The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard Volume 2

Girasol Collectables  Year : March 2006 Book No. : None Edition : 1st Format : Hardcover with dust jacket Pages : 631 Cover art : Neal Adams Illustrations : Artists are listed in [] with the contents.

Other editions: None Home     Notes The First edition is limited to 50 numbered copies and includes a title page illustration by Neil Mechem. The regular edition has a repeat of the dust jacket illustration. Book design by Neil and Leigh Mechem The second of two massive hardcover facsimile volumes totaling more than 1200 pages with ALL of Robert E. Howard’s writings from the original run of WEIRD TALES Magazine. All the stories & illustrations. All the verse. Plus letters to the editor. Scanned right from the original pulp pages. No editing. No reset text. Interior Artists: Lee Brown Coye Harold S. De Lay Joseph Doolin Virgil Finlay Vincent Napoli Hugh Rankin W. H.  Silvey J. Allen St. John

Contents "Introduction" by Neil and Leigh Mechem "The Devil in Iron" (Conan) [Rankin] "The People of the Black Circle"  Part 1 (Conan) [Rankin] "The People of the Black Circle"  Part 2 (Conan) [Rankin] "The People of the Black Circle"  Part 3 (Conan) [Rankin] "A Witch Shall Be Born" (Conan) [Rankin] "The Grisly Horror" [Napoli] "Jewels of Gwahlur" (Conan) [Doolin] "Beyond the Black River" Part 1 (Conan) [Rankin] "Beyond the Black River" Part 2 (Conan) [Rankin] "Shadows in Zamboula" (Conan) [Napoli] "The Hour of the Dragon" Part 1 (Conan) [Napoli] "The Hour of the Dragon" Part 2 (Conan) [Napoli] "The Hour of the Dragon" Part 3 (Conan) [Napoli] "The Hour of the Dragon" Part 4 (Conan) [Napoli] "The Hour of the Dragon" Part 5 (Conan) [Napoli] "Black Caanan" [Delay] Letter to WEIRD TALES, ca. May 1936, "Enthusiasm impels me . . ." "Red Nails" Part 1 (Conan) [De Lay] "Red Nails" Part 2 (Conan) [De Lay] "Red Nails" Part 3 (Conan) [De Lay] "Tribute to REH" by RH Barlow  (poem) "Black Hound of Death" [De Lay] "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" [St. John] "Dig Me No Grave" [Finlay] "The Soul-Eater" (poem) "The Dream and the Shadow" (poem) "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem) "Futility" (poem); "This is the "Golden goats . . ." version "Fragment" (poem) "Haunting Columns" (poem) "The Poets" (poem) "The Singer in the Mist" (poem) "Pigeons From Hell" [Finlay] "The Last Hour" (poem) "Ships" (poem) "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die" (poem) "A Thunder of Trumpets" [Finlay] "Recompense" (poem) "The Ghost Kings" (poem) "The King and the Oak" (poem) "Desert Dawn" (poem) "Almuric" Part 1 [Finlay] "Almuric" Part 2 [Finlay] "The Hills of Kandahar" (poem) "Almuric" Part 3 [Finlay] The following stories originally appeared in WEIRD TALES in the 1930s.   The stories were reprinted with new illustrations in the 1950s. "Pigeons From Hell" [Coye] "The Black Stone" [Silvey] "The Dark Man"