PUBLISHING DATES FOR THE FIRST
APPEARANCES OF
THE WORKS OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Collated from the ERB Illustrated
Bibliography
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R Encyclopedia
The titles in the main bibliography
are presented in
Chronological and Alphabetical
Sorts
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FIRST EDITION (377 pages 7,500 copies)
A. C. McClurg: September 15, 1928
J. Allen St. John: DJ, title page
and five interior sepia plates
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Map art of
the Valley of the Sepulcher
APACHE DEVIL
PULP
Argosy All-Story Weekly ~ May 19, 26 - June 2, 9,
16, 23, 1928
Paul Stahr cover for first issue
~ Roger B. Morrison ("Mori"): one b/w interior for each installment
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. ~ February 15, 1933 - 310 pages
Studley Oldham Burroughs: Dust
Jacket and 5 b/w interiors
TARZAN AND THE TARZAN TWINS
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press: November 30, 1963 ~ 192 pages
Roy G. Krenkel: DJ and 19 interiors
Canaveral Press: 1974 reprint
TARZAN AND THE LOST EMPIRE
PULP
Blue Book: 1928: October, November, December ~ 1929:
January, February
Frank Hoban: colour covers for
the first four issues and 41 b/w interiors
FIRST EDITION
Metropolitan Books: September 28, 1929 (first title
not published by McClurg) ~ 313 pages
A. W. Sperry: wrap-around DJ and
b/w frontispiece
TANAR OF PELLUCIDAR
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1929 March - August
Frank Hoban cover for all five
issues and many b/w interiors ~ ERB map in first three issues
FIRST EDITION
Metropolitan: May 29, 1930 ~ 312 pages
Paul F. Berdanier: wrap-around
DJ and b/w frontispiece
TARZAN AT THE EARTH'S CORE
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1929 October, November, December
~ 1930 January, February
Frank Hoban: covers for 4 issues
and 53 interiors
FIRST EDITION
Metropolitan Books: November 28, 1930
J. Allen St. John: wraparound DJ
painting and a different frontispiece
A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: April -
September, 1930
Laurence
Herndon: cover art for installments 1-4 and 6 ~ Frank Hoban: seven illustrations
per installment
FIRST EDITION
Metropolitan: May 15, 1931 ~
319 pages
Hugh Hutton:
wraparound DJ and frontispiece
JUNGLE GIRL
PULP
Blue Book Magazine ~ May through September 1931 "The
Dancing Girl of the Leper King."
Laurence Herndon: cover art on
first issue ~ Frank Hoban: seven interiors in each issue.
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. ~ April 15, 1932 ~ 318 pages
Studley O. Burroughs: DJ art and
six interior b/w plates
TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1930 October through 1931 April
Tarzan, Guard of the Jungle
pulp title
Laurence Herndon: Tarzan cover
art on first 6 of 7 issues ~ Frank Hoban: many interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: November 20, 1931 ~ 318 pages
Studley Burroughs: DJ and frontispiece
THE DEPUTY SHERIFF OF COMANCHE COUNTY
PULP
Thrilling Adventures ~ March, April, May 1940 ~ "The
Terrible Tenderfoot" (contains text omitted in the book release)
Arthur Mitchell cover art on first
installment ~ C.A. Murphy: numerous b/w interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. ~ September 13, 1940 ~ 312 pages
Grey pebbled cover with red lettering (First limited
addition actually a "printer's dummy" edition)
John Coleman Burroughs: Dust Jacket,
frontispiece and 22 chapter headpieces
TARZAN TRIUMPHANT
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1931 October-December ~ 1932 January
- March
The Triumph of Tarzan serialized
in six parts
Laurence Herndon: covers in Oct.
and Dec. issues ~ Frank Hoban: many interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: September 1, 1932 ~ 318 pages
Studley Burroughs: DJ and five
interiors
TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1932 August - December ~ 1933
January
Joseph Chenoweth: Tarzan cover
art on the first three issues ~ Frank Hoban: numerous interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: September 7, 1935 ~ 332 pages
J. Allen St. John: wrap-around
DJ and four interiors
PIRATES OF VENUS
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1932 September 17, 24 ~ October 1,
8, 15, 22
Paul Stahr cover in first issue
~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: February 15, 1934 ~ 314 pages
J. Allen St. John: DJ and five
b/w interiors ~ ERB: map of Amtor on endpages
TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD
PULP
Argosy Magazine: 1932 March 12, 19, 26 and April 2,
9, 16
Paul Stahr: cover painting March
12 issue ~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: September 1, 1933 ~ 316 pages
J. Allen St. John: DJ and five
interiors (frontispiece)
PIRATE BLOOD
PULP
Rejected by numerous publications. First published
posthumously.
FIRST EDITION
Ace paperback ~ August 1970 ~ published with The
Wizard of Venus ~ 158 pages
Roy G. Krenkel Venus cover art
~ Pirate Blood cover art never used.
Statement under title: "Including
the first publication anywhere of Pirate Blood Burroughs' last great adventure
novel."
LOST ON VENUS
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1933 March 4, 11, 18, 25 ~ April 1,
8, 15
Paul Stahr cover of the first issue
~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w illustration per installment
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: February 15, 1935 ~ 318 pages
J. Allen St. John: DJ and five
b/w interiors ~ ERB map of Amtor on endpapers
TARZAN AND THE LION MAN
PULP
Liberty: 1933 November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9,
16, 23, 30 ~ 1934 January 6
Ray Dean: 18 colour-tinted interiors
~ fewer words than final novel
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: September 1, 1934 ~ bound in grey
cloth ~ 313 pages
J. Allen St. John: DJ "Janus" face
and five interiors
SWORDS OF MARS
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1934 November, December ~ 1935:
January-April
Joseph Chenoweth: December cover
~ Ondrek Zaula or Henry Soulen: January cover ~ Robert Fink: six interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: February 15, 1936 ~ 315 pages
J. Allen St. John: wraparound DJ
and five interior plates
TARZAN'S QUEST
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: 1935: October, November, December
~ 1936: January, February, March
Herbert Morton Stoops: first installment
cover
Frank Hoban: many interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: September 1, 1936 ~ 318 pages
J. Allen St. John: wrap-around
DJ and five b/w interior plates
BACK TO THE STONE AGE
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1937 January 9, 16, 23 ~ February 6,
13
Emmett Watson: first issue cover
~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w interior per installment ~ ERB: foreward
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: September 15, 1937 (hieroglyph on
jacket)~ 318 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: wrap-around
DJ and seven b/w interior plates
ERB Inc. and Grosset & Dunlap mixed edition
TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1936: September 19, 26, October 3.
Tarzan and the Magic Men ~ longer than the
published novel
Hubert Rogers: installment one
cover
Unknown artist: one interior per
issue
Blue Book of Fiction and Adventure: 1937: November,
December ~ 1938: January
Tarzan and the Elephant Men
Herbert Morton Stoops (Jeremy Cannon):
first installment cover and many interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: September 25, 1939 ~ 318 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ and
five interior b/w plates
THE RESURRECTION OF JIMBER-JAW
PULP
Argosy Weekly ~ February 20, 1937 ~ Revision of an
earlier story with working title "Elmer"
Emmett Watson: Cover art ~ One
interior b/w illustration by Samuel Cahan
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press NY: April 27, 1964 in Tales of
Three Planets (with "Beyond the Farthest Star" and "The Wizard of Venus")
282pp
Roy G. Krenkel dust jacket and
10 interior b/w illustrations ~ Arlene Williamson: illustrated endpaper
maps of Poloda
Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder ~ Guidry
& Adams Editors and Publishers ~ 2001 ~ Compilation containing "Elmer"
CARSON OF VENUS
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1938 January 8, 15, 22, 29 ~ 1938 February
5, 12
Rudolph Belarski: cover of first
issue ~ C. Brigham: one b/w drawing in each installment
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: February 15, 1939 ~ 312 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ and
six b/w interiors ~ ERB: map of Amtoria on endpapers
TARZAN JR. (Miniature Book)
PULP
No pulp release
FIRST EDITION
Edgar Rice Burroughs created by hand ~ 21 pages
illustrated ~ 1937
Only one
copy in existence in Colleen Moore's Miniature Fairy Castle in The Museum
of Science & Industry in Chicago
John Coleman
Burroughs & Edgar Rice Burroughs: hand-coloured illustrations on facing
pages
TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1938: March 19,
26; April: April 2, 9, 16, 23
The Red Star of Tarzan
Rudolph Belarski: first installment
cover ~ Samuel Cahan: one interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: September 15, 1938 ~ 315 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ, colour
frontispiece and four interiors
SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1939 January 7, 14, 21, 28 ~ February
4, 11
Rudolph Belarski: first installment
cover ~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: March 15, 1940 ~ 315 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ, spine
drawing and five interiors
LAND OF TERROR
PULP
No Pulp Magazine Appearance
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. ~ May 1, 1944 ~ 319 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ art
and many unpublished sketches (see ERBzine 0347 and ERBzine 0348
)
TARZAN CLANS OF AMERICA: OFFICIAL
GUIDE
PULP
No pulp release
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc., May 22, 1939 ~ Booklet free to members
of The Tarzan Clans of America ~ 32 pages
John Coleman Burroughs cover illustration based on
a J. Allen St. John line drawing in The Beasts of Tarzan
TARZAN AND THE CASTAWAYS (CHAMPION
~ JUNGLE MURDERS ~ THE QUEST)
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: April 1940
Tarzan and the Champion
L. R. Gustavson: numerous tinted
and b/w interiors
Thrilling Adventures: June 1940
Tarzan and the Jungle Murders
Rudolph Belarski: cover ~ C. A.
Murphy: 12 b/w interiors
Argosy Weekly: 1941: August 23, 30; September 6
The Quest of Tarzan
Virgil Finlay: first installment
cover and one interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press: 1965 with bibliographic note by Richard
Lupoff ~ 229 pages
Frank Frazetta: DJ and six interiors
TARZAN AND THE MADMAN
PULP
Not published
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press: June 9, 1964 ~ 236 pages
Reed Crandall: DJ and eight
b/w interiors
ESCAPE ON VENUS
PULP
Fantastic Adventures: March 1941: "Slaves of the Fish
Men"
J. Allen St. John fron cover and
two full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures: July 1941: "Goddess of Fire"
J. Allen St. John cover (but H.W.
McCauley repainted St. John nude girl) and two full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly: Winter 1941: "Goddess
of Fire"
Unidentified cover artist ~ St.
John reprinted two interiors
Fantastic Adventures: November 1941: "The Living Dead"
J. Allen St. John cover and two
full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly: Summer 1942: "The
Living Dead"
Frank Durban cover ~ Jay Jackson
back cover ~ St. John: two reprinted interiors
Fantastic Adventures: March 1942: "War On Venus"
J. Allen St. John cover and two
full-page interiors
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly: Fall 1942: "War On
Venus"
McCall cover ~ S. Krupa back cover
~ St. John: two repeated full-page interiors
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: October 15, 1946 ~ 347 pages
John Coleman Burroughs DJ and five
b/w interiors ~ ERB Venus map on endpapers
LLANA OF GATHOL
PULP
The City of Mummies: Amazing Stories: March
1941
J. Allen St. John cover and two
interiors
Black Pirates of Barsoom: Amazing Stories:
June 1941
J. Allen St. John cover and two
interiors
Yellow Men of Mars: Amazing Stories: August
1941
J. Allen St. John cover and two
interiors
Invisible Men of Mars: Amazing Stories: October
1941
J. Allen St. John cover and two
interiors
The City of Mummies: Amazing Stories Quarterly
v.1 n.4 reprint: Fall 1941
The Black Pirates of Barsoom: Amazing Stories
Quarterly v.2 n.1: Winter 1941
Yellow Men of Mars and Invisible Men of
Mars: Amazing Stories Quarterly: v.2. n.2: Spring 1942
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: March 26, 1948 ~ 317 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ and
five interior plates
SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
PULP
Amazing: February 1942 ~ "The Return to Pellucidar"
J. Allen St. John: two interiors
Amazing: March 1942 ~ "Men of the Bronze Age"
J. Allen St. John: two interiors
Amazing: April 1942 ~ "Tiger Girl"
J. Allen St. John: two interiors
Amazing Stories Quarterly: Fall 1942: reprints of
Return to Pelllucidar, Men of the Bronze Age, Tiger Girl ~ 752 pages
Julian S. Krupa: front cover ~
McCall: back cover ~ St. John six reprinted interiors
Amazing : November 1963 ~ "Savage Pellucidar"
Larry Ivie: two interiors and back
cover
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press: November 25, 1963 ~ 274 pages
J. Allen St. John: DJ and six interiors
from pulps ~ Map of Pellucidar on endpapers
BEYOND THE FARTHEST STAR (Adventure
On Poloda & Tangor Returns)
PULP
Blue Book Magazine ~ January 1942 ~ A novelette of
11 chapters ~ First part of what was to be a new series
Grattan Condon: One double-page
illustration
FIRST EDITION
Tales of Three Planets: Canaveral Press ~ April
27, 1964: Also contains: The Resurrection of Jimber Jaw & Wizard of
Venus ~ 282pp
Roy G. Krenkel: Dust jacket and
b/w interiors
THE QUEST OF TARZAN (in Tarzan and
the Castaways)
PULP
Blue Book Magazine: April 1940
Tarzan and the Champion
L. R. Gustavson: numerous tinted
and b/w interiors
Thrilling Adventures: June 1940
Tarzan and the Jungle Murders
Rudolph Belarski: cover ~ C. A.
Murphy: 12 b/w interiors
Argosy Weekly: 1941: August 23, 30; September 6
The Quest of Tarzan
Virgil Finlay: first installment
cover and one interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press: 1965 with bibliographic note by Richard
Lupoff ~ 229 pages
Frank Frazetta: DJ and six interiors
JOHN CARTER OF MARS (John Carter
and the Giant of Mars & Skeleton Men of Jupiter)
PULP
John Carter and the Giant of
Mars by John Coleman Burroughs writing as ERB
Amazing Stories: January 1941 (expanded version of
the text from the Whitman Better Little Book)
J. Allen St. John: cover and two
interiors
Amazing Stories Quarterly, v.1, n.4 ~ Fall 1941
Julian S. Krupa: cover ~ J. Allen
St. John: two b/w interiors
Amazing Stories: April 1961 reprint ~ St. John interiors
reprinted
Skeleton Men of Jupiter:
Amazing Stories: February 1943
J. Allen St. John: cover and two
interiors
Amazing Stories Quarterly: v.3, n.4 ~ reprint ~ Fall
1943
Malcolm Smith and Julian S. Krupa:
new cover ~ J. Allen St. John: two interiors repeated
Amazing Stories: January 1964 ~ reprint ~ St. John
interiors reprinted
FIRST EDITION
John Carter of Mars: contains
Giant
of Mars and Skeleton Men of Jupiter
Canaveral Press (2 states): July 24, 1964 ~ 208 pages
Reed Crandall: DJ, illustrated
endpapers, eight interiors ~ Richard Lupoff: introduction
THE WIZARD OF VENUS
PULP
None
FIRST EDITION
Canaveral Press with Beyond the Farthest Star, Resurrection
of Jimber Jaw, Tangor Returns: Tales of Three Planets: April 27, 1964
Roy G. Krenkel: DJ, illustrated
endpages, 10 b/w interiors ~ Arlene Williamson: alphabet ~ several maps
I AM A BARBARIAN
PULP
No pulp release
FIRST EDITION
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. ~ September 1, 1967 ~ Only
2000 copies were printed ~ 287 pages
Jeff Jones: Dust Jacket and Frontispiece
TARZAN AND "THE FOREIGN LEGION"
PULP
No magazine release
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: August 22, 1947 ~ 314 pages
John Coleman Burroughs: DJ and
five interiors
TARZAN AND THE LOST ADVENTURE
UNRELEASED & UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT BY ERB
82 typewritten pages
COMIC/PULP
Dark Horse ~ 1995: January, February, March, April
Arthur Suydam: Painted covers ~
Tom Yeates, Charles Vess, Gary Gianni, Michael Kaluta: interiors
John Coleman Burroughs: reprinting
of his A Princess of Mars Sunday pages also included in each issue
FIRST EDITION
Dark Horse deluxe leather bound hardcover
Dean Williams: DJ painting ~ Interiors
chapter heading art by Yeates, Vess, Gianni, Kaluta
George T. McWhorter: foreward ~
Includes reproduction of ERB's personal book plate by Studley O. Burroughs
FORGOTTEN TALES OF LOVE AND MURDER
PULP
NONE
FIRST EDITION
Guidry & Adkins ~ 2001
1,045 copies printed of this compilation of previously
unpublished short stories
Danny Frolich: 8 full-page and 10 smaller illustrations
References Day,
Bradford M. Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Bibliography, 1962,
PB, 45pp,
Miscellaneous Fanzines: ERBANIA, ERB-dom, etc. Hillman Library, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
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