BARSOOM SAGA Volume 4 Thuvia Maid of Mars

Includes 68 bonus pages of artwork and letters. Carthoris, son of the Warlord of Mars and the incomparable Dejah Thoris, travels to the court of Thuvan Dihn to proclaim his love to the fair Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth, only to leave dejected when he finds she is promised to another. But the Prince of Helium’s troubles are only beginning, for when unknown raiders seize Thuvia, Carthoris becomes the chief suspect. While attempting to return to Ptarth and clear his name, his flier is sabotaged, and he finds himself carried across the desolate wastes to the ancient city of Lothar. There Thuvia has escaped her abductors, only to fall into the clutches of Lothar’s tyrannical jeddak, whose legions of spectral warriors have been locked in an unceasing bloody war since time immemorial. An amazing 68 pages present facsimile letters between ERB and the publishers and artist; all the J. Allen St. John interior artwork for the first edition; other illustrators' artwork; dozens of U.S. and overseas book and paperback covers for variant editions; pulp covers and chapter headings and far more. It's a journey through the history of this one title from the beginning in the pulps until now. Back cover photo of a young ERB and his wife!