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#OTD in 1941, artist Boris Vallejo was born in Lima, Peru. In the 1970s, he created iconic covers for Ballantine editions of a dozen #Tarzan books (#ERBzine 3610). These and other favorites are posted below. #JohnCarter #DejahThoris #Pellucidar #AncientRome #ERB #ERBUniverse
"O Christmas thark, O Christmas thark,
How lovely are thy four arms."
Image: Jeff Doten (@barsoomia), 2009
#JohnCarter #DejahThoris #TarsTarkas #Barsoom #ERB #ERBUniverse #MerryChristmas
Barsoom fan art by Arne Niklas Jannson, via @BarsoomPodcast
#JohnCarter #Barsoom #ERB #ERBU #ERBUniverse
Preliminary sketch for Frank #Frazetta's "The Huntress," used for the Ace editions of #ERB's SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1964) and THE CAVE GIRL (1973): https://t.co/GSpvTErrEu
#ERBU #ERBUNIVERSE #FrankFrazetta #FrazettaFriday #Pellucidar @frazettagirls
"Korak!" she cried. "Korak! My Korak! I knew that you would come. Kill him, Korak! Kill him!"
Meriem, THE SON OF TARZAN, Ch. 11
Frank #Frazetta's preliminary and final cover art for the 1963 Ace edition of #ERB's fourth #Tarzan novel
#FrazettaFriday #ERBU #ERBUniverse
For much more about the art and various editions of #ERB's A PRINCESS OF MARS, see #ERBzine 0421: https://t.co/fEP01bBcrf.
Cover artists: Ludwig Hohlwein (1925), Robert Abbett (1963), Motoichiro Takebe (1965), Bruce Pennington (1972)
#JohnCarter #ERBU #ERBUniverse
I turned to meet the charge of the infuriated bull ape.
A PRINCESS OF MARS, Ch. 6 #ERB
Original Schoonover art and image as printed #JohnCarter #ERBU #ERBUniverse
Four of St. John's first-edition covers for #ERB's Tarzan novels.
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION (1923)
TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE (1928)
TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD (1933)
TARZAN'S QUEST (1936)
#Tarzan #ERBU #ERBUniverse [Images: #ERBzine]
The one on whom all responsibility rests is apt to endure the most.
THE GODS OF MARS, Ch. 7
#OTD in 1918, A. C. McClurg issued the first edition of #ERB's THE GODS OF MARS, which featured dust-jacket and frontispiece art by Frank E. Schoonover. #ERBU #ERBUniverse