Chicago:  McClurg ~ June 1, 1914

 Broadside announcement/order form for the first edition of Tarzan of the Apes. Printed in red and black, with a reproduction of the illustration by Fred J. Arting which was used for the wrap-around dust jacket on the book, and a portion of which became the title-page illustration. 12¼x6.

Rare pre-publication announcement and order form for the first edition of one of the great literary creations of our time, Tarzan of the Apes, Lord of the Jungle. Dated June 1, 1914, the broadside announces that "there will be issued on June 17 one of the most Original and remarkable stories ever written, Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs." The premise for the story is given, "a white man of noble birth, who, when a tiny babe, was adpoted by a giant female belonging to a tribe of anthropoid apes," along with other particulars. The price is given as $1.30 net, at the bottom of the sheet is an order form with which multiple copies may be ordered from McClurg.

In the left margin are four punch-holes, and the announcement was at one time yanked from a binder, resulting in some paper loss between the punch-holes and the edge of the paper, affecting a letter or two; mild darkening, a few short tears, old tape stains at lower edge, else very good.

Original typed agreement between Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., and A.C. McClurg & Co. for the book publication of The Monster Men, signed by Burroughs, Joseph E. Bray (President of A.C. McClurg & Co., and two witnesses. On the rectos of two sheets of legal-size paper, 13x8½).

Typed contract, signed by Burroughs, for the last of his non-series titles published by McClurg. Burroughs, now incorporated, was to receive royalties of 15% for the first 10,000 copies, and 20% therafter. As it turned out, only about 5,000 copies were issued by McClurg. Burroughs made sure that he retained all dramatic, motion picture and serial rights, that he would receive 50% royalties on cheaper cloth editions of said book, all rights of "foreign translation into other languages than English," and 80% of the royalties on any Canadian edition. At the top of the first page is written in ink, "OP Cancelled and signed (?) to Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. August 11, 1939 - 50.00." Apparently Burroughs bought back the copyright in 1939 for a bargain price of $50, but it was not republished until the 1962 Canaveral Press edition.

Light wear, each sheet with McClurg's "Received" rubberstamp dated 1929 on the reverse, discoloration (from a previously affixed label?) to the signature of one of the witnesses, else very good.

Three original signed checks drawn on Burroughs' Citizen's National Bank account: To his wife Florence Gilbert Burroughs, for $18.00, Jan. 15, 1940; to his brother-in-law Edward Gilbert, for $8.50, Dec. 8, 1939; and to his mother-in-law, Maud Gilbert, for $20, dated Aug. 1, 1939. Each with perforated cancellations and rubberstamps. Framed together.

Burroughs' signature is quite clear in each case. There is not indication of what the checks were for; ERB and Florence were divorced in 1940.

Mimeographed typescript. 6 leaves, on rectos only, stapled. 11x8½.

Apparently unpublished 1937 mimeographed typescript, in which Burroughs relates his early life and what led him to write the stories which made him famous, "The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was thirty-five and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted..."

There are a number of ink notations to the ms., added later by Robert Fenton, mostly giving the dates at which the various episodes related by Burroughs must have taken place. Accompanied by a modern transcript.

Some soiling and creases, punch holes in left margin, very good.

20 leaves, typed on rectos only. Edited by Robert Fenton, with his notes and corrections in ink and pencil. 11x8½, in binder of yellow paper wrappers.

Burroughs' account of a trip across country he and his family made in 1916, typed up from his notes by Robert Fenton in 1961. Accompanied by a modern transript.

Wrappers soiled, worn; minor internal wear, 2 leaves darkened, else very good.

 4 pp. (single sheet folded). With color illustration by J. Allen St. John on the first page. 11x8½, with original mailing envelope, unused. Rare prospectus for the Tarzan radio program, "produced and distributed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Tarzana, California, under the personal supervision of Edgar Rice Burroughs," describing the appeal of the program to advertisers, in an effort to get radio stations to carry the show. fine in original unused envelope.