Zebra Books, 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

• 9 • Introduction (The Book of Robert E. Howard) • (1976) • essay by Glenn Lord
• 13 • Pigeons from Hell • (1938) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 45 • Pigeons from Hell • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 59 • Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 61 • The Pit of the Serpent • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1929) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 87 • Empire • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 89 • Untitled (Etchings in Ivory) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Proem)
• 89 • Flaming Marble (“This is a dream that comes to me often …”) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 91 •  Flaming Marble • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 94 • Skulls and Orchids • (1968) • very short story by Robert E. Howard
• 101 • Medallions in the Moon • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 102 • The Gods That Men Forget • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 105 • Bloodstones and Ebony • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 108 • Thor’s Son • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 109 •  Thor’s Son • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 111 • Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 113 • A Sonnet of Good Cheer • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 115 • Red Blades of Black Cathay • non-genre • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith
• 120 •  Red Blades of Black Cathay • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 161 • 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…”))
• 165 • The Bar by the Side of the Road • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 167 • Knife, Bullet and Noose • [The Sonora Kid] • (1965) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 180 •  Knife, Bullet and Noose • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 185 • The Gold and the Grey • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 189 • Gents on the Lynch • non-genre • [Pike Bearfield] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 215 • A Song out of Midian • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 216 •  A Song Out of Midian • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 219 • She Devil • [Wild Bill Clanton] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 243 • The Day That I Die • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 245 • The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 257 •  The Voice of El-Lil • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 281 • Black Wind Blowing • (1936) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 315 • The Curse of the Golden Skull • [Kull of Valusia] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 317 • The Curse of the Golden Skull • interior artwork by Jeff Jones
• 324 • Black Talons • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard

Notes

Stated First Printing: February 1976.
Edited and with short introductions to the stories by Glenn Lord.
Some material appears for the first time in book form.

Eight interior black & white illustrations by Jeff Jones.
Edited by Glenn Lord