Two more deluxe slipcased editions of Robert E. Howard books, both bought from a private collector:
Oddly enough, I found a trade edition of The Ultimate Triumph while book shopping in the Metroplex right before I bought these, so I guess that copy is now superfluous to my needs and will go in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, which should be going out via email this Friday.
I’ve already picked up the most important of Howard’s early work, including the five Gnome Press Conan books he wrote solo (the “posthumous collaboration” volumes are way down the list to pick up) and the three Arkham House books. (I do not have the Herbert Jenkins A Gent From Bear Creek; if you have one you’re willing to part with, let me know…) But I’ve mostly held off on picking up the “deluxe” editions of things, apart from the occasional Subterranean Press sale. But these came up for auction at PBA Galleries at fairly affordable prices.
All four are quite attractive volumes, and all four already had Mylar dust jacket protectors. Now I just need to track down The Ultimate Triumph, The Savage Tales Of Solomon Kane, and Conan of Cimmeria Volume One. Alas, those three seem even pricier…