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Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters 1923-1930

Robert E. Howard

First published 1989
Series Robert E. Howard Letters
Publisher Necronomicon Press
Format Pamphlet
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Robert H. Knox
Pages vi+84
Price $9.95
ISBN 0940884267

Edited by Glenn Lord, with Rusty Blake and S. T. Joshi.


Edited by Glenn Lord. Saddle stapled, wraps. Cover artist credited on copyright page. "First printing" on copyright page. Letters are footnoted by the editor to clarify content.

Year Reviewer Publication
1990 Don Herron Studies in Weird Fiction #7, Spring 1990
1990 Robert M. Price Crypt of Cthulhu, Roodmas 1990
1991 Robert Killheffer The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 1991

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 24, 1923 ("Bohut Salaam, Clyde sahib: / I was all ready to come over...") Robert E. Howard Essay
3 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 16, 1925 (Salaam, sahib: / What ho, milord!...") Robert E. Howard Essay
3 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, September 9, 1923 ("Clyde Sahib: / First off I must apologize for not ...") Robert E. Howard Essay
4 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 26, 1925 ("Salaam: / I've been thinking. What is reality...") Robert E. Howard Essay
5 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1927 ("Salaam: / Having just got your letter I'll write now...") Robert E. Howard Essay
5 Letter to Trevis Clyde Smith, August 28, 1925 ("Salaam: / I've been thinking. Did you ever stop...") Robert E. Howard Essay
7 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. October 1927 ("Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things looked...") Robert E. Howard Essay
9 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. January 1928 ("I wasn't lying to you Saturday...") Robert E. Howard Essay
9 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. January 1928 ("Salaam: / Listen, you crumb, I think...") Robert E. Howard Essay
10 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Week of February 20, 1928 ("The fellow who wrote 'The Kasidah' strung a lot...") Robert E. Howard Essay
10 Symbols Robert E. Howard Poem
12 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1928 ("The only reason for writing this letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
13 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1928 ("Salaam: / Glad you're writing these days...") Robert E. Howard Essay
13 Untitled Poem ("Moses was our leader and Moses knew his Hebrews...") Robert E. Howard Poem
16 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1928 ("Salaam: / So Klatt has gone West...") Robert E. Howard Essay
17 Letter to Harold Preece, Postmarked September 23, 1928 ("Salaam: / The tang of winter is in the air...") Robert E. Howard Essay
18 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. October 1928 ("Salaam: / I could have gone with you for dinner...") Robert E. Howard Essay
19 Letter to Harold Preece, Received October 20, 1928 ("Salaam: / Your stationery is alright...") Robert E. Howard Essay
21 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. November 1928 ("Salaam: / I'll swear you're the only galoot...") Robert E. Howard Essay
22 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. November 1928 ("Heh heh! At last I've sold a story to...") Robert E. Howard Essay
23 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. December 1928 ("Salaam: / [...] The rattle of the keys...") Robert E. Howard Essay
25 Letter to Harold Preece, Ca. December 1928 ("Salaam: / You're right; women are great actors...") Robert E. Howard Essay
28 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1929 ("Salaam: / [...] Looks like I'm not going to make it over there...") Robert E. Howard Essay
32 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1929 ("Salaam: / Last night the Sunday School class has a party...") Robert E. Howard Essay
33 Letter: Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, No Date ("Salaam: / I've been very neglectful of my correspondence...") Robert E. Howard Essay
34 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. April 1929 ("Salaam: / [...] [...] I enjoyed your letter highly...") Robert E. Howard Essay
35 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. June 1929 ("Salaam: / I received an announcement from Chicago...") Robert E. Howard Essay
36 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. July 1929 ("Salaam: / The main reason I'm writing this letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
37 Letter to Harold Preece, Ca. September 1929 ("Salaam: / I've been reading 'Destiny Bay' and...") Robert E. Howard Essay
38 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Late December 1929 ("Well: / Here I am doing business at the old stand...") Robert E. Howard Essay
39 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. January 1930 ("Many thanks for the letter you wrote...") Robert E. Howard Essay
40 Letter to Harold Preece, Ca. February 1930 ("Go manee jeea git. / You're a Kansan now...") Robert E. Howard Essay
42 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1930 ("Well, here is the letter. I haven't...") Robert E. Howard Essay
43 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1930 ("Salaam, Fear Orghruagach: / [...] I owe Hink a letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
43 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, tell Cuchullain the Dutchess...") Robert E. Howard Essay
45 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / I trust you are in good health...") Robert E. Howard Essay
46 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, I was in Brownwood...") Robert E. Howard Essay
47 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Week of June 9, 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / The pictures came at last...") Robert E. Howard Essay
48 Letter to Farnsworth Wright, Ca. July 1930 ("Dear Mr. Wright: / I have long looked forward to...") Robert E. Howard Essay
49 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, August 9, 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am indeed highly honored...") Robert E. Howard Essay
52 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. August 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / I haven't heard from our story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
53 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. August 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Let me first thank you for the opportunity...") Robert E. Howard Essay
56 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, me bauld braw Hieland bully...") Robert E. Howard Essay
57 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. September 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I envy you your sojourn in Quebec...") Robert E. Howard Essay
60 Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1930 ("Well Fear Finn: / I hope you'll sell the duelling story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
61 Untitled Poem ("They cast her out of the court of the king...") Robert E. Howard Poem
62 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. September 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am very glad that you enjoyed...") Robert E. Howard Essay
65 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. October 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / It is with greatest delight that I learn...") Robert E. Howard Essay
65 Letter to Harold Preece, Ca. October 1930 ("Well, Harold, how did you like my story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
69 Reuben's Brethren Robert E. Howard Poem
74 Letter to Harold Preece, Postmarked November 24, 1930 ("I hope you'll pardon my negligence in...") Robert E. Howard Essay
74 Untitled Poem ("Slow sift the sands of Time; the yellowed leaves...") Robert E. Howard Poem
75 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. December 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / As always, your letter proved highly enjoyable...") Robert E. Howard Essay
v Introduction (Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters 1923-1930) Glenn Lord Essay