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The Complete ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 1

Girasol Collectables

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Edition format
Contains

Publication date: November 2007

Introduction

Facsimile copy of Oriental Stories #1 - #3
The first 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. 
"The Voice of El-Lil" is illustrated by Donald von Gelb
"Red Blades of Black Cathay" 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

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.

 

 

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Hardcover with dust jacket
Publication date
November 2007
Pages
432 + v
Cover art
Neil Mechem
Illustrations
Se above

2 linked Howard works

127 contents entries

  1. "The Voice of El-Lil" [from Volume 1 Number 1]
  2. The Complete Oriental Stories, Volume 1 (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Neil Mechem i · artwork
  3. "Red Blades of Black Cathay" [from Volume 1 Number 3] by Tevis Clyde Smith and Robert E. Howard
  4. Introduction (The Complete Oriental Stories, Volume 1) • essay by Leigh Mechem and Neil Mechem iv · introduction
  5. Non-REH Contents
  6. The Yellow River • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom] 4 · poem
  7. "Introduction" by Neil and Leigh Mechem
  8. The Yellow River • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 4 · artwork
  9. ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 1 Number 1
  10. Singapore Nights • (1930) • novelette by Frank Owen 6 · novelette
  11. "The Yellow River" by Hung Long Tom (poem)
  12. Singapore Nights • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 7 · artwork
  13. "Singapore Nights" by Frank Owen
  14. The Man Who Limped • non-genre • [Hamed the Atar] • (1930) • short story by Otis Adelbert Kline 20 · story
  15. "The Man Who Limped" by Otis Adelbert Kline
  16. The Man Who Limped • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 21 · artwork
  17. "The White Queen" by Francis Hard
  18. The White Queen • (1930) • novelette by Farnsworth Wright [as by Francis Hard] 32 · novelette
  19. "Flower Profiles" by Hung Long Tom (poem)
  20. The White Queen • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 33 · artwork
  21. "Strange Bedfellows" by S. B. H. Hurst
  22. Flower Profiles • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom] 49 · poem
  23. "The Tiger's Eye" by Pearl Norton Swet
  24. Strange Bedfellows • [Bugs Sinnot] • (1930) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst 50 · novelette
  25. "Eyes of the Dead" by Lt. Edgar Gradiner
  26. Strange Bedfellows • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 51 · artwork
  27. "The Desert Woman" by Richard Kent
  28. The Tiger's Eye • (1930) • short story by Pearl Norton Swet 68 · story
  29. "The Cobra Den" by Paul Ernst
  30. The Tiger's Eye • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 69 · artwork
  31. "The Black Camel" by G. G. Pendarves
  32. Eyes of the Dead • (1930) • short story by Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner 76 · story
  33. "The Curse" by Captain Ed Smith
  34. Eyes of the Dead • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 77 · artwork
  35. "The Circle of Illusion" by Lottie Lesh
  36. The Desert Woman • (1930) • short story by Frank Owen [as by Richard Kent] 83 · story
  37. The Souk (letter column)
  38. The Cobra Den • (1930) • short story by Paul Ernst 89 · story
  39. ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 1 Number 2
  40. The Cobra Den • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 89 · artwork
  41. "The Rug" by Hung Long Tom (poem)
  42. The Black Camel • (1930) • short story by G. G. Pendarves 98 · story
  43. The Souk (letter column)
  44. The Black Camel • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 99 · artwork
  45. "The King of the Jerawahs" by S. B. H. Hurst
  46. The Curse • (1930) • short story by Captain Ed Smith 111 · story
  47. "Golden Rosebud" by Dorota Flatau
  48. The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 116 · novelette
  49. "With the Veneer Ripped Off" by Lee Robinson
  50. The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 117 · artwork
  51. "The Vengeance of Sa'ik" by Otis Adelbert Kline
  52. The Circle of Illusion • (1930) • short story by Lottie Lesh 132 · story
  53. "The Rose" by Hung Long Tom (poem)
  54. The Souk • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 139 · artwork
  55. "The China Kid" by Frank Owen
  56. The Rug • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom] 148 · poem
  57. "The Green Jade God" by John Briggs
  58. The Rug • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb 148 · artwork
  59. "The Scourge of Mektoub" by Paul Ernst
  60. Letter (Oriental Stories, December-January 1931) • (1930) • essay by Wallace West 150 · essay
  61. "The Veiled Leopard" by G. G. Pendarves
  62. Letter (Oriental Stories, December-January 1931) • (1930) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price 150 · essay
  63. "Gesture of the Gods" by Guy Fletcher
  64. The King of the Jerawahs • (1930) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst 152 · novelette
  65. "The Burning Sea" by Richard Kent
  66. The King of the Jerawahs • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 152 · artwork
  67. "The Sacred Cannon Recoild" by Pollok Guiler
  68. Golden Rosebud • (1930) • short story by Dorota Flatau 169 · story
  69. "Finger of Kali" by Bernice T. Banning
  70. Golden Rosebud • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 169 · artwork
  71. ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 1 Number 3
  72. With the Veneer Ripped Off • (1930) • short story by Lee Robinson 176 · story
  73. The Souk (Letter column)
  74. The Vengeance of Sa'ik • (1930) • short fiction by Otis Adelbert Kline 186 · story
  75. "The Rajah's Grandfather" by Frank Belknap long Jr.
  76. The Vengeance of Sa'ik • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 187 · artwork
  77. "William" by S. B. H. Hurst
  78. The Rose • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom] 199 · poem
  79. "The Dragoman's Revenge" by Otis Adelbert Kline
  80. The China Kid • (1930) • novelette by Frank Owen 200 · novelette
  81. "The Kalgan Road" by William Dougherty
  82. The China Kid • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 201 · artwork
  83. "Rondeau Orientale" by Alice I'Anson (poem)
  84. The Green Jade God • (1930) • short story by John Briggs (II) 224 · story
  85. "The Secret Trail" by G. G. Pendarves
  86. The Green Jade God • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 225 · artwork
  87. "The Merchant of Basta" by Dudley Hoys
  88. The Scourge of Mektoub • (1930) • short story by Paul Ernst 230 · story
  89. "Scoundrels by Night" by Richard Kent
  90. The Scourge of Mektoub • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 231 · artwork
  91. "The Giant" by Hung Long Tom (poem)
  92. The Veiled Leopard • (1930) • short story by G. G. Pendarves 240 · story
  93. "The Slave of Justice" by E. Hoffmann Price
  94. The Veiled Leopard • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 241 · artwork
  95. "Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan" by Frank Owen
  96. Gesture of the Gods • (1930) • short story by Guy Fletcher 252 · story
  97. "For the Sake of Enlightenment" by Coutts Brisbane
  98. Gesture of the Gods • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 253 · artwork
  99. The Burning Sea • (1930) • short story by Frank Owen [as by Richard Kent] 264 · story
  100. The Sacred Cannon Recoils • (1930) • short story by Pollok Guiler 268 · story
  101. The Sacred Cannon Recoils • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 269 · artwork
  102. Finger of Kali • (1930) • short story by Bernice T. Banning 281 · story
  103. Letter (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by S. B. H. Hurst 292 · essay
  104. Red Blades of Black Cathay • non-genre • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith 294 · novelette
  105. Red Blades of Black Cathay • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 294 · artwork
  106. The Rajah's Grandmother • (1931) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.] 314 · story
  107. William • (1931) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst 320 · novelette
  108. William • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 321 · artwork
  109. The Dragoman's Revenge • non-genre • [Hamed the Atar] • (1931) • short story by Otis Adelbert Kline 334 · story
  110. The Dragoman's Revenge • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 335 · artwork
  111. The Kalgan Road • (1931) • short story by William Doughty 344 · story
  112. The Kalgan Road • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 345 · artwork
  113. Rondeau Orientale • (1931) • poem by Alice I'Anson 357 · poem
  114. The Secret Trail • (1931) • novelette by G. G. Pendarves 358 · novelette
  115. The Scarlet Trail • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 359 · artwork
  116. The Merchant of Basra • (1931) • short story by Dudley Hoys 377 · story
  117. The Merchant of Basra • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 377 · artwork
  118. Scoundrels by Night • (1931) • novelette by Frank Owen [as by Richard Kent] 384 · novelette
  119. Scoundrels by Night • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 385 · artwork
  120. The Giant • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom] 408 · poem
  121. The Slave of Justice • [Ismeddin] • (1931) • short story by E. Hoffmann Price 409 · story
  122. Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan • (1931) • short story by Frank Owen 414 · story
  123. Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin 415 · artwork
  124. For the Sake of Enlightenment • (1931) • short story by Coutts Brisbane 424 · story
  125. Letter (Oriental Stories, Feruary-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by Nat Schachner [as by Nathan Schachner] 429 · essay
  126. Letter (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by N. J. O'Neail 429 · essay
  127. Letter (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by Alice I'Anson 430 · essay

Contributors

Donald von Gelb
Illustrator
Joseph Doolin
Illustrator
Neil
Book designer, Introduction author
Leigh Mechem
Book designer, Introduction author
Neil Mechem
Cover artist, Introduction author
Wallace West
Essayist

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Title
the Complete ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 1
Publisher
Girasol Collectables
Date
November 2007
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Title
The Complete ORIENTAL STORIES Volume 1
Publisher
Girasol Collectables
Date
November 2007
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