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Issue 423

ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. ENCYCLOPEDIA
Presents
COVER & INTERIOR ART
From
Edgar Rice Burroughs'
THE GODS OF MARS
Featuring
FRANK SCHOONOVER
FRANK FRAZETTA
Robert Abbett
Gino D'Achille
Michael Whelan


Frank Schoonover First Edition Dust Jacket Art

The Gods of Mars dust jacket art by Frank Schoonover: McClurg ~ GandD ~ ERB Inc. ~ Canaveral
 


Frank Frazetta Illustrations
from the
1971 Doubleday Edition
THE GODS OF MARS

Frazetta  Doubleday Gods of Mars and Warlord of Mars

 


Chronology Charts for
The Gods of Mars
From Chronology For the Princess of Mars Trilogy
by Fredrik Ekman
Refer to ERBzin-e 507 for notations


ET BT   Event Note
1884
       
Apr 4 9;255   Carthoris sees the face of Issus 11  
1886
       
Feb 9 10;227   Tardos Mors & Mors Kajak set out for Carthoris 12  
Feb 23 10;241   The expedition is captured by the yellow men    
Mar 4 10;249   Second advent upon Mars 13  
Mar 4 10;249   Dejah Thoris leaves Helium    
Mar 5 10;250   The black men attack    
Mar 5 10;251   Captured by the black men    
Mar 5 10;251   Imprisoned on Shador    
Mar 6 10;252   Rebellion in the arena    
Mar 7 10;252   Flight from Omean    
Mar 8 10;253   Liberation of Tars Tarkas    
Mar 8 10;254   Dejah Thoris captured by the black men    
Mar 9 10;255   Rescued by the Xavarian 14  
Mar 10 10;256   Judgement at the Temple of Reward    
Mar 11 10;256   Kidnapped by Zat Arrras    
1887
       
Feb 12 10;591   Message relayed to Carthoris 15  
Mar 13 10;614   Fleet is ready to sail from Hastor    
Mar 20 10;621   Rescued from the pits    
Mar 22 10;623   The air battle 16  
Mar 23 10;624   The fight in the temple    

The Gods of Mars
Chapter Titles
The Plant Men
A Forest Battle
The Chamber of Mystery
Thuvia
Corridors of Peril
The Black Pirates of Barsoom
A Fair Goddess
The Depths of Omean
Issus, Goddess of Life Eternal
The Prison Isle of Shador
When Hell Broke Loose
Doomed to Die
A Break for Liberty
The Eyes in the Dark
Flight and Pursuit
Under Arrest
The Death Sentence
Sola's Story
Black Despair
The Air Battle
Through Flood and Flame
Victory and Defeat
All-Story - January 1913 - The Gods of Mars 1/5
AMERICAN PUBLISHING HISTORY 
 (Click on the Links to see more cover illustrations)
ERB Commenced writing this second Mars book on July 14, 1912
PULP
THE ALL-STORY:  1913 January - May
     Fred W. Small: no covers ~ b/w headpiece repeated in each installment
FIRST
A.C. McClurg & Co.: September 28, 1918 ~ 348 pages
      Frank E. Schoonover DJ repeated as sepia frontispiece
REPRINTS
A.C. McClurg & Co. ~ 1919 (Schoonover)
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1919 (Schoonover)
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1920 (Schoonover)
Grosset & Dunlap ~ 1940 (no Schoonover frontispiece)
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. ~ March 26, 1948 (Schoonover)
Canaveral Press ~ November 30, 1962 (Schoonover)
Ballantine Books ~ January 1963 ~ 190 pages
     Robert Abbett cover
Doubleday SF Book Club ~ January 1971: Paired with The Warlord of Mars ~ 336 pages
     Frank Frazetta DJ and six interiors
Ballantine Books ~ October 1973 
     Gino D'Achille cover
Ballantine-Del Rey ~ May 1979 
     Michael Whelan cover
For detailed information see:Robert  Zeuschner's
ERB: The Exhaustive Scholar’s and Collector’s Descriptive Bibliography
See Foreign Edition Covers in
Lord Greystoke's British Gallery
ERBzin-e 281
John Carter of Mars - Dell Reprint - Jesse Marsh artBallantine Edition ~ Robert Abbett art
Ballantine Edition ~ Gino D'Achille artBallantine-Del Rey Edition ~ Michael Whelan art
 

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