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Edgar Rice Burroughs'
TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY
John Coleman Burroughs Art ~ Covers ~ Publishing History
Summary ~ Cast ~ Lord Greystoke's Gallery

John Coleman Burroughs: Tarzan and the Forbidden City - colour FP - 4 interior b/w plates
Jane Ralston Burroughs posing for the JCB dj painting: Copyright ERB, Inc.
 
Jane Ralston Burroughs Photo
from the Danton Burroughs
Family Collection © ERB, Inc.2002
This is a rare family photograph from
Danton Burroughs' personal family collection.

John Coleman Burroughs worked closely with his wife
Jane Ralston on his ERB art projects.
Since Jane and Jack were both art school graduates of Pomona College,
she did much of the printing and background work on his comics illustrations.

Jane also posed for most of his paintings and illustrations
as evidenced in her likeness in the images of Dejah Thoris, Tarzan's Jane,
and many other ERB heroines illustrated by her husband.

This remarkable photo came out of one of these modelling sessions.

Visit the John Coleman Burroughs Tribute Site at
angelfire.com/trek/jcb

JANE RALSTON BURROUGHS
December 8, 1913 - January 12, 2002
angelfire.com/trek/jrb
Tarzan and the Forbidden City Compendium



PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)
Written between October and November, 1937
ERB adaptation of a 1934 radio serial: Tarzan and the Diamond of Asher by Rob Thompson
PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1938: March 19, 26; April: April 2, 9, 16, 23
The Red Star of Tarzan
    Rudolph Belarski: first installment cover ~ Samuel Cahan: one interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: September 15, 1938 ~ 315 pages
    John Coleman Burroughs: DJ, colour frontispiece and four interiors
REPRINT EDITIONS
Bantam Books paperback: 1940 ~ Tarzan In the Forbidden City ~ 3 different covers ~ 100 pages abridged
    Unknown artist: cover
ERB, Inc. Tarzana: March 26, 1948 ~ frontispiece changed to b/w
Whitman Publishing: October 6, 1952 ~ 250 pages abridged
    Don McLoughlin: DJ  art ~ Jesse Marsh: end papers and 17 interiors
Whitman Publishing: 1954 ~ 282 pages abridged
    Don McLoughlin: cover art on boards ~ Tony Sgroi: endpages, title page, interiors
Ballantine paperback: March 1964 ~ 191 pages
    Richard Powers cover
Whitman Publishing: 1966
Burroughs Bulletin: House of Greystoke: 1974 ~ reprint of pulp magazine version
    The Red Star of Tarzan ~ 56 pages
    Rudolph Belarski: cover and b/w interiors
Ballantine: September 1977
    Boris Vallejo 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
CAST
(in order of appearance)
TARZAN of the Apes ~ John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
Ogabi ~ Gregory's headman
Paul d'Arnot ~ Captain in the French navy
Helen Gregory ~ sister of Brian (lost two years earlier)
Gregory ~ father of Brian and Helen, leading safari
Magra ~ dark girl, Thome's accomplice
Lal Taask ~ tall, thin East Indian with Thome
Atan Thome ~ plump, greasy Eurasian badguy
Won Feng ~ Loango shopkeeper, friend of Thome
Wolff ~ Hunter hired by Gregory (and Thome)
Jacques Lavac ~ Lieutenant, seaplane pilot
Chemungo ~ son of Mpingu
Mpingu ~ chief of the Buiroo tribe
Mbuli ~ Thome's headman
Ungo ~ chief of ape tribe (carries off Magra)
Atka ~ Queen of Ashair
Akamen ~ Atka's cousin, next in line to throne
Thetan of Thobos ~ black slave in Ashair, Herat's nephew
Zytheb ~ Ashair priest, Keeper of the Keys
Brian Gregory ~ prisoner in temple under Lake Horus
Brulor ~ Ashair High Priest, Father of Diamonds
Herkuf ~ former priest of Chon, prisoner in Ashair
Herat ~ King of Thobos (enemy of Ashair)
Menthes ~ Herat's Queen
Chon ~ True god of Thobos
Zu-tho and Ga-un ~ Ungo's apes (carry off Magra and Helen)
Cast List Ref: Clark A. Brady's Burroughs Cyclopedia and Ed Stephan's Tarzan of the Internet



Book Blurb Summary
from Ballantine Books
Tarzan cared little for the fate of adventurer Brian Gregory, drawn to the legendary city of Ashair by the rumor of the Father of Diamonds, the world's hugest gem. But to the ape-man the tie of friendship was unbreakable, and Paul d'Arnot's pleas moved him to agree to guide the expedition Gregory's father and sister organized for his rescue. The enigmatic Atan Thome was also obsessed with the Father of Diamonds, and planted agents in the Gregory safari to spy out its route and sabotage its efforts. Both parties reached their goal, remote Ashair...as prisoners of its priests, doomed to die in loathsome rites.

32 untitled chapters



John Coleman Burroughs Art Gallery

John Coleman Burroughs ERB DJTFC JCB: Frontispiece:  The sea horse turned upon Tarzan
Plate #1 - Carried her off beneath a hairy arm, page 100Plate #2 - Two lions slunk into the arena, page 194Plate #3 - D’Arnot knocked him down, page 206Page #4 - The true God, Chon, raised the sacrificial knife, page 302
See larger images and commentary in
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See the Navigation Chart to the
JCB Tribute Bio & Art Pages at
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John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
LORD GREYSTOKE'S GALLERY
Rudolph Belarski art: Argosy March 19, 1938 - Red Star of Tarzan 1/6
Don McLoughlin cover: Whitman abridged edition
US Paperback Gallery
Richard Powers art: Ballentine 1964Richard Powers art: BallantineBoris Vallejo art: Ballantine 1981Boris Vallejo art: Ballantine 1990Boris Vallejo art: Ballantine 1993
UK Paperback Gallery
Goulden UK edition 1950Four Square UK edition 1965Four Square UK edition 1968New English Library UK edition 1974New English Library UK 1976Tarzan and the Forbidden City: 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
ERBList Summary Project by Duane Adams
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
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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