Robert E. Howard Selected Letters 1931 to 1936
Necronomicon Press
Year :
March 1991
Book No. : ISBN-10: 0940884372
Edition : 1st
Format : Chapbook
Pages : 80
Cover art : Robert H. Knox
Illustrations : None
     Robert E. Howard Selected Letters 1931 to 1936
Other editions:
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The following stories and poems are contained in the letters:
"Authorial Version of Duna" (poem)
"A Warning" (partial verse, "You have built a world of paper and wood") (poem)
"Who is Grandpa Theobold?" (poem)
Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told") (poem)
Untitled ("Many fell at the grog-shop wall") (poem)

Contents
"Introduction" by Robert M. Price
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1931,
"Fear Finn: I don’t have to tell you how sorry I am …"

To Tevis Clyde Smith, dated May 9, 1931, from Marlin, Texas,
"Fear Finn: Have youse heard anything more …"

To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1931,
"Well Fear Finn: I got a letter from Bradford 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, ca. June 1931,
"Dear Mr. Lovecraft: I didn’t take much of a trip 
"
To Farnsworth Wright, ca. Summer 1931,
"In your last letter you asked me to give 
"
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. August 1931,
"Fear Finn: Well, I doubt if this missile 
"
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1931,
"Fear Finn: Lizzen my children 
"
Includes Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told") (poem)
To Wilfred Blanch Talman, ca. September 1931,
"Dear Mr. Talman: Thank you very much for the letter 
"
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1931,
"Fear Finn: I wrote Bradford a coarse rude letter 
"
Includes "Who is Grandpa Theobold?" (poem)
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1931,
"Fear Finn: Have you heard anything from the Christopher?"

Includes Untitled ("Many fell at the grog-shop wall") (poem)
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1932,
"I heard from that bone-crushing man-eater 
"
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1932,
"Fear Finn: Thank you very much for going to all the trouble 
"
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1932,
"Fear Finn: Lo, friend, I approach thee 
"
Includes "Authorial Version of Duna" (poem)
To Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1932,
"Fear Finn: You owe me a letter 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, received September 22, 1932,
"Dear Mr. Lovecraft: I read, as always, your comments 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, received November 2, 1932,
"Dear Mr. Lovecraft: I want to begin this letter 
"
To August Derleth, December 29, 1932,
"Dear Mr. Derleth: I read your recent letter 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, ca. May/June 1933,
"Dear Mr. Lovecraft: Glad we got the physical-mental question 
"
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. October 1933,
"Dear Mr. Smith: Thanks very much for the kind things 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, 3 November 1933,
"Dear HPL: Glad you liked the rattles."

To Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked December 14, 1933
"Dear Mr. Smith: Only the fact that I have been sick 
"
To August Derleth, ca. December 1933,
"Dear August: I think Scribners was nuts 
"
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. January 1934,
"Dear Mr. Smith: Thanks again for the drawing 
"
To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. March 1934,
"Dear Mr. Smith: I am sorry to hear 
"
To Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked May 21, 1934,
"Dear Mr. Smith: My delay in answering your last letter 
"
To August Derleth, July 4, 1935,
"Dear August: Thanks very much for the article 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, December 5, 1935,
"Dear HPL: A rather belated reply 
"
To H.P Lovecraft, February 11, 1936,
"Dear HPL: Glad you enjoyed the dream write-up 
"
To August Derleth, May 9, 1936,
"Dear August: I am indeed sorry to learn 
"
Includes "A Warning" (partial verse, "You have built a world of paper and wood") (poem)
To Thurston Torbett, postmarked June 3, 1936,
"Dear Thurston: My mother is very low."

Notes
Edited by Glenn Lord
Contains 30 letters written by Robert E. Howard