ERBzine 0741: At the Earth's Core C.H.A.S.E.R.

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J. Allen St. John: At the Earth's Core - 9 sepia interior plates

Large Image of St. John Cover Art
Larger Image of DJ

AT THE EARTH'S CORE
ERB commenced writing this first novel in the Pellucidar series in January 1913
WT=The Inner World -- MT=Lost Inside the Earth/At the Earth's Core
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PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

PULP
All-Story Weekly: 1914 April 4, 11, 18, 25
    Modest Stein cover on first issue ~ headpieces in each installment by unknown artist
Modern Mechanics and Invention: "Lost Inside the Earth": 1929 February - April
    Unknown artist: two red/white illustrations per issue ~ ERB photo in issue one
FIRST EDITION
A.C. McClurg: July 22, 1922 ~ 277 pages
    J. Allen St. John: DJ and nine sepia plates
REPRINT EDITIONS
Grosset & Dunlap: 1923 and numerous other reprints ~ only eight interiors
Grosset & Dunlap: 1940 ~ no interiors ~ Sketch of ERB on DJ back
Ace paperback: September 1962 ~ with numerous reprintings ~ 142 pages
    Roy G. Krenkel cover and title page
Canaveral Press: October 24, 1962 ~ 159 pages
    Mahlon Blaine: DJ and seven b/w interiors
Dover: with Pellucidar and Tanar of Pellucidar as Three Science Fiction Novels by ERB: 1963 ~ 433 pages
    J. Allen St. John cover art from Pellucidar and 12 b/w G&D interiors ~ Paul F. Berdanier one illustration
Peter Smith library hardcover version of the Dover edition ~ no DJ
Ace paperback ~ 159 pages
    Frank Frazetta cover
Ace paperback movie tie-in: July 1976 ~ 210 pages
    Film illustration on cover
Doubleday Science-Fiction Book Club movie tie-in: November 1976 ~ 152 pages
    Film illustration DJ and eight b/w interior photos with stars: Doug McClure ~ Peter Cushing ~ Caroline Munro
Ballantine - Del Rey: May 1990 ~ 181 pages
    David B. Mattingly cover
Easton Press leather-bound edition with A Princess of Mars: 1996 ~318 pages
    Ron Miller interiors ~ L. Sprague de Camp introduction
Bison Press
    St. John adapted cover
Dover Juvenile

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PULP COVER GALLERY
From ERBzine Illustrated Pulp Biblio: ERBzine 0220

All-Story Weekly - April 11, 1914 - At the Earth's Core 2/4

All-Story Weekly - April 18, 1914 - At the Earth's Core 3/4

All-Story Weekly - April 25, 1914 - At the Earth's Core 4/4

Modern Mechanics & Invention - February 1929 - Lost Inside the Earth (AEC) 1/3

Modern Mechanics & Invention - March 1929 - Lost Inside the Earth (AEC) 2/3

???Modern Mechanics & Invention - April 1929 - Lost Inside the Earth (AEC) 3/3

Newspaper Serialization
Six installments in New York Evening World from June 8-13, 1914.
Philadelphia Public Ledger, February 26, 1916 ~ Illustrated by Hanlon.
The Post Telegram, Camden, New Jersey, December 1922
Dubuque Times-Journal, Dubuque, Iowa, December 1922
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, January 1923
The Republican, Springfield, Missouri, January 1923
Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, January 1923
Tacoma News-Tribune, Tacoma, Washington, January 1923
Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, January 1923
The Detroit Journal, Detroit, Michigan, date unknown

J. ALLEN ST. JOHN ART GALLERY

McClurg 1st Edition: Bruce Wood's Jacket Store

G & D Reprint: Bruce Wood's Jacket Store

See
ERBzine 0431: Pellucidar Gallery IV
15 Illustrations from At The Earth's Core

The Prospector
The machine in which David Innes and Abner Perry first reached Pellucidar.
(click for full-screen images)

Double Day Film Edition Illustrations

LORD GREYSTOKE'S PAPERBACK GALLERY

Easton Press Edition with A Princess of Mars

Finnish cover for a Pellucidar novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs published by Karisto.
The caption below says "Ten marks"

CANAVERAL EDITION

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Frazetta painting for the Ace edition (click)

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**Web Refs**
ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia Hillman ERB Cosmos Patrick Ewing's First Edition Determinors John Coleman Burroughs Tribute ERBList Summary by Adams & Ekman 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	Novel Summary by Monahan, Wadding, Zeuschner, Wilcutt, Hillman Nick Knowles' ERB Paperback Collector Illustrated Bibliography of ERB Pulp Magazines Phil Normand's Recoverings ERBzine 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 Irwin Porges: The Man Who Created Tarzan

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