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THE EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
PERSONAL LIBRARY
Over 1,200 Volumes
Collected From 1875 Through 1950
The surviving editions are held in trust in the archive of grandson Danton Burroughs
Collated and Researched by Bill Hillman


Books Belonging to Emma, Joan, Hully and Jack
(Alphabetized by Author Last Name)
Compiled and Designed by Bill Hillman

 
Boys Adventures

The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Boy's Book of Big Game Hunting n/r
Boy's Book of Cowboys n/r
Boys Book of Pirates n/r
Fourth Down by Ralph Henry Barbour
Work-A-Day Heroes by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
The Wonder Book of Aircraft by Harry Golding F.R.G.S. ed.
In the Wilds of Africa -  Tale for Boys by W. H. G. Kingston
Jim Davis by John Masefield
Martin Hyde The Duke's Messenger by John Masefield
Boy's Book of Big Game Hunting n/r
Boy's Book of Cowboys n/r
Boys Book of Pirates n/r
Mother Bedtime Stories n/r
Prize Stories of 1924 n/r
Billy Wiskers by Frances Trego Montgomery
Afloat in the Forest - Voyage Among the Tree Tops by Manny Reed
A Boy At Gettysburg by Elsie Singmaster
The Boy's Book of Buccaneers by Eric Wood
 

Children's Books & Children's Themes

Fairy Stories by Hans Christian Anderson
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson
Wonder Stories: The Best Myth For Boys And Girls by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Peter Parley to Penrod: A Bibliographical Description of the Best-loved American Juvenile Books by Jacob Blanck
The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels
The Outcast Gnome by William Bowen
Thornton W. Burgess animal books for children (33 books)
Jewel by Clara Louise Burnham
Jewel's Story Book by Clara Louise Burnham
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill by Frances Boyd Calhoun
Willie Reilly and his Dear Collie Vaughn by William Carlton
Tell-Me-Why Stories About Mother Nature by C. H. Claudy
The Children's Book of Poetry by Henry T. Coates and Henry Troth Coates
The Island of the Might by Padraic Colum
The Princess Naida by Brewer Corcoran
Grandpa's Little Girls by Alice Turner Curtis
Frank of Freedom Hill by Samuel A. Derieux
Rudolph Baumbach Tales translated from German by Helen B. Dole
The Sleepy Time Story Book by Ruth O. Dyer
Sing a Song of Sleepy Head by James W. Foley
The Mellow Year by James W. Foley
My Very Own Fairy Stories by Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle
The Sleepy King by Hopwood Hicks
Georgina of the Rainbows by Annie Fellows Johnston
Georgina's Service Stars by Annie Fellows Johnston
The Story of the Red Cross as Told to The Little Colonel by Annie Fellows Johnston
Puppy Dogs Tales by Frances Kent
Globe Reader,  The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know by H. W. Mabie
Heroes Every Child Should Know by H. W. Mabie
The Cuckoo Clock by Mrs. Molesworth
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story by Anne Carroll Moore
Black Boulder Claim by Perry Newberry
Castaway Island by Perry Newberry
Making Up With Mr. Dog by Albert Bigelow Paine
Throbs, Fancies by Irving S. Richter
Grandma's Gems for Little Folke by Henrietta N. Rose
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
The Pixie in the House by Laura Rountree Smith
The Roly Poly Book by Laura Rountree Smith
More Adventures of Tommy Tad & Polly Wog by Edgar H. Trick
 
 

Emma's Books and Novels by Woman Authors

Old Dad by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Table Service by Lucy Grace Allen
Including Mother by Margaret Ashmun
Isabel Carleton at Home by Margaret Ashmun
Isabel Carleton's Friends by Margaret Ashmun
Isabel Carleton's Year by Margaret Ashmun
The Heart of Isabel Carleton by Margaret Ashmun
A Daughter of the Vine by Gertrude Atherton
Rezanor by Gertrude Atherton
The Crystal Cup by Gertrude Atherton
Romance The Loveliest Thing by Dorothy Black
Three Pilgrims and a Tinker by Mary Borden
Stinging Nettles by Marjorie Bowen
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett World's Fair stamped inside, Chicago, Emma graduated 1893 Brown school
Robin by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Land of the Blue Flowers by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Lost Prince  by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Shuttle  by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Emma's book - Sara Crew and...??? by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Footloose: Sequel to The Flapper Wife by Beatrice Burton
Her Man by Beatrice Burton
Lovebound  by Beatrice Burton
The Flapper Wife by Beatrice Burton
Her Son's Wife  by Dorothy Canfield
The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
The Professor's House by Willa Cather
Cinderella Jane by Marjorie Benton Cooke
The Obstacle Race plus 17 other novels by Ethel M. Dell
Introduction to Sally by Elizabeth
The Smiths by Janet A. Fairbanks
Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
Voyage of the Constance by Mary Guillies
A Flower of Monterey by Katherine B. Hamill
Ariel Custer by Grace Livingstone Hill
Tomorrow About This Time by Grace Livingstone Hill
Just Around the Corner by Fannie Hurst
The Real Agatha by Edith Huntington Mason
Manslaughter by Alice Duer Miller
The Reluctant Duchess by Alice Duer Miller
Anne's House of Dreams  by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rilla of Ingleside  by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Uncle Mory by Isla May Mullins
Harriet and the Piper  by Kathleen Norris
Sisters by Kathleen Norris
The Story of Julia Page (and 8 more titles by the author) by Kathleen Norris
A Woman Named Smith by Marie Conway Oemler
Red Ashes by Margaret Pedler
The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler
Come Home by Stella GS. Perry
Mary Marie by Eleanor H. Porter
Money, Love and Kate by Eleanor H. Porter
Polly-Anna by Eleanor H. Porter
The Sheldon Six Anne by Grace M. Remick  illustrated by Isabel M. Caley.
The Secret of the Storm Country  by Grace M. Remick
Foursquare by Grace S. Richmond
Kneel to the Prettiest by Berta Ruck
Lucky in Love by Berta Ruck
The Bridge of Kisses by Berta Ruck
The Dancing Star by Berta Ruck
The Immortal Girl by Berta Ruck
The Leap Year Girl by Berta Ruck
The Subconscious Courtship by Berta Ruck
The Boarded-Up House by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Crimson Patch  by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Dragon's Secret  by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Slipper Point Mystery  by Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Nest by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Arnold Waterlow: A Life by May Sinclair
The Amazing Inheritance by Frances R. Sterrett
The Valley of Content by Blanche Upright
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Dear Enemy  by Jean Webster
When Patty Went to College by Jean Webster
False Dawn by Edith Wharton
New Years Day  by Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Old Maid by Edith Wharton
The Spark by Edith Wharton
 
 

Girls Books

Aprilly by Jane Abbott
Mingle Streams by Jane Abbott
Flower Fables Louisa May Alcott
Jo's Boys Louisa May Alcott
Old Fashioned Girl (alternate) Louisa May Alcott
Under The Lilac Louisa May Alcott
The Young Visitors by Daisy Ashford
A Cavalier Maid by Emilie Benson & Alden Arthur Knipe
A Maid of Old Manhattan by Emilie Benson & Alden Arthur Knipe
Diantha's Quest by Emilie Benson & Alden Arthur Knipe
Girls of 64 by Emilie Benson & Alden Arthur Knipe
Polly Trotter Patriot by Emilie Benson & Alden Arthur Knipe
The Lost Little Lady by Emilie Benson & Alden Arthur Knipe
Dorothy Dainty Series (18 books) by Amy Brooks
Princess Polly Series (6 books) by Amy Brooks
Prue Series (5 books) by Amy Brooks
Babs at College by Alice Ross Colver
Babs at Home by Alice Ross Colver
Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures by Alice B. Emerson
Something to Do Girls by Edna A. Foster
Miss Pat (three titles from the seriies of 10) Pemberton Ginther
Patsy Carroll (3 of a 4 titles series) Grace Gordon
Bouncing Bet by Joslyn Gray
The January Girl by Joslyn Gray
Rusty Miller by Joslyn Gray
Margery Morris and Plain Jane by Violet Gordon Gray
About Harriet by Clara Whitehill Hunt
Peggy Stewart Navy Girl in School by Gabrielle E. Jackson
Peggy Stewart Navy Girl at Home by Gabrielle E. Jackson
Three Little Women as Wives by Gabrielle E. Jackson
Joan of Juniper Inn by Carolyn E. Jacobs
The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Amy Bell Marlowe
Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart by George Madden Martin
Emmy Lou's Road to Grace (Being a little Pilgrim's Progress) by George Madden Martin
Little Prudy Stories by Sophie May (Rebecca Sophia Clarke)
The Children on the Top Floor by Nina Rhoades
Winifred's Neighbors by Nina Rhoades
Quinn by Alice Hegan Rice
Mark Gray's Heritage by Eliot H. Robinson
Smiles  by Eliot H. Robinson
Smiling Pass  by Eliot H. Robinson
The Man From Smiling Pass  by Eliot H. Robinson
The Girls of Friendly Terrace or Peggy Raymond's Success by Harriet Lummis Smith
Molly Brown's Freshman Days by Nell Speed
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days by Nell Speed
The Campfire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King`s Strange Adventure by Jane L. Stewart
Ten Girls from Dickens  by Kate Dickinson Sweetser
The Pilgrim Maid by Marion Ames Taggart
Phyllis Anne by Florence Ward
Betty Wales Sophomore: A Story for Girls (one of eight titles of the 10 title series) by Margaret Warde
Nancy of Paradise Cottage by Shirley Watkins
The Patty Series among over 30 books for girls by Carolyn Wells


The Joan Burroughs Pierce Personal Library
Dedications & Autographs
from her father,
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Thanks to Danton Burroughs and ERBzine 0933
THE RETURN OF TARZAN 
A.C. McClurg ~ March 1915
THE BEASTS OF TARZAN
A. C. McClurg ~ March 1916
To my dear daughter - Joan
with love
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana Ranch
To my dear little Joan this first copy
of the first book which has  been dedicated
to you, later; but with no greater love
than goes with this
from,
Papa
February 24, 1916
Oak Park, Illinois
THE SON OF TARZAN
A. L. Burt ~ 1918
TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
Grosset and Dunlap ~ 1940
With love to Joan
from Papa
Tarzana Ranch
Jan 1923
To my dear daughter
with lots of love
Edgar Rice Burroughs
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1940
TARZAN THE UNTAMED
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1922
Dear Joan
If only God had given me a
gift for noble poetry
Then what?
Doutless I would, old and
rheumatic,
Be starving now in some bare
attic
But he didn't
So I have to starve
elsewhere
Love
Papa
Dear Joan
I wish that I might
here indite
Something witty
Something bright
But when God installed
my brain
He put in something
else again
Papa
TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
A.C. McClurg ~ June 1921
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION
A.C. McClurg ~ March 1923
To
My sweet little old daughter
Joan, with lots and lots
of love
        Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana Ranch
July 1, 1921
To my dear daughter
Joan Burroughs
with love from
Papa
March 28, 1923
Tarzana Ranch
TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN
A.C. McClurg ~ September 1924
TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN
A.C. McClurg ~ September 1924
To dear little Joan
with love
from
Papa
Los Angeles
October 22, 1924
To Jim Pierce
Hoping your luck
holds
Edgar Rice Burroughs
March 16, 1928
May Store

 
TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE
A.C. McClurg ~ September 1928
TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE
Metropolitan ~ Nov. 28, 1930
With love and Best wishes
to Joan and Jim
Ed
Tarzana
Oct. 28, 1928
To Joan and Jim
with love
Septicemia
Tarzana
California
TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE
Burroughs ~ Nov 20, 1931
TARZAN TRIUMPHANT
Burroughs ~ Nov. 20, 1931
To
Joan
with love
Papa
Tarzana
November 17, 1931
To
Joan, Jim, and Joan II
with love - on the day of
publication of
Old Septicaemia
September 1, 1932
Malibu La Costa
TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD
Burroughs ~ Sept. 1, 1933
TARZAN AND THE LION MAN
Burroughs ~ Sept. 1, 1934
To Joan, Jim and Joan II
with love and best wishes
OB
Malibu
August 27, 1933
To Joan
with lots of love
Papa
Tarzana
Aug 15, 1934
TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN
Burroughs ~ Sept. 7, 1935
TARZAN'S QUEST
Burroughs ~ Sept. 1, 1936
To my dear Joan
with a great deal of love
Papa
Tarzana
July 8, 1935
To Joan
with oceans of love
Papa
Tarzana
August 26, 1936
TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY
Burroughs ~ Sept. 15, 1938
TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT
Burroughs ~ Sept. 25, 1939
To my darling daughter
with love
    Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana, Calif.

Oct. 12, 1938
To my darling sister
with love
John Coleman Burroughs

To
Mike "Two Gun" Pierce
with love from his
grandfather
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Honolulu
September 24, 1941
TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT
Burroughs ~ Sept. 25, 1939
TARZAN AND THE FOREIGN LEGION
Burroughs ~ August 22, 1947
To Joan
with all the love in the world
Papa
9/11/39
ERB cartoon sketch in water colour of Tarzan, Giraffe and Lion)
To Joan
with love
Papa
Tarzana
July 3, 1947
AT THE EARTH'S CORE
A.C. McClurg ~ July 22, 1922
THE MUCKER
A.C.McClurg ~ Oct 31, 1921
To
Joan of Tarzana
with lots of love
From
Papa
(alias Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzana
Aug. 6, 1922
To
Art Accrd
with best wishes
from his friends
Joan Burroughs
and
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana Ranch
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
3/28/22
THE GIRL FROM HOLLYWOOD
Macauley ~ Aug 10, 1923
THE ETERNAL LOVER
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1927
To my dear little girl
with love from
            Papa
Tarzana Ranch
Aug 23, 1923
To Joan
Lots of love
Papa
THE MAD KING
A.C. McClurg ~ Sept. 18, 1926
THE MAD KING
A.C. McClurg ~ Sept 18, 1926
Dear Jim
If you can't sleep
read this,
Yours
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana Ranch
Oct 4, 1926

To James Pierce
Hollywood Hospital
L. A.

A young lady, Joan, had a beau
Who was six feet eleven, or meau
"My Gord! when I seed him
"I must cook a whole cow, remarked Jeau.

Which has nothing at all to do
with this book for
Joan
from
Papa
Tarzana Ranch
Dec. 1, 1926

THE OUTLAW OF TORN
A.C. McClurg ~ Feb 19, 1927
JUNGLE GIRL
Burroughs ~ April 15, 1932
To
The dear little
Leading lady
from her proud
father
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana
Mar 4, 1927
To Joan, Jim and Jan
with love
from
OB
Tarzana
April 29, 1932
OAKDALE AFFAIR AND THE RIDER
Burroughs ~ Feb 15, 1937
MISC: In wife Emma Burroughs' 
First Edition of THE MUCKER
To
Joan
with love always
Papa
Tarzana
March 3, 1937
"My first copy of the American edition;
rec'd Nov. 2, 1921, 
with love to Emma from Ed, 
Tarzana Ranch".
MISC: In Emma's first edition copy of
THE WAR CHIEF:
First publisher presentation edition of 
THE LAD AND THE LION
"To my dear wife, 
who has read forty nine of my stories - no fifty two
- and still lives.
Edgar Rice Burroughs 
Tarzana Ranch Sept. 27, 1927"
"Dear Ralph - 
Perhaps you have seen this book before, 
but I'll bet you haven't read it. 
One nice thing about your job is that 
you don't have to read the books you publish.
Yours, B. 
Tarzana Feb. 17, 1938"
(2 days after publication).
(Inscribed to Cyril Ralph Rothmund, President of the ERB, Inc. publishing company.)

 
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