{"id":24585,"date":"2025-02-25T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=24585"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:09:04","slug":"library-additions-two-robert-e-howard-reference-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=24585","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Two Robert E. Howard Reference Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two more items from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=24583\">that large Robert E. Howard purchase<\/a>, both reference works on Howard.<\/p>\n<li>(Howard, Robert E.) de Camp, L. Sprague. <b>The Miscast Barbarian: A Biography of Robert E. Howard (1906-2936)<\/b>. Gerry de la Ree, 1975. Presumed second printing (no limitation statement on final page, as pr Chalker\/Owings) oversize chapbook original, a Fine copy. A short (42 pages, including art, bibliography and notes), impressionistic biography of Howard by de Camp, who was later to do a much more extensive biography of Howard, <b>Dark Valley Destiny<\/b>, in collaboration with his wife Catherine Crook de Camp. It is an understatement to note that de Camp&#8217;s biography, and his long legacy collecting, editing and publishing Howard&#8217;s work, is not regarded with universal love by the Robert E. Howard community. Chalker\/Owings, page 128.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/De-Camp-Miscast-Barbarian-792x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/De-Camp-Miscast-Barbarian-792x1024.png 792w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/De-Camp-Miscast-Barbarian-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/De-Camp-Miscast-Barbarian-768x993.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/De-Camp-Miscast-Barbarian.png 1679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>(Howard, Robert E.) Lord, Glenn. <b>The Last Celt: A bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard<\/b>. Donald M. Grant, 1976. First edition hardback a Fine- copy in a Fine- dust jacket with bumped corners. About a hundred pages of biography of Howard by various people (including H. P. Lovecraft), with the rest taken up with a bibliography. This is one of those books I vaguely thought I already had, and one I&#8217;ve already started referencing for these Howard purchases. Chalker\/Owings, page 218 (&#8220;Good and very useful.&#8221;).\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lord-REH-Last-Celt-722x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"638\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lord-REH-Last-Celt-722x1024.png 722w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lord-REH-Last-Celt-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lord-REH-Last-Celt-768x1089.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lord-REH-Last-Celt.png 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more items from that large Robert E. Howard purchase, both reference works on Howard. (Howard, Robert E.) de Camp, L. Sprague. The Miscast Barbarian: A Biography of Robert E. Howard (1906-2936). Gerry de la Ree, 1975. Presumed second printing (no limitation statement on final page, as pr Chalker\/Owings) oversize chapbook original, a Fine copy. 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