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The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929 ultimate

REH Foundation Press

2021
Publication type
Letters collection
Edition format
HardcoverPaperback

Publication date: June 2021 (Hardcover) January 2022 (Trade paperback)

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Introduction

The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard reveals a side of his personality that readers of his fiction might not suspect existed. Full of humor, philosophical musings, travelogue, historical sketches, and opinions on contemporary politics and events – local, national, and international – Howard’s letters provide important insight into the life and times of one of the most influential pulp-era writers of the twentieth century.

This three-volume, limited-edition series collects all the known letters written by REH. The collection includes dozens of previously unpublished letters and hundreds of poems that made their initial appearance in these volumes. This three-volume set collects more than 330 letters, from the early ones to his Texas friends, most notably Tevis Clyde Smith, and continuing through correspondence with fellow writers Clark Ashton Smith, E. Hoffmann Price, and others. Also included are Howard’s letters to H. P. Lovecraft, which constitute one of the most intriguing correspondence cycles in the history of fantasy fiction.

This is the "Ultimate Edition" which just means that it's print on demand. Each volume is printed in hardback with dust jacket.  Cover design and artwork is by Mark Wheatley. The first edition can be seen here.

Notes

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

 

Notes

  • Edited by Rob Roehm & John Bullard
  • Annotations by Rusty Burke
  • Print on demand "Ultimate Edition"

Notes

  • Edited by Rob Roehm & John Bullard
  • Annotations by Rusty Burke
  • Print on demand "Ultimate Edition"

The other volumes

The first editions

 

Edition and production details

Language
English
Format details
Hardcover; Trade paperback
Edition
2nd edition, version 1
Edition format
hardcover
Publication date
June 2021 (Hardcover) January 2022 (Trade paperback)
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9781955446006 (Hardcover) ISBN-13‏: ‎ 9781955446013 (Trade paperback)
Pages
415 plus xxi
Publisher / imprint
REH Foundation Press
Cover art
Mark Wheatley
Illustrations
None
Edition
2nd edition, version 1
Edition format
paperback
Publication date
June 2021 (Hardcover) January 2022 (Trade paperback)
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9781955446006 (Hardcover) ISBN-13‏: ‎ 9781955446013 (Trade paperback)
Pages
415 plus xxi
Publisher / imprint
REH Foundation Press
Cover art
Mark Wheatley
Illustrations
None

217 linked Howard works

115 Letters in this publication

12 contents entries

  1. Introduction by Rusty Burke introduction
  2. First Edition Acknowledgements by Rob Roehm
  3. First Edition Notes on the Text by Rob Roehm
  4. Second Edition Notes from the Editor by John Bullard
  5. List of First Edition Letter Numbers with Their New Second Edition Numbers letter
  6. Second Edition Acknowledgements
  7. Edited by Rob Roehm & John Bullard
  8. Annotations by Rusty Burke
  9. Print on demand "Ultimate Edition"
  10. Edited by Rob Roehm & John Bullard
  11. Annotations by Rusty Burke
  12. Print on demand "Ultimate Edition"

Contributors

Rob Roehm
Editor, Essayist
Rusty Burke
Annotator, Introduction author
Mark Wheatley
Cover artist
Robert E. Howard
Illustrator

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Farnsworth WrightH. P. LovecraftHerbert KlattPaul HermanPoemsTevis Clyde SmithWeird Tales
Source provenance

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