Original Manuscript Facsimile

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Spears of Clontarf - Early Draft

2014

Material type

Publication date: April 2014

Introduction

Published by the REH Foundation Press to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf. Facsimile copies. The letter to Harry Bates was written sometime in 1931, and sent as a cover for Howard's submission of SPEARS OF CLONTARF to Soldier of Fortune magazine. This is the earliest known draft.

Notes

not credited.
Published to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf.
All Howard materials are facsimile copies.

Edition and production details

Format: Trade Paperback (8.5 x 11 inches, perfect bound)
Publication date: April 2014
Pages: 36
Publisher / imprint: REH Foundation Press
Cover art: John Watkiss
Illustrations: None

1 linked Howard work

Spears of Clontarfstory

6 contents entries

Letter to Harry Bates June 1, 1931, "You may, or you may not …"
Introduction (Spears of Clontarf: Early Draft) • essay by Rusty Burke 1 · introduction
"Introduction" by Rusty Burke
[2] • Letter to Harry Bates, undated • essay by Robert E. Howard essay
"Spears of Clontarf" (Typescript, earliest known draft, 31 pages)
Spears of Clontarf—Early Draft • novelette by Robert E. Howard 3 · novelette

Contributors

John Watkiss: Cover artist

Characters / Featuring

Turlogh Dubh O'Brien

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Harry Bates Robert E. Howard Rusty Burke

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title: Spears of Clontarf - Early Draft
Publisher: REH Foundation Press
Date: April 2014
Source file: spearsofclontarf-earlydraft.html

REH World editorial layer

Title: Spears of Clontarf - Early Draft
Publisher: REH Foundation Press
Date: April 2014