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Verses in Ebony

George Hamilton

1975
Publication type
Chapbook
Contains
Poetry

Publication date: September 1975

Introduction

13 previously unpublished poems collected for the first time, with the exception of Empire, of which a shorter version appeared in Weird Tales September 1930, under the title 'Black Chant Imperial'. It is identical to  lines 1-4, 9-12, 21-32, 37-40 of 'Empire'. Se every instance of the poem on Howard Works.

Notes

Saddle stapled, wraps, jacket. Pages not numbered.
263 copies, 20 of which had color covers.

Heavy card cover with dust jacket.
Co-published with Dale Brown.

20 copies of this true edition had a color dustjacket (see right column).
On the color dustjacket, the colored circle is actually glued on to the jacket itself, both on the front and back.

D. J. Kirwan did the paintings for the dust jacket, a noted California artist. The painting on the front of the dust jacket is entitled "And Who Shall Stand Against Them". The painting on the back of the dust jacket is entitled "The Challenger".

Hamilton did a sample mock-up version in 1974 that consisted of 50 copies and contained poems from the Roy Squires chapbooks instead of the poems used in the true edition. The mock-up featured a color dustjacket whereas the actual release has a black & white wrapper.

Content of this publication is different from a publication of the same name published a year earlier.

 

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition format
Chapbook (saddle stapled with dust jacket)
Publication date
September 1975
Pages
24 including covers
Publisher / imprint
George Hamilton
Cover art
D. J. Kirwan
Illustrations
D. J. Kirwan

4 linked Howard works

13 Howard works in this publication

17 contents entries

  1. " Black Dawn " (poem)
  2. [3] • Empire: A Song for All Exiles • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  3. " The Road to Rome " (poem)
  4. [5] • A Legend of Faring Town • [Faring Town] • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  5. " The Gold and the Grey " (poem)
  6. [6] • Echoes from an Anvil • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  7. " A Song of the Naked Lands " (poem)
  8. [8] • The Night Winds • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  9. [10] • Men Build Them Houses • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  10. [13] • Viking's Trail • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  11. [14] • Swamp Murder • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  12. [15] • Alien • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  13. [16] • Singing Hemp • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  14. [17] • The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  15. [18] • To a Friend • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  16. [19] • Revolt Pagan • poem by Robert E. Howard poem
  17. [20] • To All the Lords of Commerce • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of To All Lords of Commerce 2009) poem

Contributors

D. J. Kirwan
Cover artist, Illustrator

Additional related terms

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Robert E. Howard

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title
Verses in Ebony - Prototype
Publisher
George Hamilton
Date
1974
Source file
VersesinEbony-prototype.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Verses in Ebony
Publisher
George Hamilton
Date
September 1975
Source provenance

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