EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS ILLUSTRATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY Volume
0762 Presents THE MAN-EATER Written in May 1915 as Ben, King of Beasts ~ first
as a film synopsis
PUBLISHING HISTORY (USA) PULP New York Evening World newspaper: November 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 1915 FIRST EDITION Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (Fantasy Press
fanzine): 1955 ~ Limited 300 copies ~ no interiors Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications: 1957 ~
229 pages Gil Kane dust jacket
B/W art ~ no interiors ~ Three-page prologue by Bradford M. Day: "ERB:
A Bit of His Life." REPRINT EDITIONS (Reprinted as The
Man Eater ~ subtitled: Ben, King of Beasts) Fantasy House - Fantasy Reader 5: 1974 ~ 93 pages Robert Kline:
front, back and title page designs ~ Preface and acknowledgement to
Danton Burroughs