Berkley, 1976; Volume 1 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by the book’s editor Glenn Lord. Includes sixteen poems, and several of Howard’s stories.

Contents

• ix • Introduction (The Book of Robert E. Howard) • (1976) • essay by Glenn Lord
• 1 • Pigeons from Hell • (1938) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 34 • Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 36 • The Pit of the Serpent • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 54 • Empire • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 56 • Untitled (Etchings in Ivory) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Proem)
• 56 • Flaming Marble (“This is a dream that comes to me often …”) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 60 • Skulls and Orchids • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 65 • Medallions in the Moon • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 66 • The Gods That Men Forget • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 68 • Bloodstones and Ebony • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 70 • Thor’s Son • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 72 • Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 73 • A Sonnet of Good Cheer • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 74 • Red Blades of Black Cathay • non-genre • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith
• 107 • The Dust Dance (1, “For I, with the shape of my kin…”) • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Dust Dance (“For I, with the shape of my kin…”))
• 110 • The Bar by the Side of the Road • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 111 • Knife, Bullet and Noose • [The Sonora Kid] • (1965) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 124 • A Song out of Midian • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 124 • The Gold and the Grey • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 128 • Gents on the Lynch • non-genre • [Pike Bearfield] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 149 • She Devil • [Wild Bill Clanton] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 167 • The Day That I Die • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 169 • The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 194 • Black Wind Blowing • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 219 • The Curse of the Golden Skull • [Kull of Valusia] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 223 • Black Talons • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard

Notes

Assumed first printing. 
Edited and with short introductions to the stories by Glenn Lord.