Inscribed by Burroughs to 'Jane'
Tarzan of the Apes.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [co. 1914].
Reprint. [viii], 392 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by Burroughs to 'Jane'. Publisher's red cloth, titled in black. Spine faded and worn, with top 1-1/2 inch section separated along front joint, front lower tip worn, wear to lower margin of pp. 119-120 Item #300938
Inscribed by Burroughs to Maureen "Jane" Farrow on the ffep, "… with all good wishes from her old friend and admirer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzana, California, January 31, 1938." Maureen O'Sullivan Farrow (1911-1998) played Jane alongside Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan in the first six MGM Tarzan films, 1932-1942. Her first husband was the director and screenwriter John Farrow — together they had seven children, including the actress Mia Farrow.
With a black and white publicity photograph (6-1/4 x 5-1/4 in.) of Burroughs visiting "Jane" and "Tarzan" (in costume) on set, the three posed in front of an elephant.
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