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Sat, Mar 13, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 200

[BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice]. Large Collection of Edgar Rice Bur...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice]. Large Collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs Ephemera. Including the front page of the Chicago Herald (May 16, 1918) advertising for the ?Tarzan of the Apes? film at the Colonial Theatre; several press photos of the front covers to magazines with Burroughs? stories including Tarzan of the Apes in ?The All?Story?; early scanned copy of the original Tarzan of the Apes book contract; large photograph of J. Allen St. John painting the cover for ?Tarzan and the Golden Lion?; an original 1924 map on linen showing the El Caballero Golf Course located on Tarzana Drive; original illustration art featuring an early bust portrait of the author; letters from Evelyn B. McKenzie (ERB?s niece) to ERB?s biographer Robert Fenton; several newspaper clippings, magazines, negatives, and press booklets including a 1927 reprint of ?E. R. B. and the Silent Screen?. All neatly housed in individual sleeves in a three-ring binder. More photos upon request. Provenance: from the estate of a Burroughs associate.