Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: vii, [21], 13-179, [1] p. 29 cm. B&w illustrations. Orange paper covers. Includes poems, stories, and a letter from REH to Tevis Clyde Smith ca. 1930. Intro by Glenn Lord. Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies of which this is no. 167, signed by the editor.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Howard Robert E. WRITER OF THE DARK - signed, limited edition. Dark Carneval Press, 1986.
Price: US$154.42 + shipping
Description: fine outsize paperback copy, signed by Thomas Kovacs (editor). 500 copy limitation 1st edition. Compiled by Thomas Kovacs. Introduction by Glenn Lord. Illustrated. Includes a few of Robert E. Howard's letters, two poems, and 23 stories.
Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom
HOWARD, Robert E.. WRITER OF THE DARK.. Switzerland: Dark Carneval Press, 1986.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Oversized softcover red printed wrappers, limited edition, copy #55/500. Collection of rare stories, fragments and poems by Howard including work never before printed. Introduction by Glenn Lord. A fine fresh copy, appears unread.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, softcover, #115 of 500 copies, light bump to top of spine, light corner crease to top of rear cover, touch of sunning to spine, otherwise a VG+ copy in red, printed wrappers.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. Writer Of The Dark. Dark Carneval Press: Zurich, Switzerland, 1986.
Price: US$178.03 + shipping
Description: 180 pages. Collection of Robert E. Howard stories and poems, published and edited by Thomas Kovacs and illustrated by Bodo Schafer. With a foreword by the publisher and introduction by Glenn Lord, in which he says - ''The present collection is intended as a memorial volume. It does not, however, reprint his best work; that has been reprinted numerous times and is probably overly familiar to his readers. Instead this collection features material that has for the most part never been collected, and in a few instances, never been published''. 500 numbered copies printed. This is no 178. English text. Fine (unread) copy.
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Robert E. Howard. Writer of the Dark. Dark Carneval Press, 1986.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Oversize trade wraps. Collection of 6 stories and 10 poems, some never-berfore published, in this 50th Anniversary tribute to Howard's death. #98/500. Near fine; slight toning along spine edge, particularly noticeable on the back cover. Very scarce.
Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
HOWARD, Robert E.. WRITER OF THE DARK.. Switzerland: Dark Carneval Press, 1986.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oversized softcover in variant tan printed wrappers, limited edition, copy #257/500. Collection of rare stories, fragments and poems by Howard including work never before printed. Introduction by Glenn Lord. Bump to foredge of pages, spine ends bumped with minor damage to spine panel (may also be attributable to the fairly crude binding method used) else VERY GOOD, free of any former owner markings. In our experience this cover version is less common.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. WRITER OF THE DARK. Dark Carneval Press., Zurich, Switzerland:, 1986.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: TP in orange printed wrappers. 1st Printing. Produced by Thomas Kovacs for the 50th anniversary of Howard's death. 6 stories and 10 poems, a number of which are published here for the first time, plus an introduction by Glenn Lord and illustrations by Bodo Schafer. One of 500 numbered copies (although it appears that only about 320 were actually produced). A fine copy in wraps.
Seller: Kathmandu Books, Winter Park, FL, U.S.A.