The Collected Boxing Fiction of Robert E. Howard: Fists of Iron Round 4.
The REH Foundation have made a beautiful four-volume series that presents the Collected Boxing Fiction of Robert E. Howard. This volume features This volume features the character Kid Allison. Introduction by Mark Finn.
The First edition is limited to 200 numbered copies, each individually numbered.
Contents
- vii • A Boy and His Dog • essay by Mark Finn
- 3 • The Man with the Mystery Mitts • [Kid Allison] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of Man with the Mystery Mitts)
- 23 • Kid Galahad • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Good Knight)
- 44 • College Socks • [Kid Allison] • (1976) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 65 • The Wild Cat and the Star • [Kid Allison] • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Wildcat and the Star 2007)
- 83 • Fighting Nerves • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 115 • The House of Peril • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of Blow the Chinks Down 1931)
- 136 • One Shanghai Night • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of Dark Shanghai 1932)
- 153 • The Tomb of the Dragon • [Mike Dorgan] • (1977) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 163 • The Sign of the Snake • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 183 • The Fighting Fury • (2007) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 200 • Fighting Nerves (Jim O’Donnel version) • (2007) • short story by Robert E. Howard (variant of Fighting Nerves)
- 231 • Fists of the Desert • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 261 • Fists of the Revolution • (1976) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 281 • The Jinx • [Kid Allison] • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 291 • Fistic Psychology • [Kid Allison] • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 296 • The Drawing Card • [Kid Allison] • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 305 • Untitled fragment ([… ] “Huh?” I was so dumbfounded…”) • [Kid Allison] • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 310 • A Tough Nut to Crack • (2007) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 315 • A Tough Nut to Crack (Clarny version) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 330 • One Shanghai Night (synopsis) • (2007) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled Synopsis (“Dark Shanghai“))
- 332 • Untitled notes • short fiction by Robert E. Howard
- 339 • Lord of the Ring (part 4) • essay by Patrice Louinet
| Year : | April 2015 |
| Type: | Collection – 4 volume set |
| Edition : | 1st |
| Format : | Hardcover with dust jacket |
| Pages : | xx plus 347 |
| Cover : | Tom Gianni |
| Illustrations : | None |
The other volumes:
Notes
Edited by Patrice Louinet, Christopher Gruber, and Mark Finn
First appearance:
“One Shangai Night” (Synopsis)
“Fighting Nerves” (Kid Allison version)
“A Tough Nut to Crack” (Kid Allison version)
Fourth in a series of four books.
Limited edition of 200 copies
“First Printing” on the copyright page.
Cover artist credited on the rear jacket flap; cover art is also signed.
The untitled fragment on p. 305 is the last 5 pages of a story.
