Saturday, February 28, 2009

Rare 1963 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Reference, John Harwood!

Rare 1963 EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Reference, John Harwood! - eBay (item 310126019208 end time Mar-01-09 20:00:31 PST)

This vintage soft cover reference volume The Literature of Burroughsiana is sub-titled, "A listing of magazine articles, book commentaries, news items, book reviews, movie reviews, fanzines, amateur publications and related items concerning the life and/or works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Compiled and with commentary by John Harwood." It's a first edition published in February, 1963. Front cover portrait by J. Allen St. John. The frontispiece has Tarzan art by Roy J. Krenkel, Jr. The back cover lists highlights of Burroughs' life.

Contents:
  • Introduction, by Henry H. Heins
  • Acknowledgements, by John Harwood
  • Commentary, by John Harwood
  • Foreword, by Camille Cazedessus, Jr.
  • Personal Articles, Letters, and News Items by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Articles, Commentaries and News Items Concerning the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Professional Publications
  • Articles, Commentaries and News Items Concerning the Life and Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Amateur Publications
  • Reviews and Discussions Concerning the Novels and Magazine Stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Reviews, Articles and News Items Concerning Motion Pictures Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Articles and Indexes Concerning Newspaper Story Strips Based on Characters Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
From the first page:
The Literature of Burroughsiana
...was first published in early 1954 in the Burroughs fanzine, Barsoomian, then edited by James V. Taurasi, and contained about 115 entries. This new, revised and enlarged edition, edited and published by Camille Cazedessus, Jr., editor of ERB-dom, contains over 1,000 entries and is the culmination of 24 years of research by John Harwood.

John Harwood
...an avid fan of Tarzan's creator for over 35 years, is considered one of the foremost authorities on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his works. John has been writing about Burroughs since 1947, and has had articles published in nearly every ERB fanzine.
The book is creamy pages of typeset with a pebbled paper stock cover. It's in excellent condition.

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