In total, 8000 copies comprise the entire first state, which is nevertheless quite a sizable release. A smaller Canadian first edition having 200-500 copies issued was released the same year in Toronto by McCelland, Goodchild & Stewart. The difference between the two is a small gold acorn added to the publisher’s slug on the spine. McClurg & Co., of Chicago consists of 5000 copies, and an additional 2,500 copies which have the identical dust-jacket in the second issue. It was then television’s turn to broadcast Tarzan in the mid 1950s series, followed by video and computer games, device apps, e-books, and a rare book of course. The novel was adopted into a film with the same title, “ Tarzan of the Apes” in 1918 and made its stage appearance on Broadway in 1921 the comic form in the original Tarzan comic strip followed in 1929 and its popular radio program aired during 1932-1936. The story was published in the October 1912 edition of the magazine, but it was not until 1914 that the first book edition was printed by the A. The publication paid $700 for the work, which was enough to send Burroughs the message that he could quite possibly make a living as a writer. One Hundred years ago, a young American author by the name of Edgar Rice Burroughs, wrote his second story, “Tarzan of the Apes” for the pulp magazine All-Story Magazine.
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