ERBzin-e 484: Art Gallery: Return of Tarzan: St. John Chapter Headings

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Volume 484

ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. ENCYCLOPEDIA
Presents
Edgar Rice Burroughs'
THE RETURN OF TARZAN
Completed by ERB in January 1913
Working titles: Monsieur Tarzan and The Ape-Man

PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

PULP
New Story Magazine: 1913 June through December
    N. C. Wyeth: June and August covers ~ Unknown artist: one title headpiece in each issue
A. C. McClurg "printer's dummy" or "unique salesman's copy": Prior to March 1915
A. C. McClurg paperbound "pre-publication copy" prior to March 10, 1915 ~ 365 pages
FIRST EDITION
A. C. McClurg: March 10, 1915 ~ 365 pages
    N. C. Wyeth: DJ (same as New Story August) ~ J. Allen St. John: 26 interior b/w headpieces
REPRINT EDITIONS
A. C. McClurg: after March 10, 1915 ~ six additional printings
A. L. Burt Co.: 1916
A. L. Burt Co.: 1916-1919 ~ annual reprint editions
Grosset & Dunlap: 1927
Grosset & Dunlap: 1935
Big Little Book: Whitman Publishing 1936 ~ abridged from 1929 daily strip ~ 432 pages
    Rex Maxon: cover and 209 interiors
Armed Services Edition #0-22 pocket-sized paperback by Armed Services, Inc. ~ 287 pages
    Cover: picture of the Methuen DJ and no interiors
Grosset & Dunlap "Madison Square" wartime edition: 1943 ~ 314 pages
    N. C. Wyeth: DJ ~ J. Allen St. John title page decoration but no interiors
Grosset & Dunlap: April 1948
    C. Edmund Monroe, Jr.: DJ ~ Rafael Palacios: end paper map and board and title page drawings
Ballantine Books paperback: July 1963 ~ 221 pages
    Richard Powers cover
Grosset & Dunlap: 1967 ~ 314 pages
    C. Edmund Monroe, Jr.: illustrated cloth cover
Whitman Publishing: 1967 ~ 214 pages
    Al Anderson: illustrated board covers and 12 interiors (with Sparky Moore)
Ballantine Books paperback: February 1967 ~ 221 pages
    Ron Ely photo cover NBC-TV series tie-in
Ballantine Books paperback: April 1969
    Robert Abbett cover
Ballantine Books paperback: April 1975
    Neal Adams cover

For detailed information see: Zeuschner's ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography

N. C. Wyeth: Return of Tarzan - 26 interior b/w headpieces by St. John (debut)

Edgar Rice Burroughs'
THE RETURN OF TARZAN
Interior Art by J. Allen St. John

Summary (from blurb in Ballantine edition)

Tarzan had renounced his right to the woman he loved, and civilization held no pleasure for him. After a brief and harrowing period among men, he turned back to the African jungle where he had grown to manhood. It was there he first heard of Opar, the city of gold, left over from fabled Atlantis. It was a city of hideous men—and of beautiful, savage women, over whom reigned La, high priestess of the Flaming God. Its altars were stained with the blood of many sacrifices. Unheeding of the dangers, Tarzan led a band of savage warriors toward the ancient crypts and the more ancient evil of Opar.

Munroe DJ: Return of Tarzan: Later G and D edition

Rex Maxon cover: Big Little Book edition

Edgar Rice Burroughs'
The Return of Tarzan

CHAPTERS

I. The Affair On The Liner
II. Forging Bonds of Hate and ------?
III. What Happened in the Rue Maule
IV. The Countess Explains
V. The Plot That Failed
VI. A Duel
VII. The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa
VIII.The Fight in the Desert
IX. Numa "El Adrea"
X. Through the Valley of the Shadow
XI. John Caldwell, London
XII. Ships That Pass
XIII. The Wreck of the "Lady Alice"
XIV. Back to the Primitive
XV. From Ape to Savage
XVI. The Ivory Traders
XVII. The White Chief of the Waziri
XVIII. The Lottery of Death
XIX. The City of Gold
XX. La
XXI. The Castaways
XXII. The Treasure Vaults of Opar
XXIII. Fifty Frightful Men
XXIV. How Tarzan Came Again to Opar
XXV. Through the Forest Primeval
XXVI. The Passing of the Ape-Man

CAST OF CHARACTERS
Olga de Coude neé Rokoff: Countess, wife of Raoul, sister of Rokoff
Raoul de Coude: Count, official of the Ministry of War
Tarzan of the Apes: aka Monsieur Jean C. Tarzan, John Caldwell,
John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Nikolas Rokoff: aka M.Thuran
Alexis Paulvitch: assistant to Rokoff, Countess de Coude's evil brother
Paul d'Arnot: Tarzan's friend, French Navy Lieutenant
Jacques: servant to Countess de Coude
M. Flaubert: duel second to Count de Coude
General Rochere: Paris bureau chief, French Foreign Legion
Lieutenant Gernois: Foreign Legion officer suspected of selling secrets
Captain Gerard: Tarzan's Foreign Legion friend in Oran
Abdul: Tarzan's interpreter at Sidi Aissa
Kadour ben Saden: Shiek of a desert tribe south of Djefa
Ouled-Nail: dancing girl in Sidi Aissa, Kadour's daughter
Ali-ben-Ahmed: Shiek whose tribe captures Tarzan
Ahmet-din-Taieb: Ouled-Nail's cousin, tribesman of Ali-ben-Ahmed
Hazel Strong: Baltimore heiress, Jane Porter's bestfriend
Archimedes Q. Porter: Professor from Baltimore MD
Jane Porter: Prof. Porter's daughter, fianceé of William Clayton
Samuel T. Philander: Prof Porter's secretary and assistant
William Cecil Clayton: Tarzan's cousin, suitor of Jane Porter
Esmeralda: maid to the Porters
Lord Tennington: Londoner, owner of yacht Lady Alice
Captain Jerrold: captain of the Lady Alice
Busili: the first Waziri Tarzan meets
Thompkins, Spider,Wilson: sailors who survive the wreck of the Lady Alice
Tha: insane Priest of Opar
La: High Priestess of the Flaming God of Opar
Karnath, Magor: Members of Tarzan's ape tribe
Dufranne: Captain of a French cruiser

Cast List Ref: Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia and Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet

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Chapter Head Pieces by J. Allen St. John

I. The Affair On The Liner II. Forging Bonds of Hate and ------?
III. What Happened in the Rue Maule IV. The Countess Explains
V. The Plot That Failed VI. A Duel VII. The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa VIII.The Fight in the Desert IX. Numa El Adrea X. Through the Valley of the Shadow XI. John Caldwell, London XII. Ships That Pass XIII. The Wreck of the Lady Alice XIV. Back to the Primitive XV. From Ape to Savage XVI. The Ivory Traders XVII. The White Chief of the Waziri XVIII. The Lottery of Death XIX. The City of Gold XX. La XXI. The Castaways XXII. The Treasure Vaults of Opar XXIII. Fifty Frightful Men XXIV. How Tarzan CAme Again to Opar XXV. Through the Forest Primeval XXVI. The Passing of the Ape-Man

LORD GREYSTOKE'S GALLERY
Richard Powers cover: Ballantine 63

Ron Ely TV tie-in cover: Ballantine 1967

Edward Mortelmans art Four Square edition 1959 UK

Edward Mortelmans art: Four Square edition 1964 UK

References
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia
Hillman ERB Cosmos
Edgar Rice Burroughs: LifeLine Biography
Bob Zeuschner's ERB Bibliography
J.G. Huckenpohler's ERB Checklist
Burroughs Bibliophiles Bulletin
G. T. McWhorter's Burroughs Bulletin Index
Bruce Wood's ERB Jacket Store
Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet
Nick Knowles' ERB Paperback Collector
Illustrated Bibliography of ERB Pulp Magazines
ERBzin-e Weekly Online Fanzine
ERB Emporium: Collectibles ~ Comics ~ BLBs ~ Pulps ~ Cards
Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia
Heins' Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradford M. Day's Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Bibliography

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