Pirates of Venus - The Illustrators Edition (Signed) (Numbered Limited Edition)

Illustrated Leather Clamshell Case.
Copy numbered and signed by Gary Gianni and others.

This is a very special curated edition of Pirates of Venus - the first book in the Amtor series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

This book features over 100 illustrations by a 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, 1930s 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dust jacket, first newspaper installment of Pirates of Venus in the Honolulu Star Bulletin from 1935, first pages of an unpublished Carson of Venus story, poster size reproductions of artwork and a number of other surprise bonus items.

This copy is numbered from a strictly limited edition of 600 (548 numbered and 52 lettered) and is signed by Gary Gianni, Philip R. Burger & an unknown third contributor.

FIVE COMPANION SETS:
    At the Earth's Core - The Letterpress Edition
    Tarzan of the Apes - The Artist Edition
    A Princess of Mars - The Manuscript Edition
    The Moon Maid - The Centennial Edition
    Pirates of Venus - The Illustrators Edition.

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Artists: Gary Gianni, William Stout, Michael Kaluta, Richard Hescox, Thomas Yeates, Mark Schultz, Daren Bader, Doug Klauba, Laurence Schwinger, Mark Wheatley
Publisher: ERB Books, 2025
Number of pages: 340
Format: Hard Cover; Part Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 10" (190mm x 260mm)
Condition: As New
Code: ERBPOFV01