Item #25694 SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Robert E. Howard.

SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS.

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1946. Large octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. First edition. This posthumous 475-page memorial collection is Howard's first book published in the United States. It includes a short novel and twenty-one stories, most first published in WEIRD TALES, some featuring Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn and King Kull, as well as others that do not belong to his various series, his article on Conan's world, "The Hyborian Age," his poem, "Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die," and Howard memoirs by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-95. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 853. Some age darkening to text block, some mild creasing to upper right corners, partial cover from the Weird Tales issue for the story "The Fire of Asshurbanipal" affixed at top edge of page 98 (where the story is printed here), corner bumped and spine gilt lettering bright, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear and tiny chips to corner tips, light wear at the head of the spine panel with tiny tears at the corner, creases and 13 mm closed tear at base of spine panel, 30 mm closed tear to upper left rear corner, mild age toning to spine panel. (25694). Item #25694

Price: $750.00

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