Edgar Rice Burroughs — Jungle Girl

London, Odhams Press Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in Cambodia, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first U.K. Edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Jungle Girl' is set in the jungles of Cambodia, revolting around a forgotten kingdom 'Pnom Dhek&apos. The novel is about Gordon King, a young American doctor, who travels to Cambodia to study.Edgar Rice Burroughs was a popular author of adventure novels, best known for his character 'Tarzan', on whom the 1999 Disney film was based on. His wrote his first novel, 'Under the Moons of Mars', after suffering from money troubles. Burroughs cashed in on the original success of 'Tarzan' by writing twenty-three sequels. He also dabbled in science fiction, with his character John Carter, a civil war veteran who becomes an adventurer of Mars. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is a little faded. Spots to the fore edge. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with small closed tears, and two tape repairs to the reverse. Light handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.