A PRINCESS OF MARS: THE DELUXE MANUSCRIPT EDITION.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Publishers, [2019]. Octavo, numerous color and black and white illustrations. New edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by contributors Robert B. Zeuschner, Thomas Grindberg, Douglas Klauba and Iain McCaig. A deluxe presentation with twenty color plates including art by Frank Schoonover, Frank Frazetta, Michael Whelan and others (with several original to this edition). Foreword by Michael Moorcock, introduction by Robert Zeuschner. In both the introduction and an afterword Zeuschner discusses extensively with changes in the manuscript from magazine to book form. Also includes biographies of the artists in this edition and a section on the manuscript changes for the 1917 McClurg edition. The first book of the Mars series. Burroughs' first published story (written in 1911) and his only story to originally appear under a pseudonym. The story first appeared under the byline "Norman Bean" (he had intended that pen name be "Normal Bean") as a six-part serial "Under the Moons of Mars" in a Munsey magazine, THE ALL-STORY, February-July 1912. This novel preceded the first publication of "Tarzan of the Apes," published in the October 1912 issue of THE ALL-STORY. This popular novel inspired numerous writers and influenced the space faring sword and raygun stories as well as influencing scientists and filmakers. "...this pioneering account of John Carter's magical transmission to the the planet Mars and his subsequent baroque adventures established a new template for fiction set on other planets, developing such imaginative spaces as arenas for exuberantly uninhibited tales of exotic derring-do ... Although it hardly qualifies as science-based speculative fiction, Burroughs's account of Barsoom was enormously influential in pulp SF, standing at the head of a rich subgenre of 'planetary romances' whose evolution was carried forward by such writers as C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, and Ray Bradbury." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-194. Made into a feature film in 2012 as "John Carter." [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-31; (1981) 1-31; (1987) 1-17; and (1995) 1-17. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-61. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 304. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 25. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 115. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1720-25. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02307. Heins PM-1]. A fine copy a fine jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box with a separate portfolio with reproductions of letter and manuscript pages, a replica of Burrough's pen and a special medallion. (33867). Item #33867
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