FIRST EDITION IDENTIFIERS:
This book includes three
unrelated stories and was published by
Canaveral Press on April 27, 1964. The
words "First Edition" appear on the
copyright page. The book cover came in
either blue or tan and was lettered in
black. The three unrelated stories are
"Beyond the Farthest Star", "The
Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw", and "The
Wizard of Venus". This was the first
time any of the three stories had
appeared in hardback. "The Wizard of
Venus" is part of the Venus series and
was likely to have been the first part
of a larger novel. Canaveral Press
reprinted this book again in 1974 and is
identical except for the copyright page.
For "Beyond the Farthest
Star" Mr. Burroughs had designed an
elaborate planetary system and
civilization which were likely to be the
basis for additional stories. However he
never wrote any further stories
involving this subject matter.
For "The Resurrection of
Jimber-Jaw" which first appeared in a
magazine, Edgar Rice Burroughs titled
this story as "Elmer" but the Argosy
editor retitled it to include various
changes to the storyline. In 2001,
"Elmer" was included in the book "Forgotten
Tales
of Love & Murder" with Edgar
Rice Burroughs' original text.
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