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Volume 762
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ERB C.H.A.S.E.R ENCYCLOPEDIA
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R.
A Collector's Hypertexted and Annotated Storehouse of Encyclopedic Resources
by an Exhausted Scholar
William G. Hillman
Presents

Limited fan publication - no art: Man-EaterGil Kane: Beyond Thirty and the Man-Eater - no interior art

THE MAN-EATER
Written in May 1915 as Ben, King of Beasts ~ first as a film synopsis


PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

PULP
New York Evening World newspaper: November 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1915
FIRST EDITION
Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (Fantasy Press fanzine): 1955 ~ Limited 300 copies ~ no interiors
Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications: 1957 ~ 229 pages
    Gil Kane dust jacket B/W art ~ no interiors ~ Three-page prologue by Bradford M. Day: "ERB: A Bit of His Life."
REPRINT EDITIONS (Reprinted as The Man Eater ~ subtitled: Ben, King of Beasts)
Fantasy House - Fantasy Reader 5: 1974 ~ 93 pages
    Robert Kline: front, back and title page designs ~ Preface and acknowledgement to Danton Burroughs
 
 
 
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

COVER GALLERY

Fantasy Reader edition: Robert Kline art


References
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography
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Hillman ERB Cosmos
Patrick Ewing's First Edition Determinors
John Coleman Burroughs Tribute
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
Novel Summary by David Adams
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
Irwin Porges: ERB: The Man Who Created Tarzan
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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