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1927 (7)

To Robert W. Gordon, January 2, 1927, Upon seeing a request of yours in a late . . .

SEANCHAI #60, Rusty Burke, March 1991 [Distributed in REHUPA #108]
THE NEW HOWARD READER #5, Marek, March 1999
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007

To Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927, This time I have an excuse for not having . . .

SEANCHAI #64, Rusty Burke, November 1991 [Distributed in REHUPA #112]
THE NEW HOWARD READER #4, Marek, January 1999
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007

To Weird Tales, ca. May 1927, Your last three issues . . .

WEIRD TALES, June 1927
THE NEW HOWARD READER #2, Marek, August 1998
WEST IS WEST AND OTHERS, Roehm & Runions, February 2006
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
WEST IS WEST AND OTHERS, Roehm's Room Press, April 2007
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007

To Tevis Clyde Smith, late August-early September 1927, ARE YOU THE YOUNG MAN TO WHOM . . .
Contains "Revenge"; "Legend"; "Where Strange Gods Squall (part 1)"; Untitled ("Take some honey from a cat") (poem);
"The Mottoes of the Boy Scouts" (poem); Untitled ("Against the blood red moon . . .") (poem);
and Untitled (“Toast to the British! . . .”) (poem). "Revenge" has been published separately.

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. Fall 1927, Salaam: / Then the little boy said to Goofus Gorilla . . .
Contains "Where Strange Gods Squall (part 2)" Untitled ("What became of Waring?") (poem);
"The Robes of the Righteous" (poem); and Untitled ("After the trumps are sounded") (poem).

THE LAST OF THE TRUNK OCH BREV I URVAL, Paradox Entertainment, March 2007
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1927, Salaam: / Having just got your letter I’ll write now . . .
Contains "The Road to Hell" (early version, only lines 1-4, 24-28) (poem); "Flight" (early version, incomplete) (poem); and
Untitled ("The Baron of Fenland . . .") (poem). Untitled ("The Baron of Fenland") and "Flight" have both been published separately.

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS, December 19, 1986 (facsimile reproduction of the second page only, the one containing the poetry)
ROBERT E. HOWARD: SELECTED LETTERS: 1923-1930, Necronomicon Press, October 1989 [Complete letter without the poem]
MANUSCRIPTS FROM GOWER-PENN, VOLUME 2, #3, Benjamin Szumskyj, December 2002 [Facsimile reproduction of the second page only, includes the poetry]
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1927, Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things looked after . . .
Contains "The Fastidious Fooey Mancucu;" "Lilith" (poem); "The Gods Remember" (1) (poem); "The Dreams of Men" (poem);
"The Builders" (2) (poem); "The Road to Babel" (poem); "Memories" (2) (poem); and Untitled ("Tell me not in coocoo numbers").
"Lilith", "The Dreams of Men", "The Road to Babel", and "Memories" (2) have all been published separately.

ROBERT E. HOWARD: SELECTED LETTERS: 1923-1930, Necronomicon Press, October 1989 [Story and poem not included]
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, VOLUME 1: 1923-1929, REH Foundation Press, June 2007