This illustration by TSR vet Jeff Easley is reminiscent of his Unearthed Arcana cover. It was published in Encyclopedia Magica Volume 2 and was reused for the Amazing Stories #58 cover.
It was also used as a mockup for an Unearthed Arcana II cover in the 1986 TSR product catalog. Rumors are sketchy that there may have been an unpublished version of this book in the TSR archives. Is it possible there might be a draft copy floating around somewhere?
Joshua Fritts says "During 2E that there was talk of a second book that was coming out but may have been scrapped for budget constraints if I remember right but I’m old now so who knows how good that is."
At that point Gary was out (or on his way out) and TSR was moving towards 2e.
DM Dave has some speculation on what may have been in a Gary Gygax 2e AD&D such as Mystic, Savant, Mountebank, & Jester classes. It seems reasonable some of these would have made a first appearance in an UA2.
https://dmdavid.com/tag/gary-gygaxs-thwarted-plans-for-second-edition-dungeons-dragons/
Just another TSR mystery we may never know more about, but how we would have embraced an Unearthed Arcana II! Even though the first one was of questionable quality and use.
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