With the Del Rey release of El Borak and Other Desert Adventures looming in the not too distant future, we thought everyone would like to see the Keegans’ other El Borak cover, this one done for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press. We will begin taking pre-orders soon, but it’s not too late to email us at info@rehfoundation.org to help us determine how large the First Printing will be. Ordering information will be posted when available; until then, the contents for The Early Adventures of El Borak are listed below.

The Early Adventures of El Borak

Introduction: The Making of El Borak
      by David Hardy

The Coming of El Borak

The Iron Terror
Untitled, “Gordon, the American”
The Coming of El Borak
Khoda Khan’s Tale
El Borak
Untitled, “I emptied my revolver”
The Land of Mystery
The Shunned Castle
The White Jade Ring
A Power Among the Islands
North of Khyber
Intrigue in Kurdistan

Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

The Sword of Lal Singh (poem)
The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring
The Further Adventures of Lal Singh 
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan

The Song of Yar Ali Khan (poem)
The Lion Gate 
Untitled, “When Yar Ali Khan crept” 
Untitled, “Two men were standing”
Untitled Poem, “Now bright, now red”

Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid

The Sonora Kid—Cowhand
The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
Untitled, “Madge Meraldson” 
Untitled, “The Hades Saloon” 
Untitled, “A blazing sun”
Untitled, “The way it came about”
Untitled, “The hot Arizona sun”
Untitled, “Steve Allison”
Brotherly Advice
Desert Rendezvous
The West Tower

Miscellanea

Under the Great Tiger 
      by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith
Untitled, “A Cossack and a Turk”
Spears of the East
Untitled, “. . . that is, the artistry”
Untitled, “Thure Khan gazed out”
Synopsis: “Blood of the Gods”
Map for “Blood of the Gods”
Map of unidentified El Borak Story
“Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid” – drawing
“Where East and West shall meet” – drawing
Two Sketches found on the back of typescript pages
List of Middle Eastern Rulers – typescript
List of names found in El Borak stories – manuscript

As a special Thank You to our Legacy Circle members, the Robert E. Howard Foundation has sent out “Six-Gun Interview” as a Holiday Special. This recently re-discovered incomplete story features the first appearance of a major Howard character–um–Cap’n Kidd!? Legacy Circle members, as well as Friends of REH, should also be receiving the latest Newsletter. It’s not too late to become an LC member and receive the goodies mentioned above, look here.

Other holiday goodness is arriving in the form of Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works. Due to the Cimmerian-like efforts of Paul Herman, Foundation Treasurer, most pre-orders have been shipped, and many are reporting that their copy has arrived in time for the holiday.

Looking forward into 2010, The Early Adventures of El Borak, featuring Lal Singh, The Sonora Kid, and others, should be making an early appearance. This volume collects all the fragments, juvenilia, and other miscellaneous items connected to the desert adventurer; most of these items are fragments. This will be the first book publication for most of the items in this collection, which is intended as a companion volume to the Del Rey release El Borak and Other Desert Adventures.

As we have done in the past, we’d like to gage interest in this collection to help us determine how many copies to produce in the first print-run. Please email your interest to info@rehfoundation.org. The tentative contents are below. Happy Holidays.

The Early Adventures of El Borak

Introduction: The Making of El Borak
      by David Hardy

The Coming of El Borak

The Iron Terror
Untitled, “Gordon, the American”
The Coming of El Borak
Khoda Khan’s Tale
El Borak
Untitled, “I emptied my revolver”
The Land of Mystery
The Shunned Castle
The White Jade Ring
A Power Among the Islands
North of Khyber
Intrigue in Kurdistan

Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

The Sword of Lal Singh (poem)
The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring
The Further Adventures of Lal Singh 
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan

The Song of Yar Ali Khan (poem)
The Lion Gate 
Untitled, “When Yar Ali Khan crept” 
Untitled, “Two men were standing”
Untitled Poem, “Now bright, now red”

Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid

The Sonora Kid—Cowhand
The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
Untitled, “Madge Meraldson” 
Untitled, “The Hades Saloon” 
Untitled, “A blazing sun”
Untitled, “The way it came about”
Untitled, “The hot Arizona sun”
Untitled, “Steve Allison”
Brotherly Advice
Desert Rendezvous
The West Tower

Miscellanea

Under the Great Tiger 
      by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith
Untitled, “A Cossack and a Turk”
Spears of the East
Untitled, “. . . that is, the artistry”
Untitled, “Thure Khan gazed out”
Synopsis: “Blood of the Gods”
Map for “Blood of the Gods”
Map of unidentified El Borak Story
“Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid” – drawing
“Where East and West shall meet” – drawing
Two Sketches found on the back of typescript pages
List of Middle Eastern Rulers – typescript
List of names found in El Borak stories – manuscript

The first printing of Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works will ship from our Canadian printer on Monday, December 14, and will most likely arrive at our “warehouse” about a week later. Sorry, folks, but it looks like it won’t be “home for the holidays” this time, but start checking your mailboxes before the New Year.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation is pleased to announce The Collected Drawings of Robert E. Howard. This slim, 42-page volume collects all of the known artwork by our favorite Texan. All of the comics and doodles from his letters and all of the Hyborian Age maps have been collected, but that’s not all. Many previously unpublished maps for stories like “Blood of the Gods” and “Wild Water” have been cleaned up and are presented here for the first time. Also, a fantastic discovery was made in Texas last year: Robert E. Howard’s high school text book. On each of the blank pages within that book, a young Howard doodled characters from his favorite stories in Adventure magazine, 11 characters in all. There was also a loose sheet of paper folded in the book with additional drawings. All are collected here. Order today and, depending on which shipping option is chosen, it might just show up in time for Christmas.

The Collected Drawings is an 8.5 x 11, perfect-bound paperback with an introduction by Bill Cavalier. Prepared for publication by yours truly.

 Price

The Collected Drawings of Robert E. Howard is $15. Foundation Members receive a discount and pay only $12. Non-members can click here for ordering information or here to find out about membership.

 Shipping Rates

Orders will be shipped direct from the printer, lulu.com. As a print on demand printer, the printing process must precede the shipping of any products. For this paperback product, the process takes 3-5 days. Their shipping costs are below:

U.S. Shipping
Mail (5-15 business days) $4.00
Ground (2-5 business days) $9.00
Expedited (2 business days) $17.00

Outside the U.S.
Mail (5-12 business days) $7.00
Priority Mail (3-7 business days) $11.50
Express (2-6 business days) $20.00

Ordering

Members should figure out their total with shipping and send payment to paypal@rehfpress.com; or pay via check (personal or cashier’s) or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242, Plano, TX 75025. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS. Please include a note on all payments regarding what is being purchased.

Non-members should order direct from our Lulu storefront.

Due to the overwhelming demand–we’ve already sold our initial estimate of 100 copies–we have increased the number of first printings to 150 copies. And we’re still selling quickly. Get yours while you can. We expect delivery in December, perhaps in time for Christmas, but no guarantees.

If you’ve already pre-ordered and would like to reserve a different number, drop us a line at info@rehfoundation.org

UPDATE: Second printing, now available.

The REH Foundation Press is proud to present Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works. This volume is the Howard collector’s dream, containing those hard-to-find stories from various small press publications from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. No longer will readers have to seek out copies of Pay Day, Lurid Confessions #1, or The Dark Man #2; all of the Howard content in those volumes, and many more, is included here.

Also included are many items seldom seen by collectors. “The Rivals” makes its first appearance outside of a Foundation Newsletter; all three issues of Howard’s amateur press publication, The Right Hook, are presented in their entirety; and many other hard-to-find pieces have finally found a home in Sentiment. For most of these items, this is their first publication in book form. Many of the pieces in this collection are juvenilia.

This massive volume, close to 600 pages, will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 100 copies, each individually numbered. Cover design by Jim Keegan; edited by Rob Roehm.

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Price

Sentiment is $53 for REHF Members, $59 for non-members (all prices in US dollars) plus shipping. (How to become a member? See here.)

Shipping (rates updated as of 10/14/09)

Shipping options are

Domestic via USPS Priority, $9
Domestic via USPS Book Rate, $3
Canada via Global Priority, $23
Australia via Global Priority, $33
Europe via Global Priority, $33

Purchasing more than one book? For combined shipping prices, click here.

Insurance to any US location is $2 extra. For international shipments (including Canada), insurance is not available for 1st Class, but is automatically included in Global Priority. All books will be securely packed. REH FOUNDATION PRESS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS BY THE POST OFFICE. PURCHASE INSURANCE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK. Those wishing to ship via some other carrier (UPS, FedEx, etc.) will need to contact us at info@rehfoundation.org to make arrangements and determine costs.

Ordering and payment

To order, pay directly via PayPal to paypal@rehfpress.com, via check (personal or cashier’s) or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242, Plano, TX 75025. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS. Be sure that all the necessary shipping information is included and accurate, and that the total price includes correct shipping and insurance (if wanted). NO FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS.

Books will not be shipped prior to checks clearing the bank. If you have any questions or comments regarding pricing or shipping, please contact us at info@rehfoundation.org.

Numbering

If you desire a specific number, please notify us with your order, and we will do our best to accommodate your preference. Those not requesting specific numbers will receive lowest numbers available. Those wishing to obtain numbers to match other REHFP volumes they have purchased should let us know as soon as possible.

Contents

Introduction by Mark Finn

Adventure Tales

Wild Water      
Tallyho!       
Shackled Mitts      
Wolves—And a Sword     
Untitled (“. . . that is, the artistry . . .”)   
Untitled (“Franey was a fool.”)    
The Fear-Master      
The Drifter      
The Land of Forgotten Ages    
Untitled (“Trail led through dense jungle.”)   
Untitled (“The lazy quiet of the mid-summer day. . .”)  
Eighttoes Makes a Play     
        Alternate ending     
Untitled (“Who I am it matters little.”)   

The Adventures of Steve Bender

Bill Smalley and the Power of the Human Eye   
Over the Rockies in a Ford     
The Ghost of Bald Rock Ranch    
A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman    
Westward, Ho!      
Friends       
Untitled (William Aloysius McGraw’s father. . .”)  
The Wild Man      
A Fishing Trip      
The Ghost with the Silk Hat    
The Hand of Obeah     
Untitled (Maybe it don’t seem like anything . . .”)  

Detective Parodies

Unhand Me, Villain!     
Aha! Or the Mystery of the Queen’s Necklace   
Halt! Who Goes There?     
The Sappious Few Menchew    
The Fastidious Fooey Mancucu    
The Case of the College Toilet    
Untitled (“Hatrack!”)     
The Werewolf Murder Case     
The Tom Thumb Moider Mystery    
The Toy Rattle Murder Case    

Humor

Cupid Vs. Pollux      
Thoroughbreds      
The Heathen     
The Ghosts of Jacksonville    
Mr. Dowser Buys a Car    
The Influence of the Movies    
The Sheik      
The Ideal Girl     
A Unique Hat     
Untitled (“A man,” said my friend . . .”)  
A Man and a Brother    
West Is West      
The Weaker Sex     
What the Deuce?     
The Mutiny of the Hellroarer    
The Roving Boys on a Sandburg   
Wolfsdung      
The Bore of the Cowed     
The Dook of Stork     
The Rump of Swift     
King Bahthur’s Court     
King Hootus      
Untitled (“Tumba Hooey. . .”)    
Where Strange Gods Squall     
A Glass of Vodka      
The Post of the Sappy Skipper    
After the Game      
Sleeping Beauty      
Untitled (“. . . the honor of Beffum”)    
Weekly Short Story     
The Thessalians      
Ye College Days      
The Reformation: A Dream     

Confessionals & Other Contemporary Fiction

A Matter of Age      
The Curse of Greed     
The Stones of Destiny     
The Grove of Lovers     
Revenge      
The Rivals      
Midnight      
A South Sea Storm     
The Sophisticate     
The Voice of the Mob     
A Horror in the Night     
Pigskin Scholar     
Diogenes of Today    
The Devil in His Brain     
The Loser      
The Female of the Species     
The Splendid Brute     
The Nut’s Shell      
Pay Day       
A Touch of Color      
The Block      
Nerve       
Ten Minutes on a Street Corner    
Untitled (“Yessuh”)     

Commentary on the World

The Beast From the Abyss     
With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles    
The Ghost of Camp Colorado    
The Hashish Land      
In His Own Image     
The Sword      
Jazz Music      
Musings       
The Question of the East     
What the Nation Owes to the South    
More Evidences of the Innate Divinity of Man   
Sentiment      
Surrender—Your Money or Your Vice   
Them       
Something About Eve     
The Vicar of Wakefield     
Circus Charade      
Man       
Legend       

The Right Hook

Volume 1, Number 1
 Editorial; Twentieth Century Slave Trade; The Great Munney Ring; Bookmen and Books; Sisters; Sporting Page; Puritans; Vengeance of a Woman; Sordid Sayings of a Simple Sap; L’Envoi (“Live like a wolf then”)

Volume 1, Number 2
 Untitled Poem (“Ho, merry bark”); Untitled Wrestling Article (“Munn!”); Le Gentil Homme le Diable; John L. Sullivan (verse); Untitled Boxing Article (“On May 29”); Famous Sayings, by Truett Vinson; Note about Tevis Clyde Smith; Untitled Poem (“And Bill, he looked at me”); What Is Love? (verse); Jack Dempsey (verse); A Pirut Story [sic.]; Rope (verse), by Herbert C. Klatt; L’Envoi (“Harlots and choir girls”)

Volume 1, Number 3
 Untitled Poem (“This is a young world”); Untitled (“My name is San Culotte”); My Sentiments, Set to Jazz (verse);
 Untitled Article (“I progress slowly in my classification of champions.”); Ringside Tales (two untitled stories: “Marks
 was a giant,” and “Science will always beat brute strength.”); Untitled Article (“I like John L. Sullivan.”); Editorial;
 L’Envoi (“Twilight striding o’er the mountain”)

Friends of REH and Legacy Circle members should be receiving their Fall Newsletters any day now. This issue contains rare facsimile pages from The Junto (an amateur press publication that Howard contributed to), a letter to Emil Petaja, the typescript for “The Voice of Doom,” and young Bob’s original manuscript for “West Is West,” complete with his English teacher’s corrections and grade (C+).

This issue is also full of News & Events, with complete coverage of Howard Days ‘09 (including Guest of Honor Larry D. Thomas’ banquest speech) and some interesting REH news from across the pond in France. Not a Member? Look here.

The third printing of the Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard is in the house. Those that pre-ordered should be receiving their packages soon. This printing is limited to 75 copies. Get yours while you can.

We are now taking pre-orders for the third printing of Collected Poetry. We expect the volume to be printed in July and start shipping in August. For ordering information, look here.

We are no longer offering First Class postage for international shipments. We’ve lost too many orders that way.

As announced at Howard Days this year, our next book is entitled Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works. This is a collection of Howard’s humor and contemporary fiction, some non-fiction pieces, and a few other items of miscellanea. The gem of the collection is “Wild Water” which, after a conversation with Foundation members, will also appear in a future Western volume (it’s a tough story to place). Many of the other pieces are short, unfinished, and/or unpolished. Because of this, we’ll be printing a small run and would like to know just how many customers are interested in the first printing so we’ll know about how many to produce. The price will probably be the same as our other large volumes ($53 for members and $59 for non-members). The book should go to the printer soon, with delivery sometime in August or September (our printer shuts down for two weeks in the summer). Please email your interest to info@rehfoundation.org. We are NOT accepting pre-orders at this time. The contents of Sentiment (which could still change a bit) are as follows:

Adventure Tales

Wild Water
Tallyho!
Shackled Mitts
Wolves—And a Sword
Untitled (“. . . that is, the artistry . . .”)
Untitled (“Franey was a fool.”)
Untitled (“Who I am it matters little.”)
The Fear-Master
The Drifter
The Land of Forgotten Ages
Untitled (“Trails led through dense jungle.”)
Untitled (“The lazy quiet of the mid-summer day. . .”)
Eighttoes Makes a Play
           Alternate ending

The Adventures of Steve Bender

Bill Smalley and the Power of the Human Eye
Over the Rockies in a Ford
The Ghost of Bald Rock Ranch
A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman
Westward, Ho!
Friends
Untitled (William Aloysius McGraw’s father. . .”)
The Wild Man 
The Fishing Trip
The Ghost with the Silk Hat
The Hand of Obeah
Untitled (Maybe it doesn’t seem like anything . . .”)

Detective Parodies

Unhand Me, Villain
Aha! Or the Mystery of the Queen’s Necklace
Halt! Who Goes There?
The Sappious Few Manchew
The Fastidious Fooey Mancucu
The Case of the College Toilet
Untitled story (“Hatrack!”)
The Werewolf Murder Case
The Tom Thumb Moider Mystery
The Toy Rattle Murder Case

Humor

The Ideal Girl
Cupid Vs. Pollux
Thoroughbreds
The Heathen
The Ghosts of Jacksonville
Mr. Dowser Buys a Car
The Influence of the Movies
The Sheik
A Unique Hat
A Man and a Brother
West Is West
The Weaker Sex
What the Deuce?
The Mutiny of the Hellroarer
The Roving Boys on a Sandburg
Wolfsdung
Untitled Story (“A man,” said my friend . . .”)
The Bore of the Cowed
The Dook of Stork
The Rump of Swift
King Bahthur’s Court
King Hootus
Untitled (“Tumba Hooey. . .”)
Where Strange Gods Squall
A Glass of Vodka
The Post of the Sappy Slipper 
After the Game
Sleeping Beauty
Untitled (“. . . the honor of Beffum”)
Weekly Short Story
The Thessalians
Ye College Days
The Reformation: A Dream

Confessionals & Other Contemporary Fiction

A Matter of Age
The Curse of Greed
The Stones of Destiny 
The Grove of Lovers
Revenge
The Rivals
Midnight
A South Sea Storm
The Sophisticate
The Voice of the Mob
A Horror in the Night
Pigskin Scholar
Diogenes of Today
The Devil in His Brain
The Loser
The Female of the Species
The Splendid Brute
The Nut’s Shell
Pay Day
A Touch of Color
Vengeance of a Woman
The Block
Nerve
Untitled story (“My name is San Culotte.”)
Ten Minutes on a Street Corner
Untitled story (“Yessuh”)

Commentary on the World

The Beast From the Abyss
With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles
The Ghost of Camp Colorado 
The Hashish Land
In His Own Image
The Sword
Musings
Jazz Music
What the Nation Owes the South
Le Gentil Homme Le Diable
The Question of the East
More Evidences of the Innate Goodness of Man
Sentiment
Surrender—Your Money or Your Vice
Them
Something About Eve 
The Vicar of Wakefield
Circus Charade
Man
Legend