ERBzine 0758: Mad King C.H.A.S.E.R.

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Volume 0758
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J. Allen St. John: Mad King - FP same as DJ

Larger DJ Image
Larger Cover Art Image

THE MAD KING
Part 1: "The Mad King" ~ working title: "The Mad King of Lutha" written October-November 1913
Part 2: "Barney Custer of Beatrice" started writing September 1914

PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA)

PULP
"The Mad King": All-Story Weekly: March 21, 1914
    Fred W. Small front cover ~ Modest Stein B/W headpiece
"Barney Custer of Beatrice": All-Story Weekly: August 7, 14, 21, 1915
    W.C. Fairchild cover art on first installment ~ no interiors
FIRST EDITION
McClurg: September 18, 1926 with corrections made in second state edition ~ 365 pages
    J. Allen St. John dust jacket and same illo for frontispiece
REPRINT EDITIONS
Grosset & Dunlap: 1927 ~ 365 pages
    J. Allen St. John dust jacket and same illow for frontispiece
Grosset & Dunlap: 1940 wartime
    J. Allen St. John dust jacket and no interiors
Ace paperback: April 1964 and reprint ~ 255 pages
    Frank Frazetta cover and title page art
Ace paperback: third reprint, larger size ~ 252 pages
    Frank Frazetta same cover and title page art
Ace paperback ~ 252 pages
    Boris Vallejo cover art ~ Frank Frazetta title page art

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COVER GALLERY

Pulp Covers
All-Story Weekly - March 21, 1914 - The Mad King b/w

All-Story: August 7, 1915 - Barney Custer of Beatrice 1/3

Paperback Covers
Frazetta Ace PB Ace reprint edition: Frank Frazetta art Ace Edition: Boris Vallejo art

**Web Refs**
Bill Hillman's Illustrated ERB Bibliography ERB C.H.A.S.E.R. Online Encyclopedia Hillman ERB Cosmos Patrick Ewing's First Edition Determinors John Coleman Burroughs Tribute Novel Summary by Bruce Bozarth 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	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 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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