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Skull-Face and Others

Arkham House

Material type

Publication date: 1946

Introduction

Skull-Face and Others is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard. It was the author's third book and was published by Arkham House in 1946 in an edition of 3,004 copies.

Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Notes

No statement of printing or edition.
Colophon states that 3000 copies were printed. Actual number is 3004 copies per S.T. Joshi's Sixty Years of Arkham House.
Derleth Thirty Years of Arkham House: 17.
Joshi Sixty Years of Arkham House: 17.
Jaffery The Arkham House Companion: 19.
Nielsen Arkham House Books: 17.

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Format
Hardcover
Publication date
1946
Pages
476
Publisher / imprint
Arkham House
Cover art
Hannes Bok
Illustrations
None

25 linked Howard works

55 contents entries

  1. "Foreward" by August Derleth
  2. Foreword (Skull-Face and Others) • essay by August Derleth vii · introduction
  3. "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
  4. Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard ix · poem
  5. "Robert E. Howard: A Memorium" by H.P. Lovecraft
  6. Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam • essay by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard 1936) xiii · essay
  7. "A Memory of Robert E. Howard" by E. Hoffman Price
  8. A Memory of R. E. Howard • (1945) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price xvii · essay
  9. "Wolfshead"
  10. Wolfshead • [De Montour] • (1926) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 3 · novelette
  11. "The Black Stone"
  12. The Black Stone • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 21 · story
  13. "The Horror from the Mound"
  14. The Horror from the Mound • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 35 · story
  15. "The Cairn on the Headland"
  16. The Cairn on the Headland • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 49 · story
  17. "Black Canaan"
  18. Black Canaan • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 64 · novelette
  19. "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" (1)
  20. The Fire of Asshurbanipal • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 90 · novelette
  21. "A Man-Eating Jeopard"
  22. A Man-Eating Jeopard • non-genre • [Buckner J. Grimes] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 109 · story
  23. "Skull-Face"
  24. Skull-Face • (1929) • novella by Robert E. Howard 122 · novelette
  25. "The Hyborian Age"
  26. The Hyborian Age • [Conan] • (1938) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 190 · story
  27. "Worms of the Earth"
  28. Worms of the Earth • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 208 · novelette
  29. "The Valley of the Worm"
  30. The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 232 · novelette
  31. "Skulls in the Stars"
  32. Skulls in the Stars • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 249 · story
  33. "The Rattle of Bones"
  34. Rattle of Bones • [Solomon Kane] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 257 · story
  35. "The Hills of the Dead"
  36. The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 263 · novelette
  37. "Wings in the Night"
  38. Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 279 · novelette
  39. "The Shadow Kingdom"
  40. The Shadow Kingdom • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 303 · novelette
  41. "Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
  42. The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune • [Kull of Valusia] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard 327 · story
  43. "The Phoenix on the Sword"
  44. Kings of the Night • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 334 · novelette
  45. "The Scarlet Citadel"
  46. The Phoenix on the Sword • [Conan] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 360 · novelette
  47. "The Tower of the Elephant"
  48. The Scarlet Citadel • [Conan] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 379 · novelette
  49. "Rogues in the House"
  50. The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 410 · novelette
  51. "Shadows in Zamboula"
  52. Rogues in the House • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 430 · novelette
  53. "Lines Written in Realization That I Must Die" (poem)
  54. Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 451 · novelette
  55. Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard 475 · poem

Contributors

Hannes Bok
Cover artist

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Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
Skull-Face and Others
Publisher
Arkham House
Date
1946
Source file
skullh.htm

REH World editorial layer

Title
Skull-Face and Others
Publisher
Arkham House
Date
1946
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.