Rudolph Belarski, born in 1900, painted "Argosy Weekly" pulp covers for three of most famous series: and
January 8, 1938: "Carson of Venus"
March 19, 1938: "The Red Star of Tarzan"
January 7, 1939: "Synthetic Men of Mars"

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Additional art through the years for A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS
Laurence Herndon ("Blue Book Magazine," June, 1930)
Roy G. Krenkel (Ace, 1963)
Gino D'Achille (Ballantine, 1973)
("Barricade," FPG Cards, 1995)

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Art by Frank Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Berni Wrightson, Mark Schultz
For more about the art and various editions of THE MONSTER MEN, see 0756: https://t.co/EcH8SfhwXC

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In Ch. 14 of AT THE EARTH'S CORE, David Innes has just killed Jubal the Ugly One and is shocked to find that Dian the Beautiful is not safe in the cave but "standing not ten paces behind me."

St. John's 1st-ed. illo will be auctioned next month: https://t.co/dfvhVZi0Q1.

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The comic artist has done a version of Gino D'Adhille's 1973 Ballantine cover for A PRINCESS OF MARS.

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Another one of Herb's friends made the mistake of wrestling around with him and ended up on the receiving end of one of his many finishers. This one is the highly technical Lean Back and Lay On Them Until They Desperately Try To Give Up.

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I have always respected courage, and I believe that it requires the highest courage to do that which fills one with fear.
THE MOON MAID, Ch. 8

in 1926, A. C. McClurg issued the first edition of THE MOON MAID, with J. Allen St. John cover art.

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Frank preliminary sketch for an unpublished edition of PELLUCIDAR (https://t.co/yGoNM1pB22)
and the final piece from the publisher's plate (https://t.co/A1Kje6DpWG)

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Frank preliminary cover-art sketch for Doubleday's 1971 edition of THE GODS OF MARS and THE WARLORD OF MARS (https://t.co/KOyPFGOX8D)
and the finished art (https://t.co/pa0N8OKZkC)

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Image of Ras Thavas, master mind of Mars, from the forthcoming JOHN CARTER OF MARS

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For much more about Moon trilogy, THE MOON MAID, see 0767: https://t.co/zimP081Rlm.

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Check out extensive, eclectic, and engaging archives for classic novel, TARZAN OF THE APES.
0483: https://t.co/BRijlwvbBD
0483a: https://t.co/H3H9sujwLR
0483b: https://t.co/1G0ZcDmI3z

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SWORDS OF MARS, eighth novel in the Barsoom series
1966 Four Square edition, with Josh Kirby cover art

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Phillip R. Burger's excellent essay, "In Defense of Carson Napier" (https://t.co/g0sHniRsnT), first appeared in the 2001 Bison Books edition of PIRATES OF VENUS. Here is Thomas Floyd's cover art, along with his earlier, rejected art.

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For much more about the art and various editions of TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE, see 0722: https://t.co/NljvBp5ohP.
Cover art: Frank (1963), Robertt Abbett (1970), (1975), Gerald Brom (1997)

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I used to dream of living an adventurous life, and it may be that these youthful dreams more or less shape one's later life.
ESCAPE ON VENUS

in 1963, Canaveral Press reprinted fourth Amtor novel, with Sam Sigaloff cover art from the John Coleman Burroughs original.

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J. Allen St. John, born in Chicago in 1872, painted 4 of the 11 first-edition covers for Mars novels.
THE WARLORD OF MARS (1919)
THE CHESSMEN OF MARS (1922)
THE MASTER MIND OF MARS (1928)
SWORDS OF MARS (1936)
Images: 4190, 0426, 2176, 0736

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Vaclau Cutta's cover art for a 1927 Czech edition of THE GODS OF MARS (left below) copied but significantly improved the original Schoonover cover. This was Schoonover's second and last cover for a Burroughs book.
John Carter, disguised as a thern, wears a blond wig.

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