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The “New” Howard Reader #4 by Robert E. Howard (Joe & Mona Marek, January 1999, $7.50, 40pp, quarto, co, cover by Jack W. Baum)     Collection of rare and uncollected Howardiana. 1 · The Return of the Sea-Farer · Robert E. Howard · pm Weirdbook #13, 1978 1 · Under the Baobab Tree · Robert E. Howard · ss Cross Plains #5, Fall 1974 2 · The Gondarian Man · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #6, November 1975 3 · Letter to Weird Tales, ca. October 1929 (“I have just been reading…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales November 1929 3 · Drum Gods · Robert E. Howard · pm Etchings & Odysseys #9, 1986 4 · Letter to August Derleth, ca. February 1933 (“After so long a time, I’m getting around to answering…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Is #6, 1972 [Ref. August Derleth] 4 · The Coming of Bast · Robert E. Howard · pm Lone Star Universe ed. Geo. W. Proctor & Steven Utley, Heidelberg, 1976 5 · Guests of the Hoodoo Room · Robert E. Howard · nv Shudder Stories #1, June 1984 16 · The Gods Remember (“The Glories of the Ages”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Etchings & Odysseys #9, 1986 16 · The Voice of the Mob · Robert E. Howard · ss Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986 19 · Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, April 21, 1936 (“Glad you-all liked ‘She-Devil’”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost #3, May 1945 [Ref. E. Hoffmann Price] 19 · She-Cats of Samarcand (synopsis) [John Gorman] · Robert E. Howard · uw Risque Stories #1, March 1984, as “untitled synopsis (“John Gorman found himself…”)” 19 · A Pledge · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1971 20 · The Road to Freedom · Robert E. Howard · pm Cross Plains #7, September 1975 20 · Letter to R.H. Barlow, ca. April 2, 1933 (“Here are some notes…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Zarfhanna May 1993 [Ref. R. H. Barlow] 20 · Mad Meg Gill · Robert E. Howard · pm Up, John Kane! and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1977 20 · The Stones of Destiny · Robert E. Howard · ss Pulp Magazine #1, March 1989 25 · The Phases of Life · Robert E. Howard · pm Unaussprechlichen Kulten July 1992 25 · The Haunted Hut · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #2, 1969 26 · A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure · Robert E. Howard · pm Up, John Kane! and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1977 26 · The Thessalians · Robert E. Howard · vi The Yellow Jacket January 13 1927 27 · Letter to August Lenniger, March 8, 1933 (“This is to inform you that I have…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Zarfhanna August 1976 [Ref. August Lenniger] 27 · The Spell of Damballah · Robert E. Howard · uw Revelations from Yuggoth #1, November 1987 29 · The Weakling · Robert E. Howard · pm A Robert E. Howard Memorial: June 13-15, 1986, 1986 29 · Letter to Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927 (“This time I have an excuse for not having…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Seanchai November 1991 [Ref. Robert W. Gordon] 29 · L’Envoi (“Twilight Striding o’er the Mountain”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Right Hook v1 #3, 1925 29 · Postcard to Novalyne Price, June 19, 1935 (“Dear Novalyne… cordially…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price, Donald M. Grant, 1986 [Ref. Novalyne Price] 29 · With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles · Robert E. Howard · ar Leaves #1, 1937 29 · Letter to Harold Preece, March 24, 1930 (“Thanks for the picture.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Winter 1965 [Ref. Harold Preece] 30 · “Golden Hope” Christmas · Robert E. Howard · ss The Tattler December 22 1922 31 · My Sentiments, Set to Jazz · Robert E. Howard · pm The Right Hook v1 #3, 1925 31 · The Celtica Notes of Robert E. Howard · Robert E. Howard · ar Deeper Than You Think… January 1968 34 · The Zulu Lord · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Tales #12, Winter 1983 34 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 8, 1923 (“Hello Clyde/May the blessing of Allah rest upon you.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Austin May 1992 [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith] _34 · untitled (“When Napoleon down in Africa”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Austin May 1992 _35 · Neolithic Love Song · Robert E. Howard · pm Tom Kovacs, 1987 35 · untitled (“The baron of Fenland sat at ease”) · Robert E. Howard · pm American and European Manuscripts and Printed Books December 19 1986 35 · The Song of Yar Ali Khan · Robert E. Howard · pm Always Comes Evening (var. 1) by Robert E. Howard, Underwood-Miller, 1977 35 · A Gent from Bear Creek [Breckenridge Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · nv Action Stories October 1934; magazine version. 40 · Letters of Comment · The Readers · lc ibc. · Afterword · Joe Marek · aw

The “New” Howard Reader #5 by Robert E. Howard (Joe & Mona Marek, March 1999, $7.50, 40pp, quarto, co, cover by James B. Zimmerman)     Collection of rare and uncollected Howardiana. 1 · The Dance with Death · Robert E. Howard · pm Magira Spring 1992 1 · Redflame [John Silent] · Robert E. Howard · uw REHUPA November 1987 3 · Letter to Weird Tales, ca. March 1930 (“‘Thirsty Blades’ is fine…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales April 1930 4 · When Death Drops Her Veil · Robert E. Howard · pm Up, John Kane! and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1977 4 · Letter to E. Hoffmann Price, February 15, 1936 (“I’ve eventually found time to answer your cards.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ghost #3, May 1945 [Ref. E. Hoffmann Price] 5 · Heritage (“Saxon Blood in the veins of Me”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Crossroads #2, February 1975 5 · Black Country · Robert E. Howard · ss Weirdbook #6, 1973 8 · Nocturne · Robert E. Howard · pm Weirdbook #11, 1977 8 · Intrigue in Kurdistan [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories #1, December 1986 12 · Letter to August Derleth, ca. November 1933 (“I enjoyed reading your ‘Hawk on the Blue’ very much…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Is #6, 1972 [Ref. August Derleth] 12 · The Doom Chant of Than-Kul · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales #4 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1983 12 · Counterspells · Robert E. Howard · pm Unaussprechlichen Kulten October 1990 12 · Letter to Kirk Mashburn, ca. March 1932 (“I am writing to express my appreciation for…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Winter 1965 [Ref. Kirk Mashburn] 13 · A Song of the Werewolf Folk · Robert E. Howard · pm Etchings & Odysseys #10, 1987 13 · Halt! Who Goes There? [Hawkshaw the Detective] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Yellow Jacket September 24 1924 14 · Dreams · Robert E. Howard · pm Up, John Kane! and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1977 14 · The People of the Serpent [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Strange Detective Stories February 1934, as “Fangs of Gold” 21 · Letter to Robert W. Gordon, January 2, 1927 (“Upon seeing a request of yours in a late…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Seanchai March 1991 [Ref. Robert W. Gordon] 21 · Wolfsdung [de Montour] · Robert E. Howard · vi Cromlech v1 #3, 1988 22 · Universe · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales Spring/Fall 1989 22 · Letter to R.H. Barlow, July 5, 1934 (“Here, at last, is the last…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Zarfhanna May 1993 [Ref. R. H. Barlow] 22 · The Feud · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Crossroads #13, June 1978 22 · Letter to Novalyne Price, July 4, 1935 (“I take my typewriter…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price, Donald M. Grant, 1986 [Ref. Novalyne Price] 22 · The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger · Robert E. Howard · ar The West September 1967, as “Apparition of Josiah Wilbarger” 23 · Madame Goose’s Rhymes · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Crossroads #7, February 1976 24 · Letter to Robert W. Gordon, February 4, 1925 (“I am sending you a few songs…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Seanchai March 1991 [Ref. Robert W. Gordon] 24 · The Fear-Master · Robert E. Howard · uw Crypt of Cthulhu #22, Roodmas 1984 26 · What Is Love? · Robert E. Howard · pm The Right Hook v1 #2, 1925 26 · Letter to Carl Jacobi, ca. Summer 1934 (“Thank you for the kind comments…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Spring 1970 [Ref. Carl Jacobi] 27 · The Vicar of Wakefield · Robert E. Howard · ar REHUPA November 1992 28 · Rules of Etiquette · Robert E. Howard · pm The Progress February 1 1924 28 · Letter to The Ring Magazine, ca. 1926 (“Here is my opinion on the greatest heavyweights…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Ring April 1926 28 · Tides · Robert E. Howard · pm Contemporary Verse September 1929 28 · untitled (“The times, the times stride on apace and fast”) · Robert E. Howard · pm REHUPA November 1992 29 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, September 7, 1924 (“Salaam, Clyde/You ought to be here.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Austin May 1992 [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith] _29 · untitled (“Palm-trees are waving in the gulf-breeze”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Austin May 1992 29 · The Feud Buster [Breckenridge Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · ss Action Stories June 1935; magazine version. 33 · Letters of Comment · The Readers · lc 34 · Verses in Ebony · Robert E. Howard · co (r); original “dummy” prototype—in facsimile ms. 35 · Black Dawn · Robert E. Howard · gp (r) _35 · Shadows (“A Black Moon Nailed”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _35 · Clouds · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _35 · Shrines · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _35 · The Iron Harp · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _35 · Invocation (“Break down the world”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _36 · The Road to Rome · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1972 _37 · The Gold and the Grey · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1974 _39 · A Song of the Naked Lands · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1973 40 · Afterword · Joe Marek · aw

The “New” Howard Reader #6 by Robert E. Howard (Joe & Mona Marek, November 1999, $8.50, 45pp, quarto, co, cover by Bob Barger)     Collection of rare and uncollected Howardiana. 1 · The Ballad of King Geraint · Robert E. Howard · pm REHUPA November 1989 6 · Genseric’s Son [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977 7 · Black Eons [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Howard Collector Spring 1967, as “untitled fragment (“Beneath the glare of the sun”)” 8 · Letter to Weird Tales, ca. December 1930 (“I was particularly fascinated…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales January 1931 8 · Letter to Adventure, ca. early 1924 (“Question: I am writing for information”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Adventure March 20 1924 8 · Musings of a Moron · Robert E. Howard · vi The Howard Collector Spring 1968 9 · The Spirit of Brian Boru · Robert E. Howard · vi first appeared, in French, in La Tombe du Dragon, Nouvelles Editions Oswald, Paris, 1990. 10 · The Vultures of Wahpeton · Robert E. Howard · na Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936, as “Vultures of Whapeton” 31 · Harvest · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1972 31 · Letter to August Derleth, ca. October 1933 (“Thanks very much for the opportunity”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Is #6, 1972 [Ref. August Derleth] 32 · Unhand Me, Villain! [Hawkshaw the Detective] · Robert E. Howard · vi The Tattler February 15 1923 33 · Le Gentil Homme le Diable · Robert E. Howard · vi The Right Hook v1 #2, 1925 33 · A Matter of Age · Robert E. Howard · vi Lurid Confessions #1, June 1986 34 · The Weaker Sex: A Dissertation on the Subjugation of Women · Robert E. Howard · vi first appeared, in French, in La Tombe du Dragon, Nouvelles Editions Oswald, Paris, 1990. 35 · Letter to Novalyne Price, July 8, 1935 (“Thank you for your invitation to call…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Fantasy Crossroads #3, May 1975 [Ref. Novalyne Price] 35 · More Evidence of the Innate Divinity of Man · Robert E. Howard · ar The Junto October 1928 36 · On with the Play · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1972 36 · The Ideal Girl · Robert E. Howard · ms The Tattler January 6 1925 36 · Eighttoes Makes a Play · Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith · nv Red Blades of Black Cathay by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith, Donald M. Grant, 1971 _ · Eighttoes Makes a Play (alternate ending) · Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith · ex The Howard Collector Autumn 1971 40 · The Road to Bear Creek [Breckenridge Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · nv Action Stories December 1934; original magazine version. 43 · Letters of Comment · The Readers · lc 44 · Afterword · Joe Marek · aw

The “New” Howard Reader #7 by Robert E. Howard (Joe & Mona Marek, June 2000, $8.50, 49pp, quarto, co, cover by Joseph W. Marek)     Collection of rare and uncollected Howardiana. 1 · Always Comes Evening · Robert E. Howard · pm The Phantagraph August 1936; pure-text reconstruction. 1 · Three-Bladed Doom [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard & Byron L. Roark · nv REH: Lone Star Fictioneer #4, Spring 1976 heavily edited by Roark from the short version of the story of the same name (El Borak and Other Desert Adventures, Del Rey, 2010). originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Flame Knife” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955. 18 · Spanish Gold on Devil Horse · Robert E. Howard · nv The Howard Collector Autumn 1972 (+1) 28 · Letter to Weird Tales, ca. February 1932 (“Congratulations on the appearance…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Weird Tales March 1932 28 · Letter to Adventure, 1924 (“At what period did the feudal system flourish most…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Adventure August 20 1924, as by R. E. H. 28 · Sunday in a Small Town · Robert E. Howard · vi The Howard Collector Spring 1969 29 · Age Lasting Love · Robert E. Howard · uw first appeared in French in La Tombe du Dragon (1972). 32 · Roads · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1972 32 · The Fire of Asshurbanipal · Robert E. Howard · nv The Howard Collector Spring 1972 straight adventure version. 36 · Letter to Charles D. Hornig, November 10, 1933 (“Here is a short story, ‘The Frost-King’s Daughter’…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Echoes of Valor II ed. Karl Edward Wagner, Tor, 1989 [Ref. Charles D. Hornig] 37 · The Sheik · Robert E. Howard · vi The Tattler March 15 1923 38 · Midnight · Robert E. Howard · vi The Junto September 1929 38 · The Curse of Greed · Robert E. Howard · ss Fantasy Crosswinds #1, January 1977 41 · Pictures in the Fire · Robert E. Howard · vi first appeared in French in Le Manoir de Terreur (1987). 41 · Letter to Novalyne Price, February 14, 1936 (“I heard yesterday you had…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price, Donald M. Grant, 1986 [Ref. Novalyne Price] 42 · Sentiment · Robert E. Howard · ar The Junto September 1929 42 · Destiny (“I Think I Was Born to Pass at Dawn”) · Robert E. Howard · pm 42 · West Is West · Robert E. Howard · vi The Tattler December 22 1922 42 · Surrender: Your Money or Your Vice · Robert E. Howard · ar The Junto September 1928 43 · The Last White Man · Robert E. Howard · vi The Howard Collector Summer 1964 44 · A Stranger in Grizzly Claw [Breckenridge Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · ss Action Stories September 1934, as “The Scalp Hunter”; magazine version. 48 · Letters of Comment · The Readers · lc 49 · Afterword · Joe Marek · aw

Night Images: A Book of Fantasy Verse by Robert E. Howard (The Morning Star Press, 1976, 103pp, hc, co, cover by Frank Frazetta) [edited by John Pocsik & Armand Eisen]     Collection of 56 fantasy poems by Howard, most previously uncollected and many previously unpublished, illustrated by Richard Corben. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. 7 · Foreword · John Pocsik · fw 8 · Echoes from an Anvil: The Poetry of Howard · Armand Eisen · in 11 · Of Dreams and of Visions 13 · The King and the Oak [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1939 15 · The Cats of Anubis · Robert E. Howard · pm Whispers July 1973 16 · Musings (“The Little Poets Sing of Little Things”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Witchcraft & Sorcery #5, January/February 1971 17 · No More the Serpent Prow · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1971 18 · Haunting Columns · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1938 20 · Black Dawn · Robert E. Howard · gp (r) _20 · Shadows (“A Black Moon Nailed”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _21 · Clouds · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _22 · Shrines · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _23 · The Iron Harp · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 _24 · Invocation (“Break down the world”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Black Dawn by Robert E. Howard, Roy Squires, 1972 25 · Visions · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1972 26 · Echoes from an Anvil · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 28 · Altars and Jesters · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1974 32 · The Ghost Kings · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1938 33 · Songs of Longing and of Love 35 · Egypt · Robert E. Howard · pm Whispers December 1973 36 · The Heart of the Sea’s Desire · Robert E. Howard · pm Always Comes Evening by Robert E. Howard, Arkham House, 1957 38 · The Day Breaks Over Simla · Robert E. Howard · pm Fantasy Crossroads #4/5, August 1975 39 · The Tide · Robert E. Howard · pm Omniumgathum ed. Jonathan Bacon & Steve Troyanovich, Stygian Isle Press, 1976 41 · A Song Out of the East · Robert E. Howard · pm 42 · Tiger Girl · Robert E. Howard · pm Omniumgathum ed. Jonathan Bacon & Steve Troyanovich, Stygian Isle Press, 1976 44 · The Sea Girl · Robert E. Howard · pm Whispers July 1974 45 · Songs of War and Warriors 47 · A Thousand Years Ago · Robert E. Howard · pm 48 · The Gold and the Grey · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1974 51 · Marching Song of Connacht · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1972 52 · Black Harps in the Hills · Robert E. Howard · pm 54 · The Legacy of Tubal-Cain · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1973 55 · Victory · Robert E. Howard · pm 57 · Viking’s Trail · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 58 · Heading for “The Phoenix on the Sword” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales December 1932 59 · Heading for “Kings of the Night” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1930 60 · The King and the Mallet · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto July 1929 62 · Song Before Clontarf · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Review #2, March 1975 63 · To Harry the Oliad Men · Robert E. Howard · pm Omniumgathum ed. Jonathan Bacon & Steve Troyanovich, Stygian Isle Press, 1976 64 · And Beowulf Rides Again · Robert E. Howard · pm Spoor Anthology #1, 1974 65 · Songs from the World 67 · Always Comes Evening · Robert E. Howard · pm The Phantagraph August 1936 68 · Solomon Kane’s Homecoming [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · pm Fanciful Tales Fall 1936 72 · The Master-Drum · Robert E. Howard · pm 73 · The Kiowa’s Tale · Robert E. Howard · pm 74 · Flight · Robert E. Howard · pm Witchcraft & Sorcery #6, May 1971 76 · Adventure (“Adventure, I Have Followed Your Beck”) · Robert E. Howard · pm 78 · The Song of the Jackal · Robert E. Howard · pm 79 · Empire: A Song for All Exiles · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 81 · Singing Hemp · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 82 · Days of Glory · Robert E. Howard · pm 83 · Mark of the Beast · Robert E. Howard · pm Weirdbook #9, 1975 84 · The Road to Rome · Robert E. Howard · pm Roy Squires Press, 1972 86 · Roar, Silver Trumpets · Robert E. Howard · pm 87 · The King of the Ages Comes · Robert E. Howard · pm 88 · The Jackal · Robert E. Howard · pm Omniumgathum ed. Jonathan Bacon & Steve Troyanovich, Stygian Isle Press, 1976 89 · The Campus at Midnight · Robert E. Howard · pm 90 · When the Gods Were Kings · Robert E. Howard · pm Spoor Anthology #1, 1974 91 · Songs of Death 93 · Oh Babylon, Lost Babylon · Robert E. Howard · pm 94 · A Word from the Outer Dark · Robert E. Howard · pm Kadath #1, 1974 96 · Age · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto September 1928 97 · Swamp Murder · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 98 · To a Friend · Robert E. Howard · pm Verses in Ebony by Robert E. Howard, Glenn Lord, 1975 99 · The Dead Slaver’s Tale · Robert E. Howard · pm Weirdbook #8, 1974 100 · A Buccaneer Speaks · Robert E. Howard · pm 101 · Hope Empty of Meaning · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1971 102 · Hopes of Dreams · Robert E. Howard · pm Witchcraft & Sorcery #7, 1972