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Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE.. arkham house, 1946, first edition ,,, 1946.
Price: US$53.00 + shipping
Description: nice facsimile jacket jacket only, NO BOOK
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Robert E. Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$344.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . 8vo, hardcover. No dj, black cloth. Vg condition. First edition. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, Covers very lightly rubbed, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 474 pp.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Robert E. Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$449.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good in a Fair dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is present, and has not been price-clipped, but has large chips to the top and bottom spine edges of jacket, and has a few edge-tears (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Boards are moderately shelfworn with "bumped" edge-corners; Textblock edges yellowing from age; Very small (1/4") thin stain to the edge of about 50 pages, and page 360 has four small light stains, otherwise pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine;; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.9 lbs; Black dust jacket with sci-fi illustration to center, and title in white lettering; 1946, Arkham House; 474 pages; "Skull-Face and Others," by Robert E. Howard.
Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Robert E. Howard [Gil Kane's copy]. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 3,000 copies. Black cloth with gilt detailing to spine and a dustjacket wrapped in mylar. From the personal library of Gil Kane. Losses to jacket around edges and to head/tail (see image). Howard's first book published in the US, this collection of short stories features many titles that were first published in WEIRD TALES, along with Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam by H.P. Lovecraft, and A Memory of R.E. Howard by E. Hoffmann Price A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 6.5 x 9.5 in
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
HOWARD, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Corners a bit bumped, very good in lightly worn good or better example of the iconic Hannes Bok-illustrated dust jacket with modest chips at the extremities, particularly at the spine ends, and a crease at the spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. 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. Lower corners bumped, base of spine bruised, faint horizontal mark to front cover, a very good or better copy in a very good dust jacket with wear to spine ends with shallow loss at base of spine, small closed tears to both ends with a small bit of tape to right corner of upper spine, several edge nicks and rubs, rubbing front spine fold, mild age darkening to spine panel, tanning and soiling to rear panel. (28918)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E. Skull-face and Others. Arkham House, WI, 1946.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 3K copies. Book has small square tape shadows to toned end papers. Pages mildly toned. DJ flap corners are clipped but price is present on front flap. DJ has wear to spine ends and corners. An outstanding front cover illustration.
Seller: Bob Lakin Books, Chatfield, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: A very good copy handsomely bound in gleaming black boards in finely woven Novelex Cloth and stamped brightly in gilt lettering and designs along the spine. Light wear along the spine, the spine ends, and at the corners. Very clean and tight throughout. In a very good plus striking pictorial & colorful dust jacket by Hannes Bok with the price of $5.00 at the top of the inside front flap. With light wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. With two light 1" horizontal stains at the right crenter of the rear panel. Overall, a very handsome copy. 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), Fantasy and Horror (1999) (Currey)Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23. Thereafter, until his death by suicide at age 30, Howard's writings were published in a wide selection of magazines, journals, and newspapers, and he became proficient in several subgenres. His greatest success occurred after his death.Although a Conan novel was nearly published in 1934, Howard's stories were never collected during his lifetime. The main outlet for his stories was Weird Tales, where Howard created Conan the Barbarian. With Conan and his other heroes, Howard helped fashion the genre now known as sword and sorcery, spawning many imitators and giving him a large influence in the fantasy field. Howard remains a highly read author, with his best works still reprinted, and is one of the best-selling fantasy writers of all time.Howard's suicide and the circumstances surrounding it have led to speculation about his mental health. His mother had been ill with tuberculosis her entire life, and upon learning she had entered a coma from which she was not expected to wake, he walked out to his car parked outside. ( Wikipeida) First Edition with matching dates 1946 on the title and copyright pages; only 3,000 copies printed.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, bound in cloth. Moderate edge-wear, the jacket with two small chips top front panel and a few nicks and tears; scuff mark rear panel; address stamp on the fly leaf. [Of-Ca2]
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original black cloth, gilt titles on spine bright, covers unmarked (no finger prints), no writing, no bookplates, overall fine. In original dust jacket with cover illustration by Hannes Bok (one of his most famous works). The jacket has a few nicks at foot and crown of spine, front flap is price-clipped. An early Arkham House title of which only 3000 copies were printed. Overall nice copy.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Skull Face and Others by Robert E. Howard (First Edition) Bok Art Sharp except for minor bumping to spine, and bump to back top right corner. Previous owner's name and seal stuck to front pastedown. Price-clipped. Relatively bright jacket. Open tear to back cover. Minor tear to inner flap. Minor edgewear. Clear protective cover. First edition. Black cloth covers. Gilt on spine. 474 pgs. One of 3004 copies printed.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Robert E Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. One of 3,004 copies printed. REH's first collection and his first book published in the U.S. (preceded in the U.K. by  A Gent from Bear Creek), featuring great dust jacket art by Hannes Bok. Publishers black cloth with spine titles in gilt. NEAR FINE with the slightest of tanning to endpapers in the gutters. The Bok dust wrapper with little fray and couple tiny chips at spine ends, 1/4" closed tear to top of the rear panel; a very pleasing collectors copy. Photos on request.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Includes Appreciations by E. Hoffmann Price and H. P. Lovecraft. Barron (ed), Contains: "Foreword" by August Derleth, "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "A Memory of R.E. Howard" by E. Hoffmann Price.HBDJ, 1946, 1ST EDITION, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG/GOOD-, Limited to 3,000 Copies in back of book, 474 pgs, FOXING INTERIOR PGS, Black cloth over boards tiny nicks with gilt lettering and ornamental designs on the spine, Front of Dj Nice & Brigh with small Chips along Fold of Inner Flap & tiny chnips Wear Extremities, Back dJ soiling slightly & spine DJ end chips, and A Memory of R.E. Howard by E. Hoffmann Price. A first Limited edition from an author noted for his Conan series, and his numerous fantastic adventure stories featured in Weird Tales. authors Posthumous first book published in the U.S. and his first collection of short fantasy fiction. An omnibus volume collecting stories featuring Conan, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn and King Kull, many of which were first published in WEIRD TALES.
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Xxvi, 474, (1) Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Edition, Howard's First Book Published In The U.S. 1/3004 Copies. Book Is Solid, Gilt Is Brilliant, Pinpoint Fray At Top And Bottom Of Front Spine Edge, Shallow Bumping To Spine Ends. Dust Jacket Priced $5.00, Slightly Taller Than The Book, Light Wear Along Top And Bottom Edges With A Few Tiny Losses, 3/4" Tear At Bottom Of Front Flap Fold, 1/4" Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge, Slight Browning To Spine Panel, Light Browning To Edges Of White Rear Panel And Flaps. No Marks Or Stains, Slight Waviness To Center Of Dj Spine (Probably From Reader's Handling).
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$728.35 + shipping
Description: SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946, first edition, front fore edge corner tips bumped, else a, tight, bright vg+ or better copy in like bright full color Hannes Bok pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear, mostly at the flap fold and spine extremities. The authors first book published in the U.S. with most of the contents first appearing in Weird Tales.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. 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)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, cloth. First edition. 3004 copies printed. 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), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-146. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-95. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 853. Page edges just a bit tanned, a fine copy in good dust jacket (priced $5.00 on the front flap) with wear at spine ends and corners, small chip from upper spine end, and dust soiling and two tiny stains on rear panel. (#172562)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1946.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copy C Skull-Face and Others. Robert E. Howard. Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1946. First edition. Sm 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall
Seller: Fantasy Illustrated, Silvana, WA, U.S.A.
Robert E. Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing of a reported 3004 copies printed; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A handsome copy of this key Arkham House title; a collection of short stories by the creator of Conan, Solomon Kane, and others, most of these stories originally appearing in "Weird Tales". Illustrated by Hannes Bok. This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright gold lettering and design over black boards, and clean pages throughout; housed in a clean and bright original, intact dust jacket that shows moderate rubbing and chipping to the spine ends, edges, and corners with minimal loss of material, some minor browning to the spine, back panel, and flap edges, a few small closed tears to the folds and flap edges, and a couple of innocuous tape repairs to the verso. Overall, a presentable and attractive copy of a title difficult to find in collectible condition; Not remaindered, not price clipped ($5.00 intact), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover, bound in cloth. Light edge-wear, the jacket with a few nicks, one minor tear; text unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. 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. Tiny nick to lower front edge, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends, two small closed tears to the folds at the base of the spine panel with some old tape residue to the verso. (27053)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard (First Edition) Hannes Bok Cvr Firm copy with very minor bumping to the top corner. Pen mark on top text block edge and checkmarks in pen next to some of the stories on the contest page. Previous owner's stamp to front free end page. Bright dust jacket with minor edge wear. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. 3,000 copies printed, stated. In Memoriam by Lovecraft and Hoffmann Price. A poem and 24 stories of Fantasy and Horror by Howard. Black cloth, gilt lettering. 747 pp. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. The Author's first American publication in book form. Published posthumously. The novel Skull-Face, short stories featuring Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, Conan, and King Kull, and earlier stories.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$1019.58 + shipping
Description: SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1946, first edition, faint moisture stain to an area of the upper margin of the rear cover, like stain to a small section of the upper margins of the last 25 leaves never entering anywhere near the text, else a tight, bright fine copy in near fine and equally bright full color Hannes Bok pictorial dust-wrapper save for 3 closed tears and some tape residue to the verso of the dust-wrapper spine extremities with some slight bleed through to the upper right corner of the rear dust-wrapper panel. Still an exceptional copy. The authors first book published in the U.S. with most of the contents first appearing in Weird Tales.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Robert E Howard. Skull-Face And Others. Arkham House, 1946.
Price: US$1080.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: very good with a price of $5.00 on the front flap
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xxvi, 475, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good+ with subtle bowing to boards, contents toned with age, in Very Good+ dust jacket, spine panel dulled, light soiling to rear panel, head and tail worn, tiny closed tear in top of front panel. Nice shape overall.A posthumous marriage of the Conan creator's Weird Tales work and revered horror publisher Arkham House, with beautiful Hannes Bok jacket artwork.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. 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 paper, upper rear spine corner slightly bumped, a fine copy in bright, nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with a 24 mm closed tear to the upper right front corner. (24830)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
HOWARD, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others.. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1946.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 474 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket preserved in a custom cloth clamshell folding box. First edition. There are eight short tape contact shadows on the free endpapers at front and rear. Otherwise a fine copy. There are three tiny flecks to the backstrip of the jacket, and one very short closed tear to the bottom of the rear panel; else the jacket is bright, fresh, and unfaded.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Robert E. Howard. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946. First edition, first printing, black cloth Hardcover with gold gilt spine printing and original DJ, xxvi + 476 pp. 3004 copies printed. Foreward by August Derleth who regarded these 23 stories and 2 poems as Howard's best work. Color DJ art by Hannes Bok. Memoria of REH by H.P. Lovecraft and E.H. Price. Enclosed is an original note SIGNED by the estimable Roy A. Squires with info about this copy. Roy (1920-1988) was a highly regarded publisher, collector, and SF/fantasy expert. I purchased this from Roy in December 1974 at which time he apologized for the circular glass-bottom stains on the back of the DJ. I asked about this and he later responded that this happened at the first meeting of The Praed St. Irregulars, a group devoted to Derleth's Solar Pons stories. The guilty party was the host of that historic meeting (more info on the note). The DJ front remains bright and attractive but has a few chips missing at top & bottom of spine and at bottom leftg of front (doesn't impact Bok illustration or printing. The book is near fine with a couple small bumps at bottom edge of back cover and slight browning of endpapers near spine. Interior fine. Highly collectible.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1946.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Large octavo, jacket art by Hannes Bok, cloth. 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. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (25770)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1946.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall 8vo., 474pp. Gorgeous First Edition, one of only 3004 copies published. First book form of Howard's stories from the pulps, published 10 years after his death. Bound in black cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with gently bumped spine ends and a tiny, barely noticeable scratch to the heel but not torn. Remarkably well preserved. Equally attractive unclipped wrap-around Hannes Bok dust-jacket, ($5.00), has is immaculate. Perhaps the best I have seen and certainly none better. Uncommonly fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears nor any of the toning so commonly found with this jacket. A stunning collectable copy of this high spot of the genre. (Jaffrey, #19).
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [7], viii-xxvi, [3], 4-474, [4] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket designed by Hannes Bok (who also designed the jacket for Campbell's Who Goes There?). Currey 251. Joshi 34-35. Published posthumously, this is Howard's first book to be published in the U.S. A selection of stories featuring many of Howard's best-known characters (including Conan, King Kull, and Solomon Kane) most of which were first published in Weird Tales magazine. A sharp copy of this high-spot in science fiction and fantasy literature. An owner's (a private individual) name stamp on the half-title page, the common toning to the fore-edge; jacket is overall sharp with a touch of edge wear to its tips and faint toning to the rear panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Skull-Face and Others.. Arkham House, Sauk City, 1946.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (474pp. ) (6 1/2" X 9 1/4") (Slight trace of shelf-wear to Hannes Bok illustrated jacket. Tiny chip at crest of spine and a few short edge tears. ) 3000 copies printed. A superb copy of this highspot. ; 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"; 474 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of 3004 copies printed. Octavo (24cm); black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 474, [2]pp. Tasteful bookplage to front pastedown, based of spine gently nudged, with a shallow bump to upper edge of rear board; hint of foxing to top edge; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.00), with a single 1/4" closed tear at upper left joint corner and a small, faint dampstain to rear flap; bright, unfaded, Near Fine example. Though not called for, tipped into this copy is an original, unsigned pencil sketch of Hannes Bok's 'Fox Woman,' likely an early preliminary version Bok toyed with. Lead pencil on light brown tracing paper, tipped in between the first blank and the half-title page. Howard's posthumous first book published in the U.S., a collection of fantasy stories featuring Conan, King Kull, Bran Mak Morn, and Solomon Kane; many of these first appeared within the pages of Weird Tales in the 1930's. Foreword by August Derleth, with memoriams by H.P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price. A bright copy of an important debut and a key Arkham House title, with original artwork bound in. Provenance: From the collection of Jerry Weist. Bleiler (1978 ed.), p.104.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.