30 selected letters from Howard to Tevis Clyde Smith, August Derleth, Lovecraft and others. Included in the letters are the following poems and stories:

“Authorial Version of Duna” (poem)
“A Warning” (partial verse, “You have built a world of paper and wood”) (poem)
“Who is Grandpa Theobold?” (poem)
Untitled (“Lizzen my children and you shall be told”) (poem)
Untitled (“Many fell at the grog-shop wall”) (poem)

Contents

• v • Introduction (Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters 1931-1936) • essay by Robert M. Price
• 1 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa March 1931 (“Dear Finn: / I don’t have to tell you…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 1 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, May 9, 1931 from Marlin, Texas (“Dear Finn: / Have youse heard anything more…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 2 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa May 1931 (“Well Fear Finn: / I got a letter from Bradford…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 2 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa June 1931 (“Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I didn’t take much of a trip…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. early June 1931] (“Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I didn’t take much of a trip after all…”) 2002)
• 9 •  Letter to Farnsworth Wright, circa Summer 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me…”) • [Letters to Farnsworth Wright] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter: Robert E. Howard to Farnsworth Wright, circa 1931 (“In your last letter you asked me…”) 1975)
• 10 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa August 1931 (“Fear Finn: / Well, I doubt if this missile…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 11 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa September 1931 (“Fear Finn: / Lizzen my children and you…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1931 (“Fear Finn: / Lizzen my children and you shall be told…”) 2007)
• 11 • Untitled poem (“Lizzen my children and you shall be told…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 •  Letter to William Blanch Talman, circa September 1931 (“Dear Mr. Talman: / Thank you very much for the letter…”) • (1975) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 14 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa November 1931 (“Fear Finn: / I wrote Bradford a coarse rude letter…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • Who Is Grandpa Theobold? • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 15 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa November 1931 (“Fear Finn: / Have you heard anything from the Christopher?…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 15 • Untitled poem (“Many fell at the grog-house wall…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 16 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa April 1932 (“I heard from that bone-crushing…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1932 (“Fear Finn: / I heard from that bone-crushing man-eater…”) 2007)
• 16 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa May 1932 (“Fear Finn: / Thank you very much for going to…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 18 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa April 1932 (“Fear Finn: / Lo, friend, I approach thee…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 19 •  Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa September 1932 (“Fear Finn: / You owe me a letter, you louse…”) • [Letters to Tevis Clyde Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 19 • Authorial Version of Doona • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Authorial Version of Duna)
• 20 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, received September 22, 1932 (“Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I read, as always, your comments…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [received September 22, 1932] (“I read, as always, your comments on the Greco-Roman…”) 2002)
• 31 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, received November 2, 1932 (“Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I want to begin this letter by an apology…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 43 •  Letter to August Derleth, December 29, 1932 (“Dear Mr. Derleth: / I read your recent letter with the greatest interest…”) • [Letters to August Derleth] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 46 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa May/June 1933 (“Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Glad we got the physical-mental question…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 57 •  Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, circa October 1933 (“Dear Mr. Smith: / Thanks very much for the kind things you said…”) • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 58 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, November 3, 1933 (“Dear HPL: / Glad you liked the rattles…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, November 3, 1933 (“Dear HPL: / Glad you liked the rattles. The owner got his head shot off…”) 2008)
• 58 •  Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked December 14, 1933 (“Dear Mr. Smith: / Only the fact that I have been sick…”) • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • (1972) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 59 •  Letter to August Derleth, ca. December 1933 (“Dear August: / I think Scribners was nuts to turn down…”) • [Letters to August Derleth] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 60 •  Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, circa January 1934 (“Dear Mr. Smith: / Thanks again for the drawing of the wizard…”) • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 61 •  Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, circa March 1934 (“Dear Mr. Smith: / I am sorry to hear you have been indisposed…”) • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • (1965) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 62 •  Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked May 21, 1934 (“Dear Mr. Smith: / My delay in answering you last letter…”) • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 63 •  Letter to August Derleth, July 4, 1935 (“Dear August: / Thanks very much for the article…”) • [Letters to August Derleth] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 65 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, December 5, 1935 (“Dear HPL: / A rather belated reply to your interesting letter…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 73 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, February 11, 1936 (“Dear HPL: / Glad you enjoyed the dream write-up…”) • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, February 11, 1936 (“Dear HPL: / Glad you enjoyed the dream write-up I sent you…”) 2008)
• 77 •  Letter to August Derleth, May 9, 1936 (“Dear August: / I am indeed sorry to learn of the deaths…”) • [Letters to August Derleth] • (1976) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 77 • Untitled poem (“You have built a world of paper and wood…”) • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of A Warning (“You have built a world of paper and wood … “))
• 79 • Postcard to Thurston Torbett, postmarked June 3, 1936 (“Dear Thurston: / My mother is very low…”) • essay by Robert E. Howard