

'Tarzan and the Foreign Legion' is the twenty-second of Burroughs' 'Tarzan' novels, seeing Tarzan fighting the Empire of Japan. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Collated, complete.

'Llana of Gathol' is an anthology of four connected science fantasy stories, including 'The Ancient Dead', 'The Black Pirates of Barsoom', 'Escape on Mars', and 'Invisible Men of Mars'. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Collated, complee.

Illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs, the son of the author.

Edgar Rice Burroughs was a popular author of adventure novels, best known for his character 'Tarzan', on whom the 1999 Disney film was based on. His wrote his first novel, 'Under the Moons of Mars', after suffering from money troubles. Burroughs cashed in on the original success of 'Tarzan' by writing twenty-three sequels. He also dabbled in science fiction, with his character John Carter, a civil war veteran who becomes an adventurer of Mars.