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The Hills of the Dead

Bantam

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Publication date: March 1979

Introduction

First published in Weird Tales, August 1930. In Africa again, Kane’s old friend N’Longa (the witch doctor from “Red Shadows”) gives the Puritan a magic wooden staff, the Staff of Solomon, which will protect him in his travels. Kane enters the jungle and finds a city of vampires.

Notes

A Bantam Book / March 1979
Printing not stated, no number line
The artist is not credited, the front cover folds open and Larkin's signature is on the inner portion of the artwork
Printed in the US

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Paperback
Publication date
March 1979
Pages
xii + 141
Publisher / imprint
Bantam
Cover art
Bob Larkin
Illustrations
None

7 linked Howard works

17 contents entries

  1. "The Hills of the Dead"
  2. The Hills of the Dead (map) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk vi · artwork
  3. "Hawk of Basti" (Completed by Ramsey Campbell)
  4. The Mystery of Solomon Kane • essay by Ramsey Campbell ix · essay
  5. "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" (poem)
  6. The Hills of the Dead • [Solomon Kane] • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 1 · novelette
  7. "Wings in the Night"
  8. Hawk of Basti • [Solomon Kane] • short story by Ramsey Campbell and Robert E. Howard 24 · story
  9. "The Footfalls Within"
  10. The Return of Sir Richard Grenville • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 48 · poem
  11. "The Children of Asshur" (Completed by Ramsey Campbell)
  12. Wings in the Night • [Solomon Kane] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 50 · novelette
  13. "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" (poem)
  14. The Footfalls Within • [Solomon Kane] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 86 · story
  15. "The Mystery of Solomon Kane" by Ramsey Campbel l
  16. The Children of Asshur • [Solomon Kane] • novelette by Ramsey Campbell and Robert E. Howard 104 · novelette
  17. Solomon Kane's Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard 139 · poem

Contributors

Bob Larkin
Cover artist

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Bibliographic source layer

Title
Solomon Kane: The Hills of the Dead
Publisher
Bantam
Date
March 1979
Source file
hills.htm

REH World editorial layer

Title
The Hills of the Dead
Publisher
Bantam
Date
March 1979
Source provenance

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