THE PORT OF PERIL - Variant - J. Allen St. John
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THE PORT OF PERIL - Variant Dust Jacket for the Grandon Press edition. $8.99
THE PORT OF PERIL by Otis Adelbert Kline, the third book in his Venus series, was published in six installments in Weird Tales Magazine
starting in the November 1932 issue under the title THE BUCCANEERS OF VENUS. The cover illustration used for this variant is the cover
illustration done by J. Allen St. John for the first installment. Changing the title to match other Venus books by Kline, the Grandon
Company used a two color version of this painting for their first edition in 1949.
I have never particularly cared for the two-color version of this illustration used by Grandon Company. Therefore, I've used the original
four-color magazine version of the illustration for this variant. I've also added a small essay on the Planetary Romance genre and a few
words from Vernell Coriell written for the ACE editions of Kline's works. I then added a tinted Krenkel Barsoon drawing to illustrate the
back cover. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
starting in the November 1932 issue under the title THE BUCCANEERS OF VENUS. The cover illustration used for this variant is the cover
illustration done by J. Allen St. John for the first installment. Changing the title to match other Venus books by Kline, the Grandon
Company used a two color version of this painting for their first edition in 1949.
I have never particularly cared for the two-color version of this illustration used by Grandon Company. Therefore, I've used the original
four-color magazine version of the illustration for this variant. I've also added a small essay on the Planetary Romance genre and a few
words from Vernell Coriell written for the ACE editions of Kline's works. I then added a tinted Krenkel Barsoon drawing to illustrate the
back cover. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
