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Issue 421

ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. ENCYCLOPEDIA
Presents
COVER & INTERIOR ART
From
A PRINCESS OF MARS
Featuring
FRANK SCHOONOVER
and
FRANK FRAZETTA

First Appearnce as Under the Moons of Mars in All-Story Magazine ~ February - July, 1912 ~ Fred W. Small headpiece art
All-Story Magazine ~ February - July, 1912
See ERBzin-e 419 and ERBzin-e 221

McClurg Dust Jacket by Schoonover: With my back against a golden throne, I fought once again for Dejah ThorisOriginal colour version with Earthly mural and green Tharks in background


I turned to meet the charge of the infuriated bull apeI sought out Dejah Thoris in the throng of departing chariotsShe drew upon the marble floor the first map of Barsoomian territory I had ever seenThe old man sat and talked with me for hours

Our thanks to Robert B. Zeuschner for supplying scans of the Schoonover interior art
For detailed bibliographic information see Zeuschner's
ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography of American Periodical,
    Hardcover, Paperback and Reprint Editions
Dial 1-800-253-2187 to order a copy from McFarland for $46.50

Visit the Schoonover Art Gallery and Bio in ERBzin-e 422


Frank Frazetta Illustrations
from the
1970 Doubleday Edition

Frazetta Doubleday Book Club ed.
Scarcely had his hideous laugh rung ouit when I was upon him...nor could any apparel have enhanced the beauty of her figureTal Hajus knows that you are here, and intends to see you tortured...


CHAPTER TITLES
1. On the Arizona Hills
2. The Escape of the Dead
3. My Advent on Mars
4. A Prisoner
5. I Elude My Watch Dog
6. A Fight That Won Friends
7. Child-Raising On Mars
8. A Fair Captive from the Sky
9. I Learn the Language
10. Champion and Chief
11. With Dejah Thoris
12. A Prisoner with Power
13. Love-Making on Mars
14. A Duel to the Death
15. Sola Tells Me Her Story
16. We Plan Escape
17. A Costly Recapture
18. Chained in Warhoon
19. Battling in the Arena
20. In the Atmosphere Factory
21. An Air Scout for Zodanga
22. I Find Dejah
23. Lost in the Sky
24. Tars Tarkas Finds a Friend
25. The Looting of Zodanga
26. Through Carnage to Joy
27. From Joy to Death
28. At the Arizona Cave
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter
James K Powell
Tars Tarkas
Sola
Woola (calot)
Lorquas Ptomal
Dejah Thoris
Sarkoja
Zad
Tal Hajus
Bar Comas
Dak Kova
Kantos Kan
air plant keeper
Sab Than
Than Kosis
Tardos Mors
royal psychologist
Gozava
Mors Kajak

All Story - February 1912 - Under the Moons of Mars 1/6

AMERICAN PUBLISHING HISTORY
(Click on the Links to see Cover Illustrations)
"To My Son Jack"
Written between July 1911 and September 28, 1911
WT= 1. My First Adventure on Mars,  2. The Green Martians, 3. Dejah Thoris, Martian
Princess, 4. Under the Moons of Mars 
MT=Under the Moons of Mars - Series Title in Modern Mechanics = Carter of the Red Planet. 

PULP:
"Under the Moons of Mars" ~ THE ALL-STORY 1912
     6 pulp magazine issues  February - July, 1912
     Fred W. Small: b/w headpiece repeated in each issue
Carter of the Red Planet: Modern Mechanics and Invention magazine: April - July 1929
     C. Saunders: two interiors per installment
A.C. McClurg: September 1917 ~ Pre-publication paperback
FIRST
A.C. McClurg & Co. ~ October 10, 1917 ~ 326 pages
     Frank Schoonover: DJ painting and five sepia plates
REPRINTS
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1918 - 1940 ~ no interior illustrations
ERB Inc. March 26, 1948 ~ Schoonover DJ and frontispiece only
Ballantine Books (later Del-Rey) ~ January 1963  ~ 159 pages
     Robert Abbett cover
Dover Publications (Paired with A Fighting Man of Mars) May 1964 (two editions) ~ 356 pages
     Frank Schoonover two-colour DJ and five original interiors
Doubleday Book Club: 1970 ~ 179 pages
     Frank Frazetta: DJ and four interiors
Ballantine Books: October 1973
     Gino D'Achille cover
Ballantine - Del Rey: May 1979
     Michael Whelan cover
Carroll & Graff Publishers: 1989 ~ 159 pages
     Kiko cover
Easton Press - Masterpieces of SF: leather binding (Paired with At the Earth's Core)  1996
     Ron Miller illustrations ~ L. Sprague de Camp introduction

For detailed information see:Robert  Zeuschner's
ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography


Chronology Charts for A Princess of Mars
From Chronology For the Princess of Mars Trilogy by Fredrik Ekman
ERBzin-e 507


 
Read the public domain version of the text of this novel here:
A Princess of Mars

Refer to ERBzin-e 507 for notations

ET BT   Event Note
1866
       
Mar 5 0;0   Advent upon Mars 1  
Mar 6 0;1   The incubator ceremony    
Mar 9 0;4   Dejah Thoris is captured    
Mar 15 0;10   Defends Dejah Thoris in the audience chamber    
Mar 19 0;14   Departure from Korad 2  
Mar 20 0;15   Duel with Zad    
Apr 7 0;34   Kantos Kan arrives at Helium    
Apr 7 0;34   Arrival at Thark 3  
Apr 8 0;34   Escape from Thark    
Apr 10 0;37   Captured by Warhoon    
Apr 13 0;40   Warhoons march for home    
Apr 16 0;43   Arrival at Warhoon 4  
Apr 24 0;50   Murders jailer    
Apr 25 0;52   Kantos Kan arrives at Warhoon    
Apr 28 0;54   Kantos Kan imprisoned    
May 1 0;57   Escape during the great games    
May 4 0;60   Sets out from Warhoon    
May 18 0;74   Arrival at atmosphere factory    
May 19 0;75   Guest at the Ptor brothers'    
May 23 0;79   Sets out for Zodanga 5  
May 30 0;86   Kantos Kan arrives at Zodanga    
Jun 2 0;89   Arrival at Zodanga    
Jun 7 0;93   Finds Dejah Thoris    
Jun 8 0;94   Battle outside Thark    
Jun 11 0;97   Tharks march toward Zodanga    
Jun 22 0;107   Battle of Zodanga    
Jun 23 0;109   Tharks arrive outside Helium    
Jun 24 0;110   The battle of Helium is won    
Jul 6 0;121   Tharks march from Helium 6  
Jul 27 0;142   Married with Dejah Thoris 7  
1871
       
Feb 9 2;383   Dejah Thoris lays an egg 8  
Mar 4 2;404   Thuvia of Ptarth enslaved by the therns 9  
1876
       
Jan 31 5;92   Message about atmosphere factory received    
Feb 4 5;96   Saves the day and returns to Earth 10  
PAPERBACK COVER GALLERIES
Jesse Marsh re-issue of DellBallantine Edition ~ Robert Abbett artBallantine Edition: Gino D'Achille artBallantine Edition: Michael Whelan

See Foreign Edition Covers in Lord Greystoke's British Gallery
ERBzin-e 281

A Princess of Mars - PinnacleA Princess of Mars - 4 Square - Mortelmans coverA Princess of Mars - New English

References
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia
Hillman ERB Cosmos
PM Summary by Various Members of ERBlist
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
ERBzin-e 247 St. John Barsoomian Art Gallery
ERBzin-e 246 The Burroughs Crater on Barsoom
Huck's Barsoom Gazetteer & Glossary by J. G. Huckenpöhler
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
Phil Normand's Recoverings
ERBzin-eWeekly 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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