Borrows Burroughs.

Oops, I missed the birthday of Edgar Rice Burroughs yesterday. Since it was almost 150 years ago, I doubt that he'd notice. When I was back in Toronto, I went through my box of Burroughs with Frank Frazetta covers, hoping to sell them and get them out of Bob's basement. I took photos of them all, if I'd remembered to do so, I could have borrowed from an old post of mine and saved myself the trouble. 

I made a mashup of the pics, so you can either look at the originals above or these:

Hey, I also discovered that I own a copy of Death Dealer, one of Frank Frazetta's more famous creations. (Click that link for a few more details on Frank.)

Furthermore, I have a handful of Weird Worlds comics but I can't access them from my phone for some reason. I'll try again tomorrow.

UPDATE!

I got 'em...

 

 

 

ERBs and Spices.

September 1, 1875 was the date that Edgar Rice Burroughs was born. (Click for the official website.)

I have seen very little of ERB's work in Japan, in fact, Tarzan, is a Men's magazine that caters to the stylish gentleman and not the loincloth-wearing King of the Apes. If you click this link you can learn a little bit more about the author and complete bibliography of his works. (N.B. It's in Japanese, so click at your own risk.)

Back in the 90s, I started scouting the Used Books Stores and collected his works, trying mainly to find the Frank Frazetta covers. Here is what I have so far, sitting in a box in my friend's basement. Starting with a really old copy from 1910 or so. It's the oldest book I own. It's not in the best shape but it is very cool.

  

Now for some Frazetta covers:

   

   

   

Oops, a double.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Here are the books I have from the Mars series.

   

   

   

   

   

This was my favourite series, Pellucidar.

   

   

   

I could never get into the Venus series, that didn't stop me from getting the books.

   

   

No wait, this was my favourite series!

   

   

   

Now full confession time, I never got around to reading the following books. Some day...

     

These were some of the Westerns that he wrote. I only have two of the four.

    

Miscellaneous.

A couple of historical novels. (They sure look like Sword and Sorcery books.)

   

This was written about ERB. Also on my "to be read someday" list.

Finally a couple of copies of the biography of Lord Greystoke written by PJ Farmer.

None of the above books are in great condition but they are all well loved. Happy Birthday to ERB!