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The Early Adventures of El Borak (var. 1) by Robert E. Howard (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, September 2024, 978-1-955446-21-1, $19.99, xiv+331pp, tp, co, cover by Mark Wheatley) [edited by Rob Roehm & Paul Herman]     A hardcover edition (-11-2, $39.99) was announced but not seen. Slightly revised from the first edition (The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010) by the removal of Alvin Earl Perry’s “Biographical Sketch of Robert E. Howard”, the addition of “Drag”, the retitling of “The Sword of Yar Ali Khan”, and minor changes to restore the texts to Howard’s original typescripts. Details taken from online listing. · The Making of El Borak · David Hardy · in The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 · The Coming of El Borak · The Iron Terror [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Coming of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · untitled (“Gordon, the American whom the Arabs call El Borak”) [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Coming of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · The Coming of El Borak [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Coming of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · Khoda Khan’s Tale [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Coming of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · El Borak (“Were you ever stranded in a strange land”) [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw North of Khyber by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · El Borak (“I Emptied my Revolver…”) [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Coming of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · The Land of Mystery [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw North of Khyber by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · The Shunned Castle [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw North of Khyber by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · The White Jade Ring · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · A Power Among the Islands [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw North of Khyber by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · North of Khyber [El Borak; Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw North of Khyber by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1987 · Intrigue in Kurdistan [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · uw Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories #1, December 1986 · Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman · The Sword of Lal Singh · Robert E. Howard · pm A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 · The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring [Lal Singh] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Adventures of Lal Singh by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1985 · The Further Adventures of Lal Singh [Lal Singh] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Adventures of Lal Singh by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1985 · Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman [Lal Singh] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Adventures of Lal Singh by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1985 · The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan · The Song of Yar Ali Khan · Robert E. Howard · pm Always Comes Evening (var. 1) by Robert E. Howard, Underwood-Miller, 1977 · The Lion Gate · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · The Sword of Yar Ali Khan · Robert E. Howard · pm The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007, as “untitled (“Now bright, now red, the sabers sped”)” · untitled (“When Yar Ali Khan crept…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · untitled (“Two men were standing in the bazaar in Delhi…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid · The Sonora Kid—Cowhand [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · Red Curls and Bobbed Hair [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · Madge Meraldson… [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · The Hades Saloon… [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · A Blazing Sun in a Blazing Sky… [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · …The Mountains of Thibet [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · The Hot Arizona Sun… [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · Steve Allison… [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · Brotherly Advice [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · Desert Rendezvous [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · The West Tower [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Sonora Kid by Robert E. Howard, Cryptic Publications, 1988 · Miscellanea · Drag · Robert E. Howard · uw Western Tales by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2013 · Under the Great Tiger · Robert E. Howard & Clyde Smith · vi The All-Around Magazine May/June 1923 (+1) · untitled (“A Cossack and a Turk”) · Robert E. Howard · vi The Golden Caliph v1 #1, 1923 · Spears of the East · Robert E. Howard · uw The Golden Caliph v1 #1, 1923 · untitled (“…that is, the artistry is but a symbol…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · untitled (“Thure Khan gazed out…”) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 · Blood of the Gods (synopsis) · Robert E. Howard · uw The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010; untitled. · Map for “Blood of the Gods” · Robert E. Howard · mp The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 · Map of unidentified El Borak Story · Robert E. Howard · mp The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 · Two Sketches found on the back of typescript pages · Robert E. Howard · il The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 · Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid · Robert E. Howard · il The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 · Where East and West Shall Meet · Robert E. Howard · il The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies #5, Winter 2001 · List of Middle Eastern Rulers (typescript) · Robert E. Howard · ms The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010 · List of names found in El Borak stories (manuscript) · Robert E. Howard · ms The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard, The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010

Echoes from an Iron Harp by Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant, 1972, $6.00, 109pp, hc, co, cover by Alicia Austin)     Fantasy poetry collection. Limited to 1079 copies. · [illustrations] · Alicia Austin · il 9 · Introduction · Glenn Lord · in 13 · Age Comes to Rabelais · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1966 14 · Belshazzar · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 17 · But the Hills Were Ancient Then · Robert E. Howard · pm Amra v2 #8, 1959 18 · Cimmeria [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Winter 1965 19 · A Dawn in Flanders · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 20 · The Day That I Die · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1967 22 · Dreams of Nineveh · Robert E. Howard · pm Golden Atom 1959 25 · The Dust Dance: Selections: Version I · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Winter 1965 28 · The Dust Dance: Selections: Version II · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1968; lines 1-80. 31 · The Dweller in Dark Valley · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror November 1965 32 · Earth-Born · Robert E. Howard · pm Fire and Sleet and Candlelight ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1961 35 · Fables for Little Folks · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian March 15 1926 36 · “Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto February 1930 40 · Futility (“Time races on…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian May 25 1926 41 · Heritage (“My people came from Munster…”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto August 1929 43 · Illusion · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian March 15 1926 44 · John Ringold · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 45 · Kid Lavigne Is Dead · Robert E. Howard · pm The Ring June 1928 46 · The Kissing of Sal Snooboo · Robert E. Howard · pm The Tattler January 6 1925 49 · A Lady’s Chamber · Robert E. Howard · pm The American Poet April 1929, as by Patrick Howard 50 · The Last Day · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales March 1932 51 · Lost Altars · Robert E. Howard · pm Wayfarer #4, 1969 52 · Memories (“I Rose in the Path”) · Robert E. Howard · pm Shangri L’Affaires #72, 1968 53 · A Moment · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1970 54 · Moonlight on a Skull · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales May 1933 56 · Not Only in Death They Die · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror July 1969 57 · Private Magrath of the A.E.F. · Robert E. Howard · pm The Yellow Jacket January 13 1927 61 · Reuben’s Brethren · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969 62 · Roundelay of the Roughneck · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian April 12 1926 65 · The Sands of Time · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1961 66 · The Sea · Robert E. Howard · pm The Baylor United Statement May 19 1923 68 · The Skull in the Clouds · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto January 1930 71 · Skulls and Dust · Robert E. Howard · pm The American Poet May 1929, as by Patrick Howard 72 · Skulls Over Judah · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1967 75 · Slumber · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror December 1969 76 · A Song of Defeat · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror Fall 1970 77 · The Song of Horsa’s Galley · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Autumn 1970 78 · A Song of the Legions · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1970 82 · A Song for Men That Laugh · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto December 1928 83 · A Sonnet of Good Cheer · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1967 84 · Sonora to del Rio · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1961 85 · Surrender (“I Will Rise Some Day When the Day Is Done”) · Robert E. Howard · pm The Junto August 1929 87 · Tarantella · Robert E. Howard · pm The Daniel Baker Collegian May 25 1926 89 · Thor’s Son · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969 91 · Timur-Lang · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 94 · To Certain Orthodox Brethren · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1970 95 · A Vision · Robert E. Howard · pm Startling Mystery Stories Fall 1967 96 · A Warning · Robert E. Howard · pm an untitled, incomplete, version was published in The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964. 98 · Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969 100 · Who Is Grandpa Theobold? · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1965 101 · The Years Are as a Knife · Robert E. Howard · pm Magazine of Horror January 1968 103 · Heading for “The Black Stone” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales November 1931 103 · Heading for “The Blood of Belshazzar” · Robert E. Howard · pm Oriental Stories Autumn 1931 104 · Heading for “Death’s Black Riders” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1968 104 · Heading for “The Fearsome Touch of Death” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1930 105 · Heading for “The Grey God Passes” · Robert E. Howard · pm Dark Mind, Dark Heart ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1962 105 · Heading for “The Hour of the Dragon” [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Spring 1969 106 · Heading for “Kelly the Conjure-Man” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 106 · Heading for “The Lion of Tiberias” · Robert E. Howard · pm The Magic Carpet Magazine July 1933 106 · Heading for “Something About Eve” · Robert E. Howard · pm Amra v2 #47, 1968 109 · Heading for “The Sowers of the Thunder” · Robert E. Howard · pm Oriental Stories Winter 1932 109 · Heading for “The Thing on the Roof” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales February 1932

El Borak and Other Desert Adventures by Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, February 2010, 978-0-345-50545-3, xxviii+559pp, tp, co, cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan) [edited by Rusty Burke] · [illustrations] · Jim Keegan, Ruth Keegan & Tim Bradstreet · il i · Artist’s Foreword · Tim Bradstreet · fw ii · Artists’ Foreword · Jim & Ruth Keegan · fw iii · Introduction · Steve Tompkins · in 3 · Swords of the Hills [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na The Lost Valley of Iskander by Robert E. Howard, FAX, 1974, as “The Lost Valley of Iskander” 29 · The Daughter of Erlik Khan [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch December 1934 85 · Three-Bladed Doom [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Zebra, 1977; the long version. originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Flame Knife” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955. 179 · Hawk of the Hills [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · nv Top-Notch June 1935 225 · Blood of the Gods [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch July 1935 269 · Sons of the Hawk [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na Complete Stories August 1936, as “The Country of the Knife” 327 · Son of the White Wolf [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures December 1936 355 · Gold from Tartary [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · nv Thrilling Adventures January 1935, as “The Treasures of Tartary”; given as “Gold from Tatary”. 373 · Swords of Shahrazar [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · na Top-Notch October 1934 411 · The Trail of the Blood-Stained God [Kirby O’Donnell] · Robert E. Howard · nv Swords of Shahrazar by Robert E. Howard, Orbit, 1976, as “The Curse of the Crimson God” originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Bloodstained God” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955. 435 · The Fire of Asshurbanipal · Robert E. Howard · nv The Howard Collector Spring 1972 straight adventure version. 453 · Miscellanea 455 · Three-Bladed Doom [El Borak] · Robert E. Howard · na; first unedited publication of the short version of the story. originally published in a somewhat different version as “The Flame Knife” in Tales of Conan, Gnome Press, 1955. 507 · untitled fragment (“Feel the edge, dog, and move not!”) · Robert E. Howard · uw original opening to “Swords of Shahrazar”. 511 · Appendices 513 · Gunfighters of the Wild East · David A. Hardy · ar 539 · Notes on the Original Howard Texts · [uncredited] · bi

The End of the Trail: Western Stories by Robert E. Howard (Bison Books, April 1, 2005, 0-8032-7356-8, $17.95, xix+321pp, tp, co, cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan) [edited by Rusty Burke]     Western collection. A hardcover edition (-2424-9, $35.00) was announced but not seen. ix · Introduction · Rusty Burke · in 1 · “Golden Hope” Christmas · Robert E. Howard · ss The Tattler December 22 1922 6 · Drums of the Sunset · Robert E. Howard · nv The Cross Plains Review November 2 1928 (+8) 37 · The Extermination of Yellow Donory · Robert E. Howard · ss Zane Grey Western Magazine June 1970 47 · The Judgment of the Desert · Robert E. Howard · nv The Vultures by Robert E. Howard, Fictioneer, 1973, as “Showdown at Hell’s Canyon” 75 · Gunman’s Debt [Grizzly Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Last Ride by Robert E. Howard, Berkley, 1978 95 · The Man on the Ground · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales July 1933 101 · The Sand-Hills’ Crest · Robert E. Howard · pm A Robert E. Howard Memorial: June 13-15, 1986, 1986 103 · The Devil’s Joker [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · ss Cross Plains #6, February/March 1975 112 · Knife, Bullet and Noose [Sonora Kid] · Robert E. Howard · ss The Howard Collector Spring 1965 123 · Law-Shooters of Cowtown [Grizzly Elkins] · Robert E. Howard · ss Cross Plains #4, July/August 1974 132 · The Last Ride · Robert E. Howard & Robert Enders Allen · na Western Aces October 1935, as “Boot-Hill Payoff” 186 · John Ringold · Robert E. Howard · pm The Howard Collector Summer 1964 187 · The Vultures of Wahpeton · Robert E. Howard · na Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936, as “Vultures of Whapeton” 261 · The Vultures of Whapeton: Alternate Ending · Robert E. Howard · ex Cross Plains #5, Fall 1974 264 · Vultures’ Sanctuary · Robert E. Howard · nv Argosy November 28 1936 282 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy August 15 1936 290 · The Ghost of Camp Colorado · Robert E. Howard · ar Texaco Star April 1931 294 · The Strange Case of Josiah Wilbarger · Robert E. Howard · ar The West September 1967, as “Apparition of Josiah Wilbarger” 298 · Beyond the Brazos River · Robert E. Howard · ms (r) letter excerpts. _ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1931 (“You must indeed…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only. _ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1931 (“I intended to answer…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only. 303 · Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War · Robert E. Howard · ms (r) letter excerpts. _ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1931 (“As always I found your recent letter…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only. _ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. February 1931 (“I highly appreciate…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt Dear HPL: Letters, Robert E. Howard to H.P. Lovecraft, 1930-1936 by Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, 2002 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only. _ · Letter to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1935 (“Thanks very much for…”) · Robert E. Howard · lt The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval by Robert E. Howard, Paradox Entertainment, 2007 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]; excerpt only. 316 · The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts · Robert E. Howard · pm Rhymes of Death by Robert E. Howard, Dennis McHaney, 1975