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Echoes from an Iron Harp

Donald M. Grant

1972
Publication type
Poetry collection
Edition format
Hardcover
Contains
Poetry

Publication date: 1972

Introduction

Echoes from an Iron Harp is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard with illustrations by Alicia Austin. It was published in 1972 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,079 copies. Two of the poems previously appeared in Fire and Sleet and Candlelight, edited by August Derleth.

Notes

Austin's artwork includes a full-color frontispiece and 10 black-and-white illustrations.
All of the poems from p. 103 to the end are under the title "Headings". They are poems from the beginning of Howard stories.

Limited edition of 1079 copies.
There exists two different bindings for this book.
The reason for the two different bindings is not known.
The binding with the darker red cloth is thought to be rare.
The quantity of each binding produced is not known.

 

 

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Hardcover with dust jacket (6.25 x 9.4 inches)
Publication date
1972
Pages
109
Publisher / imprint
Donald M. Grant
Cover art
Alicia Austin
Illustrations
Alicia Austin

62 linked Howard works

138 contents entries

  1. "Introduction" by Glenn Lord
  2. Age Comes to Rabelais • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 2 · artwork
  3. "Age Comes to Rabelais" (poem)
  4. Introduction (Echoes from an Iron Harp) • essay by Glenn Lord 9 · introduction
  5. "Belshazzar" (poem)
  6. Age Comes to Rabelais • (1966) • poem by Robert E. Howard 13 · poem
  7. "But the Hills Were Ancient Then" (poem)
  8. Belshazzar • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 14 · poem
  9. "Cimmeria" (poem)
  10. Belshazzar • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 15 · artwork
  11. "A Dawn in Flanders" (poem)
  12. But the Hills Were Ancient Then • (1959) • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
  13. "The Day That I Die" (poem)
  14. Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 18 · poem
  15. "Dreams of Nineveh" (poem)
  16. A Dawn in Flanders • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 19 · poem
  17. "The Dust Dance" (1, poem)
  18. The Day That I Die • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 20 · poem
  19. "The Dweller in the Dark Valley" (poem)
  20. Dreams of Ninevah • (1959) • poem by Robert E. Howard 22 · poem
  21. "Earth-born" (poem)
  22. Dreams of Ninevah • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 23 · artwork
  23. "Fables For Little Folk" (poem)
  24. 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...")) 25 · poem
  25. "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or" (poem)
  26. The Dust Dance ("The sin and jest of the times am I...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 28 · poem
  27. "Futility" (2, poem)
  28. The Dweller in Dark Valley • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 31 · poem
  29. "Heritage" (1, poem)
  30. Earth-Born • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard 32 · poem
  31. "Illusion" (poem)
  32. Earth-Born • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 33 · artwork
  33. "John Ringold" (poem)
  34. Fables for Little Folks • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 35 · poem
  35. "Kid Lavigne is Dead" (poem)
  36. "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gaelach Buidhe Mar Or" • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 36 · poem
  37. "The Kissing of Sal Snooboo" (poem)
  38. "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or" • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 37 · artwork
  39. "A Lady's Chamber" (poem)
  40. Futility ("Time races on and none can stay the tread...") • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 40 · poem
  41. "The Last Day" (poem)
  42. Heritage ("My people came from Munster and rugged Nevis-side...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 41 · poem
  43. "Lost Altars" (poem)
  44. Illusion • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 43 · poem
  45. "Memories" (1, poem)
  46. John Ringold • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 44 · poem
  47. "A Moment" (poem)
  48. Kid Lavigne Is Dead • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 45 · poem
  49. "Moonlight on a Skull" (poem)
  50. The Kissing of Sal Snooboo • (1925) • poem by Robert E. Howard 46 · poem
  51. "Not Only in Death They Die" (poem)
  52. A Lady's Chamber • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 48 · artwork
  53. "Private Magrath of the A.E.F." (poem)
  54. A Lady's Chamber • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 49 · poem
  55. "Reuben's Brethren" (poem)
  56. The Last Day • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 50 · poem
  57. "Roundelay of the Roughneck" (poem)
  58. Lost Altars • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 51 · poem
  59. "The Sands of Time" (poem)
  60. Memories ("I rose in the path of a hurtling dawn...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 52 · poem
  61. "The Sea" (poem)
  62. A Moment • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 54 · poem
  63. "The Skull in the Clouds" (poem)
  64. Moonlight on a Skull • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 55 · poem
  65. "Skulls and Dust" (poem)
  66. Not Only in Death They Die • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 56 · poem
  67. "Skulls over Judah" (poem)
  68. Private Magrath of the A. E. F. • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 57 · poem
  69. "Slumber" (poem)
  70. Reuben's Brethren • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 60 · artwork
  71. "A Song of Defeat" (poem)
  72. Reuben's Brethren • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 61 · poem
  73. "The Song of Horsa's Galley" (poem)
  74. Roundelay of the Roughneck • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 62 · poem
  75. "A Song of the Legions" (poem)
  76. The Sands of Time • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard 65 · poem
  77. "A Song for Men That Laugh" (poem)
  78. The Sea • (1923) • poem by Robert E. Howard 66 · poem
  79. "A Sonnet of Good Cheer" (poem)
  80. The Skull in the Clouds • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard 68 · poem
  81. "Sonora to Del Rio" (poem)
  82. Skulls and Dust • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 71 · poem
  83. "Surrender" (1, poem)
  84. Skulls over Judah • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 72 · poem
  85. "Tarantella" (poem)
  86. Slumber • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 74 · artwork
  87. "Thor's Son" (poem)
  88. Slumber • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 75 · poem
  89. "Timur-Lang" (poem)
  90. A Song of Defeat • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 76 · poem
  91. "To Certain Orthodox Brethren" (poem)
  92. The Song of Horsa's Galley • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 77 · poem
  93. "A Vision" (poem)
  94. A Song of the Legions • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 78 · poem
  95. "A Warning" (poem, complete version)
  96. A Song of the Legions • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 79 · artwork
  97. "Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna" (poem)
  98. A Song for Men That Laugh • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 82 · poem
  99. "Who Is Grandpa Theobold?" (poem)
  100. A Sonnet of Good Cheer • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 83 · poem
  101. "The Years Are as a Knife" (poem)
  102. Sonora to Del Rio • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard 84 · poem
  103. Verse Headings
  104. Surrender ("I will rise someday when the day is done...") • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard 85 · poem
  105. "The Black Stone"
  106. Tarantella • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 87 · poem
  107. "The Blood of Belshazzar"
  108. Thor's Son • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 89 · poem
  109. "Death's Black Riders"
  110. Timur-Lang • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 91 · poem
  111. "The Fearsome Touch of Death"
  112. Timur Lang • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 92 · artwork
  113. "The Grey God Passes"
  114. To Certain Orthodox Brethren • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 94 · poem
  115. "The Hour of the Dragon"
  116. A Vision • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 95 · poem
  117. "Kelly the Conjure-Man"
  118. A Warning ("I come in the wail of the broken skies ... ") • poem by Robert E. Howard 96 · poem
  119. "The Lion of Tiberias"
  120. Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 98 · poem
  121. "Something About Eve"
  122. Who Is Grandpa Theobold? • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 100 · poem
  123. "The Sowers of the Thunder"
  124. The Years Are as a Knife • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 101 · poem
  125. "The Thing on the Roof"
  126. The Black Stone • (1956) • poem by Robert E. Howard 103 · poem
  127. The Blood of Belshazzar • poem by Robert E. Howard 103 · poem
  128. Death's Black Riders • poem by Robert E. Howard 104 · poem
  129. The Fearsome Touch of Death • poem by Robert E. Howard 104 · poem
  130. The Grey God Passes • poem by Robert E. Howard 105 · poem
  131. Conn's Saga • poem by Robert E. Howard 105 · poem
  132. The Hour of the Dragon • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 105 · poem
  133. Kelly the Conjure-Man • poem by Robert E. Howard 106 · poem
  134. The Lion of Tiberias • poem by Robert E. Howard 106 · poem
  135. Something about Eve • poem by Robert E. Howard 106 · poem
  136. The Lion of Tiberias • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 107 · artwork
  137. The Sowers of the Thunder • poem by Robert E. Howard 109 · poem
  138. The Thing on the Roof • poem by Robert E. Howard 109 · poem

Contributors

Glenn Lord
Introduction author
Alicia Austin
Cover artist, Illustrator

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Title
Echoes from an Iron Harp
Publisher
Donald M. Grant
Date
1972
Source file
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Title
Echoes from an Iron Harp
Publisher
Donald M. Grant
Date
1972
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