Preorder Now: Pirates of Venus: The Illustrators Edition from ERB Books

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Now Available for Preorder from Our Friends at ERB Books!

You are invited to preorder this very special curated edition of Pirates of Venus—the first book in the Amtor series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book features over 100 illustrations by an dazzling array of ERB artists including Gary Gianni, William Stout, Michael Kaluta, Richard Hescox, Thomas Yeates, Mark Schultz, Daren Bader, Doug Klauba, Laurence Schwinger, Mark Wheatley, and Thomas Grindberg. In addition, it includes all sixteen of the illustrations by Fortunino Matania for Pirates of Venus originally published in The Passing Show in 1933 as well as classic illustrations by J. Allen St. John, Samuel Cahan, Paul Stahr, Roy Krenkel, Frank Frazetta, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Reed Crandall, and Al Williamson. The book is printed on archival paper, Symth-sewn with 20+ color plates tipped in, bound in a leather cover, double stamped in gold, and wrapped in an original dust jacket. The set is housed, with a collector’s portfolio and other bonus items, in a decorated and illustrated leather clamshell case.

The vintage-style collector’s portfolio contains a carefully selected archive of rare items related to the creation and publication of Pirates of Venus. These include replicas of letters from ERB to his son with early ideas for Amtor, outlines and drawings from the author’s notebook, manuscript pages, 1930’s ERB Inc. postcard and advertising dust jacket , first newspaper installment of Pirates of Venus in the Honolulu Star Bulletin from 1935, first pages of an unpublished Carson of Venus story, poster size reproductions of artwork, and a number of other surprise bonus items.

The edition will be limited to 548 numbered and 52 lettered sets signed by the contributors. It is the fifth matching set in the “New World” series launched by ERB Books in 2020 with A Princess of Mars. Each set celebrates the first appearance of one of ERB’s newly created realms filled with fantastic kingdoms, cultures and creatures.

​Prices have not increased for this edition:

The numbered edition (#1-548) ……………. $349.99
The Lettered Edition (A-ZZ) …………………… $449.99 (all sets are reserved – contact info@erbbooks to be placed on a waiting list.) 

Preorder Pirates of Venus: The Illustrators Edition today from our friends at ERB Books!

Celebrate The Land That Time Forgot® Centennial!

Just in time for the 100-year anniversary of the publication of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic The Land That Time Forgot trilogy by A. C. McClurg & Co., and the 50th anniversary of the film, ERB, Inc., will be releasing a brand-new new novel of Caspak—The Land That Time Forgot: Fortress Primeval by fan-favorite author Mike Wolfer, with gorgeous wraparound cover art by renowned illustrator Daren Bader! The novel is now available for preorder from our webstore in paperback, hardcover, and a limited Collector’s Edition, and is expected to ship Fall 2024. Here’s a synopsis of the story:

Hidden in the far South Pacific lies the lost island continent of Caprona, forgotten by history and time itself. In the year 1836, Sicilian Captain Fausto Caproni and his sister Marina lead a voyage across the raging seas to rediscover the fabled land first sighted by their grandfather—only to plunge into a terrifying tropical world known to its inhabitants as Caspak, thriving with giant carnivorous lizards and bestial tribesmen from the dawn of time. With only swords and muskets to defend themselves, the Caproni siblings are thrust into a desperate fight for survival against Caspak’s primordial creatures, but a greater threat may be allies among the crew who harbor a deadly secret agenda.

Preorder your copy of The Land That Time Forgot: Fortress Primeval today!

© Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks Carson of Venus®, Amtor™, A Princess of Mars®, The Moon Maid™, The Land That Time Forgot®, Caspak™, Edgar Rice Burroughs®, and Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe™ Owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Associated logos, characters, names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks or registered trademarks of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Used by Permission. 

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