Facsimile copy of Oriental Stories #4 – #6
The second of three massive hardcover facsimile volumes totaling more than 1200 pages with the complete contents from the original run of ORIENTAL STORIES. All the stories & illustrations. All the verse. Plus letters to the editor. Scanned right from the original pulp pages. No editing. No reset text. 
“Hawks of Outremer” is illustrated by Joseph Doolin
“The Blood of Bellshazzar” is illustrated
by Joseph Doolin

The First edition is limited to 50 numbered copies and includes a frontispiece by Neil Mechem.
Book design by Neil and Leigh Mechem

Contents

  • i •  The Complete Oriental Stories, Volume 2 (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Neil Mechem
  • iv • Introduction (The Complete Oriental Stories, Volume 2) • essay by Leigh Mechem and Neil Mechem
  • 436 • Hawks of Outremer • non-genre • [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
  • 436 •  Hawks of Outremer • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 455 • Tado, Samurai • (1931) • short story by Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
  • 455 •  Tado, Samurai • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 463 • Hsun Hsu • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 464 • Bibi Love • (1931) • short story by Solon K. Stewart
  • 465 •  Bibi Love • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 474 • The Dragoman’s Secret • non-genre • [Hamed the Atar] • (1931) • short story by Otis Adelbert Kline
  • 475 •  The Dragoman’s Secret • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 491 • Tsang, Sea Captain • [Tsang] • (1931) • novella by James W. Bennett
  • 491 •  Tsang, Sea Captain • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 535 • This Example • (1931) • short story by S. B. H. Hurst
  • 535 •  This Example • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 548 • The River That Stood Still • (1931) • short story by Captain Ed Smith
  • 558 • The Fanatic • (1931) • short story by Kobold Knight
  • 559 •  The Fanatic • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 565 • The Pearl Robber • (1931) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
  • 569 • Let There Be Light! • (1931) • poem by Adolphe de Castro
  • 570 • The Souk (Oriental Stories, April-May-June 1931) • (1931) • essay by uncredited
  • 572 •  Letter (Oriental Stories, April-May-June 1931) • (1931) • essay by Henry S. Whitehead
  • 574 •  Letter (Oriental Stories, April-May-June 1931) • (1931) • essay by Clark Ashton Smith
  • 576 • The Mirror • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 580 • The Dragoman’s Slave Girl • non-genre • [Hamed the Atar] • (1931) • short story by Otis Adelbert Kline
  • 580 •  The Dragoman’s Slave Girl • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 604 • Mr. Munn Makes Money • (1931) • short story by Ray Carr
  • 608 • O Pioneers! • (1931) • short fiction by Warren Hastings Miller
  • 609 •  O Pioneers! • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 617 • The Ball of Fire • [Bugs Sinnot] • (1931) • short story by S. B. H. Hurst
  • 617 •  The Ball of Fire • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 630 • The Hopeless Quest at Aissouan • (1931) • novelette by Paul Ernst
  • 631 •  The Hopeless Quest at Aissouan • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 652 • Thirty Pieces of Silver • (1931) • novelette by G. G. Pendarves
  • 653 •  Thirty Pieces of Silver • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 670 • Four Doomed Men • (1931) • short story by Hugh B. Cave [as by Geoffrey Vace]
  • 671 •  Four Doomed Men • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 683 • Song of the Indian Night • (1931) • short story by Frank Owen
  • 683 •  Song of the Indian Night • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 694 • Shaykh Ahmad and the Pious Companions • [Ismeddin] • (1931) • short story by E. Hoffmann Price
  • 695 •  Shaykh Ahmad and the Pious Companions • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 706 • Yung Chi • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 707 • At the Fortunate Frog • (1931) • short story by Coutts Brisbane
  • 714 • The Souk (Oriental Stories, Summer 1931) • (1931) • essay by uncredited
  • 716 •  Letter (Oriental Stories, Summer 1931) • (1931) • essay by Gordon Philip England
  • 716 •  Letter (Oriental Stories, Summer 1931) • (1931) • essay by S. B. H. Hurst
  • 724 • The White Sawbwa of Möng Nam? • (1931) • novella by Warren Hastings Miller
  • 724 •  The White Sawbwa of Möng Nam? • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 761 • The Golden Girl • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 762 • The Test of a Ghost • (1931) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst
  • 763 •  The Test of a Ghost • (1931) • interior artwork by uncredited
  • 782 • Rats at the Silver Cheese • (1931) • short fiction by Bassett Morgan
  • 783 •  Rats at the Silver Cheese • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 793 • Yellow Velvet • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 794 • Breakfast for One • (1931) • short story by Kennis Gorman
  • 795 •  Breakfast for One • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 806 • The Death-Heads’ March • (1931) • short story by Hugh B. Cave [as by Geoffrey Vace]
  • 807 •  The Death-Heads’ March • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 819 • Night • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 820 • The Blood of Belshazzar • non-genre • [Cormac FitzGeoffrey] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
  • 821 •  The Blood of Belshazzar • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 840 • The Song of the Cakes • (1931) • short story by Nat Schachner and Arthur Leo Zagat [as by Nat Schachner and Arthur L. Zagat]
  • 841 •  The Song of the Cakes • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
  • 850 • Porcelain • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
  • 851 • The Tribesman • (1931) • short story by Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
  • 856 • The Justice of the Elephant • (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • 860 • The Souk (Oriental Stories, Summer 1931) • (1931) • essay by uncredited
  • 860 •  Letter (Oriental Stories, Autumn 1931) • (1931) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price
  • 861 •  Letter (Oriental Stories, Autumn 1931) • (1931) • essay by Robert Leonard Russell
Year :November 207
Book No. :None
Edition :1st
Format :Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages :432 + vi
Cover :Neil Mechem
Illustrations :Se above

Notes

Page numbers continuous through the three issues, but covers not numbered.
Limited edition of 50 numbered books; yellow cloth binding with black lettering on spine.
“First Edition” on copyright page.
Published by Neil & Leigh Mechem, Mississauga, Ontario, Cananda.
Sold only as set of 3 volumes covering complete run of the magazine.
No ISBN.
Artist credited on copyright page.
The Souk is a combination of editorial and letters to the editor.

Howard Works ISFDB

 

 

The Complete ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 2

Facsimile copy of Oriental Stories #4 – #6
The second of three massive hardcover facsimile volumes totaling more than 1200 pages with the complete contents from the original run of ORIENTAL STORIES. All the stories & illustrations. All the verse. Plus letters to the editor. Scanned right from the original pulp pages. No editing. No reset text. 
“Hawks of Outremer” is illustrated by Joseph Doolin
“The Blood of Bellshazzar” is illustrated
by Joseph Doolin

Tags: Clark Ashton Smith / E. Hoffmann Price / Neil Mechem / Otis Adelbert Kline / Robert E. Howard