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Postcard to Robert E. Howard

A handwritten signed postcard in which Lovecraft forwards a Talman story and comments on a recent Connecticut trip and a demanding editorial job.

From
H. P. Lovecraft
To
Robert E. Howard
Date
c. mid-October 1931

Extract

Here’s a new tale which Talman asked me to send you, for subsequent return to him.2 Very good for a short item, I think.

Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931; source: A Means to Freedom item [35].

Date evidence

Source Reportedc. mid-October 1931Source Reported

Letter & postcard images

Front of Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931
Front of Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931.
Back of Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931
Back of Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931.
Back of Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931
Back of Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931.
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Closeup bottom — related image for Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931.
Typed letter, related to Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931
Typed letter — related image for Postcard from H. P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, c. mid-October 1931.

Textual states & sources

A printed transcription, draft, sent letter and physical TSS page are distinct kinds of evidence.

Legacy reh.world Letters archiveSurviving State · Legacy Web Record
A Means to Freedom, second softcover edition (2017) · Volume 1 · 035Surviving Postcard · Edited Transcription

Published in

A Means to Freedom: 1930-1932Hippocampus PressAugust 2009↗