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ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA

Edgar Rice Burroughs'
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Art Gallery of J. Allen St. John Interiors ~ Publishing History
Covers ~ Summary ~ Cast ~ Chapter Titles ~ Paperback Gallery

PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)
Written between February and May 1922

PULP
Argosy All-Story Weekly: 1922: December 9, 16, 23, 30; 1923: January 6, 13, 20
    P.J. Monahan: December 9 cover ~ Stout: one b/w interior in each installment ~ editor Davis: Foreword
FIRST EDITION
A.C. McClurg: March 24, 1923 ~ 333 pages
    J. Allen St. John: DJ and eight interior plates
REPRINT EDITIONS
Grosset & Dunlap: 1924 (two printings) ~ 333 pages
Grosset & Dunlap Photoplay movie edition: 1927 and 1929
    James Pierce: photo DJ and four b/w interior photos
Grosset & Dunlap photoplay: 1930 and 1931 editions ~ St. John DJ and eight b/w interior plates
Grosset & Dunlap: 1940 ~ St. John DJ but no interiors
Grosset & Dunlap Madison Square wartime edition: 1943 ~ 332 pages
    J. Allen St. John: DJ and title page logo
Big Little Book Whitman Publishing: 1943 ~ 432 pages
    John Coleman Burroughs cover ~ Rex Maxon: 209 interiors adapted from 1930-31 daily strips
Grosset & Dunlap: July 1949 ~ 332 pages
    C. Edmund Monroe: DJ ~ Rafael Palacios: Africa map on endpapers and decorated title page
Ballantine paperback: July 1963 ~ 191 pages
    Richard Powers cover
Grosset & Dunlap: 1967 ~ 332 pages
    C. Edmund Monroe: pictorial boards cover using previous DJ art ~ decorated title page
Ballantine paperback: October 1969
    Robert Abbett cover
Ballantine paperback: November 1976
    Boris Vallejo cover
Del Rey-Ballantine Double paperback: May 1997 ~ 426 pages ~ with Tarzan and the Ant Men
    Charles Keegan cover

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

J. Allen St. John: Tarzan and the Golden Lion - 8 interior sepia plates
Edgar Rice Burroughs'
Tarzan and the Golden Lion 

Summary — Blurb from Ballantine Books

Tarzan had been betrayed. Drugged and helpless, he was delivered into the hands of the dreadful priests of Opar, last bastion of ancient Atlantis. La, High Priestess of the Flaming God, had saved him once again, driven by her hopeless love for the ape-man. But now she was betrayed and threatened by her people. To save her, Tarzan fled with her into the legendary Valley of Diamonds, while Jad-bal-ja, his faithful golden lion, followed. Ahead lay a land where savage gorillas ruled over servile men. And behind, Estaban Miranda—who looked exactly like Tarzan—plotted further treachery. 

Edgar Rice Burroughs'
Tarzan and the Golden Lion 

Chapters

I.The Golden Lion
II. The Training of Jad-bal-ja
III. A Meeting of Mystery
IV. What the Footprints Told
V. The Fatal Drops
VI. Death Steals Behind
VII. "You Must Sacrifice Him"
VIII. Mystery of the Past
IX. The Shaft of Death
X. Mad Treachery
XI. Strange Incense Burns
XII. The Golden Ingots
XIII. A Strange, Flat Tower
XIV. The Chamber of Horrors
XV. The Map of Blood
XVI. The Diamond Hoard
XVII. The Torture of Fire
XVIII. The Spoor of Revenge
XIX. A Barbed Shaft Kills
XX. The Dead Return
XXI. An Escape and a Capture

 

CAST (in order of appearance)
Tarzan of the apes: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Jane Clayton: Lady Greystoke, wife of Tarzan 
Korak: Jack Clayton, son of Tarzan and Jane 
Jad-bal-ja the Golden Lion: Tarzan's pet/companion 
 Umanga: a village chief 
 Za: Umanga's bitch recruited to nurse Jad-bal-ja 
Muviro: old chief of Tarzan's Waziri warriors 
Jervis: English foreman of Tarzan's African estate 
Flora Hawkes: one-time London maid to Jane Clayton 
Esteban Miranda: Spanish actor, Tarzan look-alike 
John Peebles: English pugilist and ne'er-do-well 
Dick Throck: English pugilist and ne'er-do-well 
Adolph Bluber: Fat German, treasurer of badguys expedition 
Carl Kraski: Russian dancer, chief badguy 
Gobo: ape killed by Esteban 
Pagth: king of Gobu's tribe 
Keewazi: black who let Jad-bal-ja escape 
Manu: little monkey gossiper near Opar
Cadj: High Priest of the Flaming God of Opar 
Blagh: guard at Opar 
La: High Priestess and Queen of Opar 
Dooth: a priest of Opar, loyal to La 
Oah: a priest of Opar, loyal to Cadj 
Usula: one of Tarzan's Waziri warriors 
Owaza: a village headman 
Old Man: un-named English prisoner of the
Bolgani: Luviri Owaza's second in command 
Obebe: a cannibal 
Cast List Ref: Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia and Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet

Tarzan and the Golden Lion: J. Allen St. John - oil version
Standing above him was Jad-bal-ja, the Golden LionHe caught the little lion by the scruff of its neckBefore him was the body of a giant anthropoidUpon the third day Tarzan shall die beneath my knifeTarzan saw a white man, bald and old and shriveled with a long white beardThe Golden Lion with two mighty bounds was upon the High PriestHunting together, the man and the great lion trod the paths toward homeWith a cry of terror the Spaniard dived into the river




John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
LORD GREYSTOKE'S GALLERY

References
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia
Hillman ERB Cosmos
John Coleman Burroughs Tribute
J. Allen St. John Bio, Gallery & Links
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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