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PIRATES OF VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-314 [315: ads] [316-320: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. First book of the Venus series. Carson Napier and his adventures on Venus and his meeting with the Princess Duare. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 1-16 and (1995) 1-16. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 114. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02305. Heins PV-1.
ESCAPE ON VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1946]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11-347 [348-350: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue pebbled cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange, fore-edge untrimmed, endpaper map. First edition. Fourth book of the Venus series. Heins EV-1.
BACK TO THE STONE AGE.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. The fifth Pellucidar novel. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02271. Heins BSA-1. Zeuschner 25.
THE DEPUTY SHERIFF OF COMANCHE COUNTY.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1940]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-312 [313: ads] [314-316: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by John Coleman Burroughs, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough-trimmed. First edition. Heins DS-1.
TARZAN AND "THE FOREIGN LEGION."
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1947]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-10] 11-314 [315-316: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue pebbled cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, top edge stained red, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. Tarzan fights the Japanese on the island of Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies during World War II. Heins FL-1.
CARSON OF VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-312 [313: ads] [314-318: blank] [last two leaves are blanks], six inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panel stamped in orange, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. "... the third and by far the finest book in the series [of Venus novels]." - Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 298-302. Heins CV-1. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1940]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-315 [316: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine panel stamped in orange, top edge stained red, First edition. Ninth book of the Mars series. Heins SMM-1.
LAND OF TERROR.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1944]. Octavo, dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in orange, top edge stained orange, fore-edge uncut. First edition. The sixth Pellucidar novel. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02288. Heins LT-1.
TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-332 [333: ads] [334-336: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained orange. First edition. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02323. Heins LeM-1.
TARZAN'S QUEST.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935]. pp. [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. Teitler 206. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02338. Heins TQ-1.
THE DEPUTY SHERIFF OF COMANCHE COUNTY.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1940]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-312 [313: ads] [314-316: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by John Coleman Burroughs, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough-trimmed. First edition. Heins DS-1.
TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-315 [316: blank] [317: ads] [318-320: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. Bleiler (1978), p. 36. Reginald 02319. Heins FC-1.
JUNGLE GIRL.
London: Odhams Press Limited, [1933]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5 [6] 7-248 [249-252: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves are blanks], original maroon cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First British edition. An American explorer finds a flourishing ancient civilization in the interior of Cambodia. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 109. Teitler 214. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02285. Heins JG-5.
LLANA OF GATHOL.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Eleventh book of the Mars series. Heins LG-1.
TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8-10] 11-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original blue pebbled cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. Teitler 208. Heins TaM-1.
LOST ON VENUS.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red. First edition. Second book of the Venus series. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-29. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02293. Heins LV-1.
BACK TO THE STONE AGE.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. The fifth Pellucidar novel. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02271. Heins BSA-1. Zeuschner 25.
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS: MASTER OF ADVENTURE.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1965. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 9-27.
I AM A BARBARIAN.
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publisher, [1967]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Historical fiction written in 1941. Only 2000 copies of this book were printed. Zeuschner 186.
BEYOND THIRTY AND THE MAN-EATER.
South Ozone Park, New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1957. Octavo, dust jacket illustration by Gil Kane, cloth. First combined (and first hardcover) edition. Collects "Beyond Thirty" (1916) and "The Man-Eater" (1915). Heins BTh-1.
TALES OF THREE PLANETS.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. Octavo, illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel, cloth. First edition. Collects three stories, "Beyond the Farthest Star" (1942), "The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw" (1937), and "The Wizard of Venus" (first appearance in print), with introduction by Richard A. Lupoff. "The Wizard of Venus" was apparently intended to be the opening segment of a new series of interconnected novelettes that would have become the fifth novel in the saga of Carson Napier on the planet Venus. Zeuschner 517.
THE GODS OF MARS.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1962. Octavo, illustrations by Larry Ivie, cloth. Later edition. The second Mars novel. Heins GM-7.
A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1974. Octavo, illustrations by Mahlon Blaine, cloth. Later printing of the Canaveral edition. Heins FMMM-5.
JOHN CARTER OF MARS.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. Octavo, illustrations by Reed Crandall, cloth. First edition (later binding). Collects two novelettes featuring John Carter: "John Carter and the Giant of Mars, first published in AMAZING STORIES, January 1941, and "Skeleton Men of Jupiter," first published in AMAZING STORIES, February 1943. Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff. Later binding with title on cover correctly reading "John Carter of Mars." Black cloth stamped in gold (Currey's binding B). Zeuschner 517.
TARZAN AND THE CASTAWAYS.
New York: Canaveral Press, 1965. Octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, cloth. First edition, first state with five copyright dates. Collects the title novel and two shorter tales, "Tarzan and the Champion" and "Tarzan and the Jungle Murders." Zeuschner, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography, pp. 332-333. See Heins TC- (T26).