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ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R.
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William G. Hillman
Presents

J. Allen St. John: Cave Girl - sepia FP using DJ
THE CAVE GIRL
ERB began writing The Cave Girl in Feb. 1913 and The Cave Man in 1914


PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

PULP
"The Cave Girl": All Story: July, Aug., Sept. 1913
    Clinton Pettee: front cover on July issue ~ Fred W. Small: same B/W headpiece for each installment
"The Cave Man": All Story Weekly: March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 1917
    Fred W. Small front cover for first issue ~ no interiors
FIRST EDITION
McClurg: "printer's dummy" or "salesman's copy" edition ~ pre-release before March 1925 ~ many blank and unmarked pages
McClurg: March 21, 1925 ~ 323 pages
    J. Allen St. John: dust jacket and same illo in sepia for frontispiece ~ no interiors
REPRINT EDITIONS
Grossett & Dunlap: 1926 ~ numerous reprintings between 1927 and 1939
Grossett & Dunlap: 1940 wartime edition ~ 323 pages
    J. Allen St. John DJ but no frontispiece
Dell paperback: August 1949
    Jean des Vignes front cover ~ Ruth Belew map "Wild island home of Nadara the Cave Girl ..." ~ 240 pages
Canaveral Press: 1962 ~ 323 pages
    Roy G. Krenkel dust jacket and six interiors
Ace Books: February 1964 and later dates ~ 224 pages
    Roy G. Kenkel cover and title page art
Ace Books:
     Frank Frazetta recycled art from Savage Pellucidar cover
Tempo Books: February 1981 ~ 246 pages
    Frank Frazetta recycled art from Savage Pellucidar cover
Ballantine - Del Rey: September 1992 ~ 249 pages
    Michael Herring cover art
 
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

All-Story July 1913 - Cave Girl - Clinton Pettee Art 1/3All-Story - March 31, 1917 - The Cave Man 1/4
Dell paperback edition: Jean des Vignes cover art ~ August 1949Cave Girl Map: back cover Dell edition: Map by Ruth BellewAce Edition: Roy G. Kenkel cover art ~ 1964
Ace edition: Frank Frazetta cover artDel Rey: Michael Herring cover art~ 1992
Pinnacle UK editon: 1954Tandem 1977 UK editionJapanese Cave Girl Motoichiro Takebe


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 Bruce Bozarth
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
Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia
Heins' Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Bradford M. Day's Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Bibliography

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