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Volume 7989ERBbooks.com Presents PIRATES OF VENUS: Limited Illustrators Edition
We invite you to pre-order Pirates of Venus-The Illustrators Edition, the first novel in the Amtor series and the ninth title in the ERB Limited Edition Collection. This curated set includes a profusely illustrated new edition of Pirates of Venus and a collector's portfolio full of rare replica items all housed in a decorated and illustrated custom leather clamshell case.
The 100+ illustrations feature the talents of a dazzling array of ERB artists including Gary Gianni, William Stout, Michael Kaluta, Richard Hescox, Thomas Yeates, Mark Schultz, Daren Bader, Douglas Klauba, Bob Eggleton, Laurence Schwinger, Mark Wheatley and Thomas Grindberg. In addition, this edition includes the sixteen illustrations created by Fortunino Matania for Pirates of Venus published in The Passing Show in 1933 and classic illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Samuel Cahan, Paul Stahr, Roy Krenkel, Frank Frazetta, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Reed Crandall and Al Williamson. The book will be printed on archival paper, Symth-sewn with 20+ color plates tipped-in, bound into a foil stamped royal blue leather cover with original dust jacket.
The vintage-style collector's portfolio contains an archive of 15+ rare replica items related to the creation and publication of Pirates of Venus. It includes letters from ERB to his son with early ideas for Amtor, outlines and drawings from ERB's notebook, manuscript pages, 1930's promotional items including a postcard, standee and advertising dust jacket, the 1935 first installment of Pirates of Venus in the Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper, first pages of an unpublished Carson of Venus story and poster size reproductions of original artwork.
The edition will be limited to 548 numbered and 52 lettered sets signed by the contributors. Gary Gianni will be writing the Artist Preface and will be one of the signers. This is the fifth matching set in the “New World” series launched by ERB Books in 2020 with A Princess of Mars. (see below) Each set celebrates the first appearance of one of ERB’s newly created realms filled with fantastic kingdoms, cultures and creatures.
Prices for Pirates of Venus - The Illustrators Edition (unchanged from 2023)
The Numbered Edition (#1-548) ................ $349.99
The Lettered Edition (A-ZZ) ........................ $449.99 (all sets are reserved - contact info@erbbooks to be placed on a waiting list.)- Scheduled to ship by end of 2024.
- Payment plans available - contact info@erbbooks.com
- Those who ordered The Moon Maid - The Centennial Edition will receive the same number/letter set for Pirates of Venus - The Illustrators Edition. Please confirm your set number when you order.
- International orders can now be made through the website.
www.erbbooks.com/ Personal Invitation to Pre-order PIRATES OF VENUS - The Illustrators Edition
To Subscribers to THE ERB LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION
From Jim Gerlach jim@erbbooks.com
You're invited to pre-order PIRATES OF VENUS (#1-548) and reserve the same number you received for THE MOON MAID.
(If you've already pre-ordered your set, thank you for your order -- please forward this to someone who you think might be interested. )All of the past ERB LEC sets feature amazing illustrations, but the artwork for this set may surpass them all.
For more information about the set click here.
To pre-order you set click here.If you'd like to use the FlexPay option with $75 down and the balance due by Nov. 1, please email info@erbbooks.com with the word FlexPay. You'll receive an invoice that allows partial and flexible payments based on your preferred schedule.
All the best and thanks for making these special edition sets possible.
The Editor
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Limited Edition Collection:
The Moon Maid - The Centennial Edition – 52/600 S/N sets
At the Earth’s Core - The Letterpress Edition - 52/648 S/N sets
Tarzan of the Apes - The Artist Edition - 52/600 S/N
A Princess of Mars – The Manuscript Edition - 52/500 S/N sets
John Carter of Mars – 52/348 two book S/N sets
Savage Pellucidar – 52/248 two book S/N sets
Land of Terror – 52/200 two book S/N sets
Back to the Stone Age - - G&D Edition
Back to the Stone Age - The Publisher’s Edition – 21/279 S/N sets
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography by Robert B. Zeuschner – Standard and 25/400 S/N 2016.
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