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J. Allen St. John: Lost on Venus - 5 b/w plates - ERB Map
LOST ON VENUS
ERB commenced writing this second novel in the Venus series in August of 1932


PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

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
REPRINT EDITIONS
Grosset & Dunlap: 1936 ~ only four interiors ~ 318 pages
ERB Inc. Tarzana: 1940 ~ DJ and frontispiece only ~ no endpaper maps
Grosset & Dunlap: 1940 ~ ERB endpapers map but no interiors  ~ 318 pages
ERB Inc. Tarzana: March 26, 1948 ~ St. John DJ and frontispiece
Ace paperback: August 1963 with at least two future reprints ~ 192 pages
    Frank Frazetta cover and title page
Dover with Pirates of Venus: Two Venus Novels by ERB ~ 340 pages
    Fortunino Matania cover and 25 interiors (from 1934 British weekly THE PASSING SHOW)
Canaveral Press: November 15, 1963 ~ 318 pages
    J. Allen St. John: DJ and five b/w interiors ~ ERB Amtor map on endpapers
Ace paperback: March 1973 ~ larger size but missing title page ~ 224 pages
Ace paperback: June 1979
    Esteban Maroto cover
Ballantine - Del Rey paperback ~ June 1991 ~ 200 pages
    Richard Hescox cover
 
 

For detailed information see:Robert Zeuschner's
ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography
Dial 1-800-253-2187 to order a copy from McFarland for $46.50

ART GALLERY

Argosy March 4, 1933: Lost on Venus Pt. 1: Cover by Paul Stahr
ERB Map of Amtor with Amtorian Alphabet
Click for full-screen map image

J. ALLEN ST. JOHN G&D INTERIORS
Duare raised a heavy vase.He was a large, gross manThe Basto LeapedThen came Skor

Frazetta Ace 1963Ace 1979: Esteban Maroto art
THE PIRATES OF VENUS and LOST ON VENUS ~ Two Venus Novels by ERB ~ Illustrated by Fortunino MataniaRichard Hescox cover ~ Ballantine 1991


NON-USA COVER GALLERY

UK Pinnacle Edition 1953: art by McConnellUK Four Square Edition ~ art by MortelmansUK Edition 1971: New English Library
Lost of Venus - Pinnacle 1953: art by McConnellLost On Venus: Japanese Edition

References
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia
Hillman ERB Cosmos
Patrick Ewing's First Edition Determinors
John Coleman Burroughs Tribute
Novel Summary by Ekman, Adams, Bozarth, Galloway
J. Allen St. John Bio, Gallery & Links
Edgar Rice Burroughs: LifeLine Biography
Bob Zeuschner's ERB Bibliography
J.G. Huckenpohler's ERB Checklist
Burroughs Bibliophiles Bulletin
ERB Illustrated Pulp Bibliography
G. T. McWhorter's Burroughs Bulletin Index
Bruce Wood's ERB Jacket Store
Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet
Nick Knowles' ERB Paperback Collector
Illustrated Bibliography of ERB Pulp Magazines
Phil Normand's Recoverings
ERBzin-e Weekly Online Fanzine
ERB Emporium: Collectibles ~ Comics ~ BLBs ~ Pulps ~ Cards
ERBVILLE: ERB Public Domain Stories in PDF
Savage Pellucidar Summary by David Adams
Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia
Heins' Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradford M. Day's Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Bibliography
Lord Greystokes British Gallery
Lord Greystoke's Gallery of Japanese Cover Art
Matania art in the McWhorter Louisville Collection
Carson Napier Before Venus by F. Ekman
JCB Venus Gallery: EV
JCB Venus Gallery: CV
Fortunino Matania: Images of Amtor Art: Pirates of Venus
Fortunino Matania: Images of Amtor Art: Lost On Venus

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