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Comment on Restoring “Tarzan at the Earth’s Core” — update by phil

phil — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:03:46 +0000

Hello Christopher, thanks for your comment. It would be great to know who that was, though a lot of art collectors are pretty quiet about their collections. Probably for good reason. But maybe someone will remember that show and the collector’s name. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. used The Kingsport Press of Kingsport, Tennessee as their printer and there is some evidence to suggest that they got the idea from Metropolitan Books who published TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE. There is a City of Kingsport Archive that has a lot of documents from the press and there might be some clues in it, but I don’t know that anyone has gone down to research the ERB connection.

Comment on Restoring “Tarzan at the Earth’s Core” — update by Christopher Olsen

Christopher Olsen — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:48:14 +0000

Interesting information regarding the whereabouts of the original TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE painting. I recall seeing a program about collectors and their collections, I believe on cable, at least five to ten years ago. I remember one collector who had what I thought was described as the original St John painting for TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE. Alas, I don’t remember the specific program name or who the collector was. I think he was a major collector, but not necessarily a name well known in Burroughs fandom, as I think I would have remembered his name in that case. Maybe someone else saw that show and remembers what show it was. I guess I should have paid more atention at the time. Anyone’s memory jogged?

Comment on Restoring “Tarzan at the Earth’s Core” — update by phil

phil — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:56:14 +0000

Hi britanniamatt. The front flap for PELLUCIDAR has two promotional blurbs: one for “The Lake Mystery” by Marvin Dana and the other for “The Baron of Diamond Tail” by G.W. Ogden. The back flap has an ad for “Tyrrel of the Cow Country” by Robert Ames Bennet. Thanks for stopping by.

Comment on Restoring “Tarzan at the Earth’s Core” — update by Matt

Matt — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:41:44 +0000

Dear Phil. It’s all incredibly fascinating, what you are doing. I love the Burroughs dust jackets for the Pellucidar series. I’ve been scouring the internet trying to find out what the cover blurb says on the front and back inner flaps of the first edition dj. Can you help?

Comment on About by phil

phil — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:24:57 +0000

All my dust jackets have a line of type which designates them as facsimiles. This is done for bibliographic veracity. Though it is quite easy to tell a facsimile, ink-jet print from an original, offset print, if you know what to look for, there is a vast difference in value. These are not counterfeits and I would not want them to be passed off as originals. In fact, the late Danton Burroughs, grandson of ERB, always told me that I made my dust jackets look better than the originals.

Comment on Day One of the new look by phil

phil — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:09:38 +0000

Will do, George. It’s coming up after the Metropolitan’s “Tarzan at the Earth’s Core” and “Tarzan and the Lost Empire.”

Comment on About by Norman Zolkos

Norman Zolkos — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:48:39 +0000

I am looking to buy the entire Tarzan Dustjacket set. Do they say facimile anywhere?

Comment on Day One of the new look by George Whisman

George Whisman — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:00:37 +0000

When you have “Girl From Hollywood” ready please let me know.
Thanks George

Comment on Metropolitan dust jackets update by William Hedges

William Hedges — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:57:37 +0000

Phil – Sounds awesome and thanks for the update. Of course I wll get all 4 of the metropolitan jackets when ready. Just let me know!

Bill

Comment on Site Maintenance 101 by phil

phil — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:30:57 +0000

Thanks William! Keep checking back here. Now that I’ve got the blog up I’ll be blatherin’ a plenty while I get these jackets back into production.