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A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1930-1932

H. P. Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard

First published 2009
Series Robert E. Howard LettersA Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard #1
Publisher Hippocampus Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art David C. Verba
Pages 1004
Price $100.00
ISBN 9780981488806


Only available as a 2 volume set of 345 copies. The ISBN, number of pages and price are for the set.
The first volume has 511 pages.
Edited by S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz and Rusty Burke.
"First Edition" on copyright page.
The text shows where missing/nonextant letters fall by both authors.
Letters are not titled.
Howard seldom dated his letters. [Dates] were sometimes noted by HPL from postmarks, sometimes estimated (by HPL or the editors) from content.
End notes generally follow the letters.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Introduction (A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) The Editors Essay
12 A Note on This Edition (A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) uncredited Essay
15 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [July 1, 1930] ("I am indeed highly honored to have received...") Robert E. Howard Essay
23 Letter to Robert E. Howard, July 20, 1930 ("I was greatly interested in your letter...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
31 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, no postmark ("Old Salem with its special memories...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
32 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [August 9, 1930] ("Let me first thank you for the opportunity...") Robert E. Howard Essay
38 Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 14, 1930 ("...Concerning early Europe and the 'little people'...:) H. P. Lovecraft Essay
41 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [Ca. September 1930] ("I envy you your sojourn in Quebec...") Robert E. Howard Essay
41 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, September 1, 1930 ("This place surpasses all my expectations...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
46 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. September 1930] ("I am very glad that you enjoyed your visit to Quebec...") Robert E. Howard Essay
52 Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 4, 1930 ("...I agree with what you say about suggestion...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
80 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. October 1930] ("It is with greatest delight that I learn Mr. Wright...") Robert E. Howard Essay
86 Reuben's Brethren Robert E. Howard Poem
97 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. December 1930] ("As always, your letter proved highly enjoyable...") Robert E. Howard Essay
117 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. January 1931] ("As always, I found your recent letter most interesting...") Robert E. Howard Essay
132 Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 30, 1931 ("...Your rattlesnake anecdotes are surely interesting...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
146 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. January 1931?] ("This is rather a belated letter thanking you...") Robert E. Howard Essay
147 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. February 1931] ("I highly appreciate your intention for me to retain...") Robert E. Howard Essay
164 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. March 1, 1931] ("I'm writing this letter only some two hundred thirty-odd...") Robert E. Howard Essay
165 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, [c. May 1931] ("Well- I've struck your ancient Spanish country at last...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
166 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. June 1931] ("I didn't take much of a trip after all...") Robert E. Howard Essay
178 The Grim Land Robert E. Howard Poem
180 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [July 14, 1931] ("Just a line to congratulate you on...") Robert E. Howard Essay
181 Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 6, 1931 ("I trust you have not wholly given me up for lost...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
189 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. Week of August 10, 1931] ("You must indeed have had a delightful journey...") Robert E. Howard Essay
207 Letter to Robert E. Howard, September 12, 1931 ("...As for atavism and racial memory...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
207 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, August 24, 1931 ("New England's oldest!...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
215 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [October 1931] ("Thanks for the post-card views...") Robert E. Howard Essay
215 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, [c. mid-October 1931] ("Here's a new tale which Talman asked me...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
217 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [Mid-October 1931] ("I intended to answer your very interesting letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
231 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. October 1931] ("Many thanks for the opportunity of reading your magnificent...") Robert E. Howard Essay
231 Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 30, 1931 ("...As usual, your Texas reminiscences proved...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
236 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [December 9, 1931] ("I would have answered your letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
238 Arkham Robert E. Howard Poem
240 Letter to Robert E. Howard, December 26, 1931 ("Your interesting letter duly arrived...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
251 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, January 9, 1932 ("Thanks tremendously for the varied material...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
251 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, [c. January 2, 1932] ("Behold the neo-Georgian splendors...") H. P. Lovecraft & W. Paul Cook Essay
252 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. Early January 1932] ("Yes, I enjoyed the postcards very much...") Robert E. Howard Essay
260 Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 16, 1932 ("I'm glad my discourse on High and Low German...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
268 Postcard to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. February 1932] ("This isn't to flaunt my homely countenance...") Robert E. Howard Essay
268 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, January 26, 1932 ("Thanks for the final Thevenin article...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
269 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [March 2, 1932] ("I'm finally getting around to replying to your letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
278 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. April 1932] ("At last I've gotten around to answering...") Robert E. Howard Essay
285 Letter to Robert E. Howard, May 7, 1932 ("Your interesting letter, the note, the postcard...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
291 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [24 May 1932?] ("Glad you liked the Oriental story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
303 Letter to Robert E. Howard, June 8, 1932 ("Well—I'm writing you from a considerably lesser distance...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
314 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [July 13, 1932] ("It is with the utmost humiliation that I begin...") Robert E. Howard Essay
314 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, June 14, 1932 ("Thanks profoundly for our unexpected & happily inspired...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
314 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, June 21, 1932 ("Greetings from an old Confederate capital...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
330 Letter to Robert E. Howard, July 25, 1932 ("This reply to your admirably interesting...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
337 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [August 9, 1932] ("I am very sorry to hear of your recent bereavement...") Robert E. Howard Essay
358 Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 16, 1932 ("I cannot even begin to compete with your...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
376 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, August 21, 1932 ("Just recd. your note. Here's another Newport view...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
376 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, September 14, 1932 ("Greetings from a conclave of spectre-chasers!...") H. P. Lovecraft & Donald Wandrei Essay
377 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [Received September 22, 1932] ("I read, as always, your comments on the Greco-Roman...") Robert E. Howard Essay
400 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, September 22, 1932 ("Many thanks for the interesting issue...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
401 Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 3, 1932 ("Your highly interesting letter duly arrived, and I have...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
430 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, October 15, 1932 ("Thanks prodigiously for the splendid set...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
431 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. October 1932] ("I hope you decide to collaborate on the proposed...") Robert E. Howard Essay
432 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [Received November 2, 1932] ("I want to begin this letter by an apology...") Robert E. Howard Essay
457 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [C. November 1932] ("Here's a clipping that might be of some interest...") Robert E. Howard Essay
458 Letter to Robert E. Howard, November 7-11, 1932 ("Your intensely interesting letter duly arrived, and I have digested it...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
458 Postcard to Robert E. Howard, November 13, 1932 ("Thanks exceedingly for the very interesting cutting...") H. P. Lovecraft Essay
488 Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [December 1932] ("Having read your latest letter with the greatest interest...") Robert E. Howard Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1930-1932 Cover 2011 Hippocampus Press Trade Paperback Nonfiction David C. Verba 1004
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard Volume 1: 1930-1932 Cover 2017 Hippocampus Press Trade Paperback Nonfiction David C. Verba 1004