Selected Letters 1923-1930 by Robert E. Howard (Necronomicon, October 1989, 0-940884-26-7, $9.95, vi+84pp, ph, nf, cover by Robert H. Knox) [edited by Glenn Lord & S. T. Joshi]
Collection of letters by Robert E. Howard.
- v · Introduction · Glenn Lord · in
- 1 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 24, 1923 (“Bohut Salaam, Clyde sahib/I was all ready to come over to Brownwood…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 3 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, September 9, 1923 (“Clyde sahib/First off I must apologize for not having…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 3 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 16, 1925 (“Salaam, sahib/What ho, milord!/Boy, I hope you’re…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits the untitled poem (“And Dempsey climbed into the ring…”).
- 4 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 26, 1925 (“Salaam/I’ve been thinking. What is reality and what is…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 5 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 28, 1925 (“Salaam/I’ve been thinking. Did you ever stop…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 5 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1927 (“Salaam/Having just got your letter I’ll write now…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 7 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1927 (“Salaam/Seeking cognizance of things looked after…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded story and poems.
- 9 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 (“Salaam/Listen, you crumb, I think you already owe me a letter.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded story and poems.
- 9 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 (“I wasn’t lying to you Saturday evening when…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded story and and all but one of the poems.
- _9 · Symbols · Robert E. Howard · pm Shadows of Dreams by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1989
- 10 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, week of February 20, 1928 (“The fellow who wrote the Kasidah strung…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded story.
- 12 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“The only reason for writing this letter…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poem.
- 13 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 (“Salaam/Glad you’re writing these days…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits all but one of the poems.
- _13 · The Odyssey of Israel · Robert E. Howard · pm Shadows of Dreams by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1989
- 16 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1928 (“Salaam/So Klatt has gone West.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Zarfhanna August 1988 [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 17 · Letter to Harold Preece, September 23, 1928 (“The tang of winter is in the air…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Summer 1966 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- 18 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1928 (“Salaam/I could have gone with you for dinner if…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Writer of the Dark by Robert E. Howard, Dark Carneval Press, 1986 [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poem.
- 19 · Letter to Harold Preece, received October 20, 1928 (“Your stationery is alright.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Autumn 1962 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- 21 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Salaam/I’ll swear you’re the only galoot I ever heard of…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 22 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (“Heh Heh!/At last I’ve sold a story to Ghost Story Magazine.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 23 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. December 1928 (“Salaam/Out in front of Goldstein’s…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; abridged & omits embedded poems.
- 25 · Letter to Harold Preece, ca. December 1928 (“Salaam/You’re right; women are great actors.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Autumn 1970 [Ref. Harold Preece]; first complete publication.
- 28 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 (“Salaam/Ancient English Balladel”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; abridged & omits embedded poems.
- 32 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 (“Salaam/Last night the Sunday School class had a party…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; abridged & omits embedded story & poems.
- 33 · Letter to Harold Preece, ca. March 1929 (“Salaam/I’ve been very neglectful of my correspondence…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Winter 1965 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- 34 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1929 (“Salaam/The iron harp that Adam christened life…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; abridged & omits embedded poems.
- 35 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1929 (“Salaam/I received an announcement from Chicago…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poem.
- 36 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. July 1929 (“Salaam/The main reason I’m writing this letter is…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded story.
- 37 · Letter to Harold Preece, ca. September 1929 (“I’ve been reading Destiny Bay and in…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Spring 1970 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- 38 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late December 1929 (“Well/Here I am doing business at the old stand…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 39 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1930 (“Many thanks for the letter you wrote Farnsworth…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 40 · Letter to Harold Preece, ca. February 1930 (“Go manee jeea git/You’re in Kansas now, eh?”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Spring 1968 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- 42 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1930 (“Well, here is the letter.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 43 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1930 (“Salaam, Fear Ohghruagach/Life is a cynical, romantic pig…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; abridged & omits embedded poem.
- 43 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn, tell Cuchullain the Dutchess…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 45 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn:/I trust you are in good healthel…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poem.
- 46 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn, you mention being in a lethargic…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 46 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn, I was in Brownwood yesterday…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded poems.
- 47 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, week of June 9, 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn/The pictures came at last and here they are.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 48 · Letter to Farnsworth Wright, ca. June 1930 (“I have long looked forward to reading…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Spring 1969 [Ref. Farnsworth Wright]
- 49 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, August 9, 1930 (“I am indeed highly honored to have received…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- 52 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. August 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn/I haven’t heard from our story,…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]; omits embedded story.
- 53 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1930 (“Let me first thank you for the opportunity…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- 56 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn, me bauld braw Hieland bully…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- 57 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930 (“I envy you your sojourn to Quebec.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- 60 · Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. early September 1930 (“Well, Fear Finn: / I hope you’ll sell the duelling story.”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. Tevis Clyde Smith]
- _61 · Daughter of Evil · Robert E. Howard · pm Chacal v1 #2, 1977
- 62 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930 (“I am very glad that you enjoyed your visit…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- 65 · Letter to Harold Preece, ca. October 1930 (“Well, Harold, how did you like my story…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Spring 1962 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- 65 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1930 (“It is with greatest delight that I learn…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- _69 · Reuben’s Brethren · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969
- 74 · Letter to Harold Preece, postmarked November 24, 1930 (“I hope you’ll pardon my negligence…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Howard Collector Autumn 1970 [Ref. Harold Preece]
- _74 · The Sands of Time · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1961
- 75 · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1930 (“As always, your letter proved highly…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
- _77 · A Dream · Robert E. Howard · ms The Howard Collector Spring 1971; untitled.
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