‘The City Of The Beast’

The City Of The Beast

New York:  Lancer, 1970 (August) mass-sized paperback (dated 1965);
original price:  75¢;
159 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  447-74668;
cover artist:  Kenneth Smith;
no (individual) hardcover edition.

First volume in a trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiches featuring Michael Kane, The City Of The Beast was retitled from Warriors Of Mars (1965, as by “Edward P. Bradbury”).  It was collected (as City Of The Beast) in Warrior Of Mars (1981), and later in Kane Of Old Mars (1998).

First edition
New York: DAW Books, 1979 (January) mass-sized paperback;
as City Of The Beast or Warriors Of Mars on title page & cover;
original price:  $1·50;
160 pages;

includes ‘New Introduction To The “Michael Kane” Series’ by Moorcock (pp.7–12);
I.S.B.N.:  0-87997-436-2;
cover artist:  Richard Hescox
.
Seattle: Paizo/Planet Stories, 2007 (September) trade-sized paperback;
as City Of The Beast or Warriors Of Mars on title page;
original price:  $12·99;
157 pages;

includes ‘Just For Fun: An Introduction’ by Kim Mohan (pp. 9–12);
I.S.B.N.:  978-1-60125-044-5;
cover artist:  Andrew Hou
.
First British edition:  London: New English Library, 1971 (May) mass-sized paperback;
as City Of The Beast on cover & spine;
original price:  25p;
127 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  450-00684-0;
cover artist:  Richard Clifton-Dey
;
no (individual) hardcover edition.
New English Library p/b ed., 1974 (May) (30p) 450-01937-3.
New English Library p/b ed., 1977 (July) (60p) 450-03379-8;
cover artist:  Tim White.
New English Library p/b ed., 1979 (April) (80p) 450-04357-6, reprinted 1983 (January) (£1·25) 0-450-03319-8.

(Followed by The Lord Of The Spiders)

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The City Of The Beast is also available as an e-book (as Warriors Of Mars): 9780575092549.