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Contains Robert E. Howard’s work
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The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936 ultimate

REH Foundation Press

2022
Publication type
Letters collection
Edition format
HardcoverPaperback

Publication date: November 2022

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Introduction

The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard reveals a side of Howard’s 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 The collection includes dozens of previously unpublished letters and hundreds of poems that made their initial appearance in these volumes.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 350 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 printed on demand. Each volume is printed in hardback with a dust jacket.  The cover design and artwork are by Mark Wheatley. The first edition can be seen here.

This third volume of a three-volume set collects the rest of all of Howard’s known correspondence.

Notes

1934

1935

1936

Undated Material

Documents Enclosed with TCS Letters

Undated Letters to Unknown Recipients

Appendices

  • 475 Appendix Four: Photographs
  • 485 Howard’s Address Lists
  • 489 Index
  • 491 Editors’ Notes
  • 493 General Index
  • 541 List of Howard’s Correspondents
  • 543 List of Howard’s Poetry and Plays
  • 545 List of Drawings and Photographs

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
Publisher / imprint
REH Foundation Press
Cover art
Mark Wheatley
Illustrations
None
Edition
2nd edition, version 1
Edition format
paperback
Publisher / imprint
REH Foundation Press
Cover art
Mark Wheatley
Illustrations
None

31 linked Howard works

138 Letters in this publication

18 contents entries

  1. Introduction by Rusty Burke xi · introduction
  2. First Edition Notes on the Text by Rob Roehm xvii
  3. Second Edition Notes from the Editor by John Bullard xiv
  4. List of First Edition Letter Numbers with Their New Second Edition Numbers xxi · letter
  5. 457 Appendix One: The Beast From the Abyss
  6. 465 Appendix Two: Newspaper Articles
  7. 471 Appendix Three: Newly Found Letters
  8. 475 Appendix Four: Photographs
  9. 485 Howard’s Address Lists
  10. 489 Index reference
  11. 491 Editors’ Notes
  12. 493 General Index reference
  13. 541 List of Howard’s Correspondents
  14. 543 List of Howard’s Poetry and Plays
  15. 545 List of Drawings and Photographs
  16. Edited by Rob Roehm & John Bullard
  17. Annotations by Rusty Burke
  18. 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.

August DerlethAugust LennigerClark Ashton SmithDenis ArcherDonald WandreiE. Hoffmann PriceEmil PetajaFarnsworth WrightH. P. LovecraftKirk MashburnNovalyne PriceOtto O. BinderP. Schuyler MillerPoemsR. Fowler GaffordRobert H. BarlowWeird TalesWilliam Kofoed
Source provenance

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