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PIRATES OF VENUS
ERB started this new Venus (Amtor) series with Carson Napier in September 1931
For more references see ERBzine's
Venus/Amtor Guide I ~ Venus/Amtor Guide II

PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

PULP
Argosy Weekly: 1932 September 17, 24 ~ October 1, 8, 15, 22
    Paul Stahr cover in first issue ~ Samuel Cahan: one b/w interior per issue
FIRST EDITION
ERB Inc. Tarzana: February 15, 1934 ~ 314 pages
    J. Allen St. John: DJ and five b/w interiors ~ ERB: map of Amtor on endpages
REPRINT EDITIONS
ERB Inc. Tarzana: after February 1934
Grosset & Dunlap: 1935 ~ only four interiors
Grosset & Dunlap: 1940 ~ no interiors or endpapers map
ERB Inc. Tarzana: 1940 ~ DJ and frontispiece only
ERB Inc. Tarzana: March 26, 1948 ~ DJ and frontispiece only
Canaveral Press: November 16, 1962
    J. Allen St. John: DJ (adapted version of a St. John interior by Sam Sigaloff ) and four interiors ~ ERB endpaper map
Ace paperback: January 1963 ~ at least two later printings ~ 173 pages
    Roy G. Krenkel cover and title page
Dover with Lost on Venus as: Two Novels by ERB: November 1963 ~ 340 pages
    Fortunino Matania: cover and 25 interiors (from 1934 British weekly THE PASSING SHOW)
Canaveral Press: 1975 reprint with black letters on red cloth
Ace paperback: March 1973 ~ 205 pages
    Roy G. Krenkel cover (originally on the Ace A Fighting Man of Mars)
Ace paperback: June 1979 ~ 205 pages
    Esteban Maroto cover
Ballantine - Del Rey: July 1991 ~ 183 pages
    Richard Hescox cover
University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books Edition

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

Pirates of Venus was the first of the Amtor/Venus series. Although first serialized in Argosy in 1932, it was later serialized in Passing Show Magazine in England, with the ERB, Inc. first edition hardcover appearing in February 15, 1934. The hero, Earthborn Carson, arrives on Venus in answer to telepathic messages. Through an error in trajectory calculation his Mars-bound spaceship lands on Venus. The story is a typically Burroughs with high adventure, fighting hero in a strange alien land, a beautiful princess, fantastic creatures and strange societies. As he has done in his previous alien worlds, ERB creates a new language with a written alphabet.. Reflecting the mood of the '30s, ERB has also included elements of political satire against communism (the Thorists).

AMTORIAN ART GALLERIES

Fortunino Matania:
Cover and 25 interiors
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PULP GALLERY

Argosy September 17,1932 - Pirates of Venus Pt. 1- Cover by Paul Stahr

J. ALLEN ST. JOHN

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St. John Frontispiece: Spreading his powerful wings, he rose, while Duare stretched her hands toward me. Drawing my sword, I leaped to the side of the huge arachnid and struck viciously at its head. The klangan, spreading thier wings, rose into the air, carrying us with them. Her dagger hand dropped to her side. I cannot, she sobbed and, turning, fled from the room.

PAPERBACK COVER GALLERY

THE PIRATES OF VENUS and LOST ON VENUS ~ Two Venus Novels by ERB ~ Illustrated by Fortunino Matania

NON USA COVER GALLERY
Pirates of Venus - Pinnacle 1954 Pirates of Venus - 4 Square UK: Roy Carnon art Pirates of Venus - New English Library UK 1972

Lord Greystokes British Gallery
Lord Greystoke's Gallery of Japanese Cover Art
Matania art in the McWhorter Louisville Collection
Carson Napier Before Venus by F. Ekman
JCB Venus Gallery: EV
JCB Venus Gallery: CV
Fortunino Matania: Images of Amtor Art: Pirates of Venus
Fortunino Matania: Images of Amtor Art: Lost On Venus

**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 ERBlist Summary: Ekman, Adams, Bozarth Galloway	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 Irwin Porges: The Man Who Created Tarzan

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