The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936
REH Foundation Press
Year :
November 2022
Book No. : ISBN-13: 978955446044 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978195544605
(Trade paperback)
Edition : 2nd Edition, Version 1.0 
Format : Hardcover with dust jacket (6.3 x 9.4 inches)
Trade paperback (6 x 9 inches)
Pages : 545 plus xxiii
Cover art : Mark Wheatley
Illustrations : Robert E. Howard
     The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936
Other editions:
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Edited by Rob Roehm & John Bullard
Annotations by Rusty Burke
First appearances:
To Wilfred B. Talman, November 26, 1930 (“I highly appreciated your letter …”)

To Emil Petaja, February 15, 1936 (“I am ashamed to have so long delayed ...”)



The following stories and poems are contained in the letters:
244
Untitled ("Under the grim San Saba hills") (poem)
244
Untitled ("They were there, in the distance dreaming") (poem)
256
"A Dungeon Opens" (poem)
265
"With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles"
268
"The Beast from the Abyss"
303
"Cimmeria" (poem)
305
"To a Woman" (2, poem)
305
"One Who Comes at Eventide" (poem)
346
"The Diablos Trail" (synopsis)
349
Untitled ("You have built a world of paper and wood") (partial verse, poem)
356
"Surrender" (2, poem)
356
"I Praise My Nativity" (poem)
356
"Dreaming" (poem)
357
Untitled ("The seeker thrust . . .")
357
"To a Certain Cultured Women" (poem)
357
"The Winds of the Sea" (16 line version, poem)
357
The Iron Harp (cycle of five poems: "Out of the Deep," "Babel," "Laughter in the Gulf," "Moon Shame," "A Crown for a King") (poem)
358
"Skulls Against the Dawn" (poem)
358
"Drummings on an Empty Skull" (poem)
359
"The Adventurer’s Mistress" (2, poem)
360
Untitled ("There were three lads . . .") (poem)
361
Untitled ("Match a toad with a far-winged hawk") (poem)
362
"Crusade" (poem)
363
"Sang the King of Midian" (poem)
364
"Renunciation" (poem)
368
"Altars and Jesters" (poem)


 

Contents
"Introduction" by Rusty Burke
"First Edition Acknowledgements"
"First Edition Notes on the Text"
"Second Edition Notes from the Editor" by John Bullard
"List of First Edition Letter Numbers with Their New Second Edition Numbers"



1933
233
To August Derleth, ca. January 1933 (“I was much interested in your accounts ...”) 
234
To August Derleth, ca. February 1933 (“After so long a time, I’m getting around ...”)
235
To August Lenniger, Feb. 20, 1933 (“Here are the copies of ‘The Shadow Kingdom.’”)
236
To Donald Wandrei, ca. February 21, 1933 (“I’ve been intending to write ...”)  
237
To August Derleth, ca. March 1933 (“I should have told you ...”)
238
To H.P. Lovecraft, March 6, 1933 (“I have just read your recent letter ...”)
239
To August Lenniger, March 8, 1933 (“This is to inform you ...”)
240
To Magic Carpet, ca. March 1933 (“Congratulations on the quality …”)
241
To Carl Jacobi, March 17, 1933 (“I am glad to write to Wright ...”)
242
To August Derleth, ca. March (23?) 1933 (“I quite agree with you ...”)
243
To Robert H. Barlow, ca. April 2, 1933 (“Here are some notes ...”)
244
To H.P. Lovecraft, April 23, 1933 (“I’m enclosing some of the latest views ...”)
245
To August Derleth, ca. May 1933 (“As a starter ...”)
246
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1933 (“I was in Brownwood Yesterday ...”) 
247
To The Claytons Magazines, June 13, 1933 (“A few weeks ago ...”)
248
To Hugh G. Schonfield, June 15, 1933 (“As I promised ...”)
249
To Fort Worth Bank, carbon, June 17,1933. (“I enclose deposit slips ...”)
250
To Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked ca. June, 1933 (“I hardly Know ...”) 
251
To August Derleth, July 3, 1933 (“Please accept my belated Thanks ...”)
252a
To H.P. Lovecraft, early draft, ca. July 1933 (“You have frequently warned me ...”)
252b
To H.P. Lovecraft, later draft, ca. July 1933 (“The writer intimated that culture ...”)
252c
To H.P. Lovecraft, later draft, ca. July 1933 (“…without hope of monetary gain.”)
252d
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1933 (“Glad we got the physical-mental ...”)
253
To August Derleth, ca. July 1933 (“Thanks immensely for the opportunity ...”) 
254
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. July 1933 (“I really must Apologize ...”)
255
To Clark Ashton Smith, pm, July 22, 1933 (“I can hardly find words ...”)
256
To August Derleth, ca. August 1933 (“Yes, I certainly did enjoy ...”) 
257
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1933 (“I am sending on to you ...”)
258
To August Derleth, September 4, 1933 (“Glad you liked the rhyme ...”)
259
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. September or October 1933 (“I was very sorry to hear ...”) 
260
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1933 (“Fear Finn: / The Galleon Press ...”) 
261
To August Derleth, ca. October 1933 (“Thanks very much ...”)
262
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. October 1933 (“Thanks very much ...”)
263
To August Derleth, ca. October 1933 (“By all means use the hawk incident ...”)
264
To Charles D. Hornig, November 1, 1933 (“Thanks for the copy ...”)
265
To H.P. Lovecraft, November 3, 1933 (“Glad you liked the rattles.”) 
266
To Charles D. Hornig, Nov. 10, 1933 (“Here is a short story ...”)
267
To August Derleth, ca. November 1933 (“I enjoyed reading your ...”)
268
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. November 1933 (“I am so submerged in work ...”) 
269
To The Fantasy Fan, ca. November 1933 (“I find the Fantasy Fan very interesting ...”)
270
To H.P. Lovecraft, December 3, 1933 (“Glad you found the cat article ...”) 
271
To August Derleth, ca. December 1933 (“I think Scribners was nuts ...”) 
272
To The Fantasy Fan, ca. late 1933 (“I liked the November issue ...”)
273
To Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked, December 14, 1933 (“Only the fact ...”)
274
To Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked, December 20, 1933. Christmas card
275
To August Derleth, ca. December 1933 (“Hope you had a good Christmas.”)

1934
276
To August Derleth, ca. January 1934 (“I note with sympathy ...”)
277a
To H.P. Lovecraft, draft, ca. Post January 10, 1934 (“… Consider them as servants ...”) 
277b
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1934 (“I enjoyed very much your account ...”)
278
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1934 (“I deeply appreciate your sympathetic expressions ...”) 
279
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. January 1934 (“Thanks again for the drawing ...”)
280
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. March 1934 (Possibly March 15, 1934)
(“I am sorry to hear you have been indisposed ...”)
281
To H.P. Lovecraft, March 24, 1934 (“Here’s a little item which might interest you ...”)
282
To August Derleth, ca. late March 1934 (“Pardon this belated letter.”)
283
To The Fantasy Fan, ca. April 1934 (“Smith’s poem in the March issue ...”)
284
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. May 1934 (“Glad you’re having such a good time ...”)
285
To Denis Archer, May 20, 1934 (“As you doubtless remember ...”)
286
To R. Fowler Gafford, May 20, 1934 (“This answer to your last letter ...”)
287
To Clark Ashton Smith, pm, May 21 1934 (“My delay in answering ...”)
288
To Denis Archer, May 22, 1934 (“As you doubtless remember ...”)
289
To August Derleth, May 30 1934 (“I have a feeling that I’ve been owing you a letter ...”)
290
To Robert H. Barlow, June 1, 1934 (“Concerning the illustrations ...”) 
291
To August Derleth, ca. June 1934 (“Having completed several weeks of steady work ...”).
292
To Unknown Recipient, June 13, 1934 (“Pressure of work ...”)
293
To Robert H. Barlow, June 14, 1934 (“If I ever decide to dispose ...”) 
294
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. June 1934 (“Glad you’re finding your stay in Florida ...”) 
295
To Robert H. Barlow, July 5, 1934 (“Here, at last, is the ms ...”) 
296a
To H.P. Lovecraft, Draft, ca. July 1934 (“This whole debate rose from ...”)
296b
To H.P. Lovecraft, Draft, ca. July 1934 (“In regard to our debate ...”) 
296c
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1934 (“I started writing this months ago.”)
297
To Carl Jacobi, ca. Summer 1934 (“Thank you for the kind comments ...”) 
298
To Charles D. Hornig, August 10, 1934 (“Glad you liked the verses.”) 
299
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1934 (“Thanks very much for the post-cards.”)
300
To Novalyne Price, September 27, 1934 (“How about going to the show ...”)
301
To August Derleth, ca. mid-October 1934 (“I haven’t yet gotten a copy ...”) 
302
To August Derleth, December 11, 1934 (“I recently found your letter ...”)
303
To Emil Petaja, December 17, 1934 (“Thank you very much ...”)
304
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1934 (“I read your account of your trip ...”) 
305
To Novalyne Price, ca. December 1934 (“Like my meal ticket, Conan ...”)

1935
306
To Alvin Earl Perry, ca. early 1935 (“The first character I ever created ...”) 
307a
To H.P. Lovecraft, draft, ca. January 1935 (“... As for my alleged anti-human” tendencies ...”)
307b
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1935 (“I have finally found time ...”) 
308
To August Derleth, ca. February 1935 (“I would have written you long ago ...”)
309
To Emil Petaja, March 6, 1935 (“Glad the ms. proved satisfactory.”)
310
To Charles D. Hornig, May 3, 1935 (“I’m very sorry to learn ...”)
311
To Farnsworth Wright, dated May 6, 1935 (“I always hate to write a letter like this ...”)
312
To Otis Adelbert Kline, May 13, 1935 (“I’m writing this to ask ...”)
313
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. May 1935 (“The reason I haven’t answered ...”)
314
To August Derleth, ca. June 1935 (“I reckon you’ve wondered ...”)
315
To Novalyne Price, postmarked June 19, 1935; handwritten postcard (“The weather is good ...”) 
316
To Novalyne Price, postmarked June 20, 1935; handwritten postcard (“Cordially”)
317
To August Derleth, postmarked June 20, 1935; handwritten postcard (“This card ...”)
318
To Novalyne Price, July 4, 1935 (“I take my typewriter in hand ...”)
319
To August Derleth, July 4, 1935 (“Thanks very much for the article ...”) 
320
To Novalyne Price, July 8, 1935 (“Thank you for your invitation to call ...”)
321
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. July 1935 (“Thanks very much for the fine postcard views ...”)
322
To Emil Petaja, July 23, 1935 (“Please believe my delay in answering ...”)
323
To Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935 (“I’m ashamed of my long delay ...”)
324
To Emil Petaja, September 6, 1935 (“Yes, I did like ‘Witch’s Berceuse’ ...”)
325
To H.P. Lovecraft, October 3, 1935 (“Here are some clippings ...”)
326
To August Derleth, November 1, 1935 (“I should have written you ...”)
327
To August Derleth, November 28, 1935 (“Thanks for the opportunity ...”)
328
To H.P. Lovecraft, December 5, 1935 (“A rather belated reply ...”)
329
To Robert H. Barlow, December 17, 1935 (“Thank you very much for the copy ...”) 
330
To August Lenniger, December 27, 1935 (“I have received your letter ...”)
331
To American Fiction Guild Bulletin, ca. Late 1935 (“Robert E. Howard. Old Pioneer American stock ...”).

1936
332
To William Kofoed, January 8, 1935 (“Glad that Bloomfield can use ...”) 
333
To Otis Adelbert Kline, January 8, 1936 (“A belated Acknowledgment ...”)
334
To Otis Adelbert Kline, January 13, 1936 (“Just read yours of the 11th.”) 
335
To Otis Adelbert Kline, January 18, 1936 (“Just read your letter of the 15th.”) 
336
To H.P. Lovecraft, February 11, 1936 (“Glad you enjoyed the dream write-up ...”)
337
To Robert H. Barlow, ca. February 14, 1936 (“This is to express ...”)
338
To Novalyne Price, February 14, 1936 (“I heard yesterday you had the mumps ...”)
339
To E. Hoffmann Price, February 15, 1936 (“I’ve eventually found time ...”) 
340
To Novalyne Price, February 25, 1936 (“I’m sorry but I won’t be able to keep the date ...”)
241
To Novalyne Price, March 5, 1936 (“I just now read the letter ...”)
342
To P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 (“I feel indeed honored ...”)
343
To Weird Tales, ca. April 1936 (“Enthusiasm impels me ...”)
344
To August Derleth, April 15, 1936 (“Just a hurried line to let you know ...”)
345
To E. Hoffmann Price, April 21, 1936 (“Glad you-all liked ‘She-Devil’.”) 
346
To Jack Byrne, April 21, 1936, draft (“My agent, O.A. Kline ...”)
347
To Frank Thurston Torbett, postmarked April 28, 1936 (“I’m sorry ...”) 
348
To Dime Sports Magazine, published June 1936. (“So many of you fans ...”)
349
To August Derleth, May 9, 1936 (“I am indeed sorry to learn ...”)
350a
To H.P. Lovecraft, partial draft of May 13 letter (“I am indeed sorry to hear ...”)
350b
To H.P. Lovecraft, May 13, 1936 (“I am indeed sorry to hear ...”) 
351
To Novalyne Price, May 27, 1936 (“You needn’t have bothered ...”).
352
To The Californian Magazine, Summer 1936 (“Thank you very much ...”) 
353
To E. Hoffmann Price, June 3, 1936 (“Sorry to hear Pawang Ali ...”)
354
To Frank Thurston Torbett, postcard, postmarked June 3, 1936 (“My mother is very low.”)
355
To Otto Binder, ca. post June 5, 1936 (“1/2 a cent is O.K. ...”)

Undated Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith
356
“Again glancing over your last letter ...”
357
“The Seeker thrust ...”
358
“Skulls Against the Dawn”

Documents Enclosed with TCS Letters
359
“The Adventurer’s Mistress” (2)
360
“I’ve done my part in writing it.”
361
“Poem penned by Akbar Ali ...
362
“Crusade”
363
“Sang the King of Midian”
364
“Renunciation”
365
“Thoughts of an Afghan on a raid.”
366
“Relentless Reginald ...
367
Drawing of a strange cow.

Undated Letters to Unknown Recipients
368
To Unknown Recipient, undated, unsent. (“I’m writing mainly to find out ...”)
369
Undated (“Schlitz didn’t pay a penny ...”)

Appendices
Appendix One: The Beast From the Abyss (Included with Letter 268)
268
To H.P. Lovecraft, ca. November 1933 (“I am so submerged in work ...”) 
Appendix Two: Newspaper Articles
Appendix Three: Newly Found Letters
370
To Wilfred B. Talman, November 26, 1930 (“I highly appreciated your letter …”)
371
To Emil Petaja, February 15, 1936 (“I am ashamed to have so long delayed ...”)
Appendix Four: Photographs
Howard’s Address Lists
Index
"Editors' Note to the Second Edition" by John Bullard
"Index to Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 3: 1933-1936" by Bobby Derie and John Bullard
List of Howard's Correspondents for Volume Three
List of Howard's Poetry in Volume Three
List of Drawings and Photographs in Volume Three
About the Contributors