Dear August
Robert E. Howard Properties LLC
Year :
2002
Book No. : None
Edition : 1st
Format : Paperback 
(8.5 x 11 inches, tape bound, cardstock covers)
Pages : Unpaginated
Cover art : None
Illustrations : None
    Dear August
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Notes
Contains a First Appearance
In 2002, the then-owners of the rights to Robert E. Howard's works decided to publish a series of three books in order to extend the U.S. copyrights of the unpublished material. Otherwise all this unpublished material would have been public domain in the U.S. after 12/31/2006.
Three books were published - A RHYME OF SALEM TOWN AND OTHER POEMS,  DEAR HPL (Howard's letters to Lovecraft), and DEAR AUGUST (Howard's letters to August Derleth).  10 copies of each book were to be prepared by Glenn Lord, but fewer than 10 were eventually produced, maybe as few as 6 copies of each.
This collection includes all the letters to August Derleth, except for a postcard REH sent to August Derleth.

Contents
Letters, Robert E. Howard to August Derleth, 1932-1936
ca. December (15?) 1932, "I had intended answering . . ."
ca. December (29?) 1932,
"I read your recent letter with the greatest interest . . ."

ca. January 1933, "I was much interested in your accounts . . ."
ca. February 1933,
"After so long a time, I'm getting around to answering . . ."

ca. March 1933,
"I should have told you that I meant to keep . . ."

ca. March 13, 1933,
"Many thanks for FONTIER GENERATIONS . . ."

ca. May 1933, "As a starter, I must apologize . . ."
July 3, 1933, "Please accept my belated thanks . . ."
ca. July 1933,
"Thanks immensely for the opportunity of reading . . ."

ca. August 1933, "Yes, I certainly did enjoy 'Five Alone' . . ."
September 4, 1933, "Glad you liked the rhyme I sent you."
ca. October 1933,
"Thanks very much for the opportunity of reading . . ."

ca. October 1933, "By all means use the hawk incident . . ."
ca. November 1933,
"I enjoyed reading your 'Hawk on the Blue' very much . . ."

ca. December 1933,
"I think Scribner's was nuts to turn down 'Hawk on . . ."

ca. December 1933, "Hope you had a good Christmas . . ."
ca. January 1934, "I note with sympathy your remarks . . ."
ca. late March 1934, "Pardon this belated letter . . ."
May 30 1934, "I have a feeling that I've been owing . . ."
ca. June 1934, "Having completed several weeks of . . ."
ca. mid-October 1934, "I haven't yet gotten a copy . . ."
December 11, 1934,
"I recently found your letter of October 18 in my file . . ."

ca. February 1935, "I would have written you long ago . . ."
ca. June 1935, "I reckon you've wondered at times . . ."
July 4, 1935,
"Thanks very much for the article, 'Afternoon in June.' . . ."

November 1, 1935, "I should have written you months ago . . ."
November 28, 1935, "Thanks for the opportunity of reading . . ."
April 15, 1936, "Just a hurried line to let you know . . ."
May 9, 1936, "I am indeed sorry to learn of the deaths . . ."