Set to start on May 16th – more information coming soon!

The Barbara Barrett Collection to be Auctioned Off to Benefit the REH House Restoration Fund!

Barbara Barrett was one of the REH Foundation’s original Legacy Circle members back in 2006. She assisted the Foundation on occasion, and became a champion for REH’s poetry. Upon her passing, she asked that her REH collection be donated to the REH Foundation. We have received her collection, and have decided to auction off the more special items to raise money for the REH House Restoration Fund.

The REH Museum needs your help. We have started a campaign to raise money to repair it.

Please find attached the list of what we are going to sell off on eBay. We are hoping to start putting these on eBay May 9, and have all them loaded by a few days thereafter. All will be seven-day auctions, no Buy It Now pricing! Remember, 100% of these funds will be going to the costs for restoring the Howard House.

As all these items are currently in Texas, for anyone that wants to pick up a winning bid at REH Days, they will need to let us know, else everything will ship Priority. For US sales in excess of $100, we will cover shipping. For less than $100, we will charge a flat rate of $20 for shipping, and combine winning bids in a single box, where practical. For non-US sales, shipping will be charged at whatever it costs. We will NOT cover duties or other costs at the receiving country. For the big collection of REHFP books, those will ship UPS, at our cost.

REH Books

REH Foundation Press, complete collection of the entire 24 volume First Edition primary set (2007-2019), all in First Printing! All volumes are #32 of 300, except for Breck 2, which is #19, from the editor’s private collection. Titles include:

  • A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems
  • The Last of the Trunk
  • The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volumes 1, 2, and 3
  • The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard
  • Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works
  • The Early Adventures of El Borak
  • Tales of Weird Menace
  • Steve Harrison’s Casebook
  • Spicy Adventures
  • Adventures in Science Fantasy
  • Pirate Adventures
  • The Collected Boxing Fiction of Robert E. Howard, Fists of Iron, Rounds 1, 2, 3 & 4
  • Western Tales
  • Swords of the North
  • The Adventures of Breckinridge Elkins, Volumes 1 & 2
  • Pictures in the Fire
  • Post Oak and Sand Roughs

All REHFP first editions were limited to 300 copies total. First printings ranged from 50 to 300 copies, most typically 100-200. Almost all these volumes are in excellent unread condition, save for a few faint bumps in shipping. For Collected Letters and Collected Poetry, these were well read, but for even those, the jackets have been replaced, if needed, and those books themselves are unmarked and in F-VF condition.

Individual volumes from the first editions rarely come up for sale, in any printing, and when they do they sell for hundreds of dollars per book. This is an exceedingly rare opportunity to acquire a complete set of First Edition, First Printing of the entire print run in excellent condition.

The minimum bid will be $6000 ($250/book). If not sold at this price or better, then the volumes will then be separated and sold off one at a time.

 

Additional REH Books from Other Publishers

  • A Means to Freedom, Hippocampus Press, 2009, 2 volume HB set, limited to 300 copies, VF with jacket (Vol. 1 – Vol. 2)
  • The Complete Action Stories, Hermanthis Press, TPB, 2001, 2nd printing (around 320 total copies produced), G, multiple chips and reading crease on front cover, but still square and otherwise in nice shape, first reprinting of original stories from Action Stories pulp, including Breckinridge Elkins stories
  • Rhymes of Death, McHaney, 1975, staples, chapbook, with wraparound loose jacket, #219/600, signed by Tom Foster, jacket is VG, book is F
  • The Ghost Ocean and Other, Gibbelins Gazette Press, 1982, staples, chapbook, #67/360, with fitted mylar cover, F, faint small bump on one corner
  • Singers in the Shadows, Science Fiction Graphics, 1977, HB w/ jacket and mylar wrap, VG, a bit darkened and small bumps and creases. Inscribed to Barbara by Glenn Lord
  • Always Comes Evening, Underwood Miller, 1977, HB, w/ “skulls” jacket and mylar wrap, VF book with F jacket, just the faintest of edgewear, inscribed to Barbara by Glenn Lord

Books by Other Authors

  • Atlantis and Lemuria, by Rudolph Steiner, Antroposophical Publishing Co., 1923, HB, 1st printing, no jacket, G, translation by Agnes Blake, well-worn at ends of spine and corners, but square and tight
  • View from a Hill, R.H. Barlow, 1947, staples, chapbook, F

REHF LEGACY MEMBER GIVEAWAYS (all printed in very limited quantities and rarely available on the market; all of these are in excellent condition)

  • The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Volume 1, #1, 2, 3, and 4, 2007, three of these staples, one spiral-bound, publishing mostly reproduction of original TSS pages, #1 contains “Rattle of Bones” first draft, #2 contains a number of previously unpublished synopses and poems, #3 contains “While Smoke Rolled” in its original form, plus photos and an article about REH’s writing desk, and #4 contains an early draft of “Pigeons from Hell” and other items, distributed to Legacy Circle and Friends of REH members, limited to less than 100 copies
  • Wild Water, REH Foundation, 2007, loose pages in a folder, reproduction of original TSS pages, each page initialed with “REHF” in red ink, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation, limited to less than 50 copies
  • Queen of the Black Coast, REH Foundation, 2007, loose pages in a folder, with letter from REHF, early draft with “Taramis” instead of “Belit”, “REHF” hand initialed in red ink on each page, limited to less than 50 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • Blades of the Brotherhood, REH Foundation, 2007, loose pages in a folder, reproduction of original TSS pages of the Malachi Grim version of the story, each page initialed “REHF” in red ink, limited to less than 50 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • Rhymes of Texas and the Old West, REH Foundation Press, June 2007, staples, chapbook, cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan, intro by James Reasoner, edited by Paul Herman, one faint mark on back, else fine, limited to less than 50 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The Horror from the Mound, REH Foundation, summer 2008, loose pages in a folder, reprint of original TSS pages from final draft, limited to less than 50 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The REH Foundation Holiday Special, REH Foundation, December 2009, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages, including first appearance of “Six-Gun Interview”, limited to less than 100 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The Saga of Faring Town, REH Foundation, June 2009, staples, chapbook, cover by Bill Cavalier, limited to less than 100 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The Hyborian Age, REH Foundation, June 2011, staples, chapbook, staples, chapbook, first appearance of the first three drafts, two REH Hyborian Age maps used for cover, limited to less than 100 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The God in the Bowl, REH Foundation, June 2012, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages of early draft, limited to less than 150 copies, only for Legacy Circle and Friends of REH members
  • Drafted, Unsent Letters to HP Lovecraft, REH Foundation, summer 2013, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages, limited to less than 100 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The Tower of the Elephant: Early Draft, REH Foundation Press, WorldCon 2013 Special, November 2013, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages, cover by Jim and Ruth Keegan, prepared by Rob Roehm, free copies to Legacy Circle and Friends of REH members, also sold copies at WorldCon, limited to less than around 300 copies
  • Spears of Clontarf, REH Foundation Press, April 2014, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages, cover by John Watkiss; published in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf, limited to less than 150 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • REH Foundation Christmas Card, December 2014, reproduction of a Christmas card that REH sent out, limited to less than 150 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The Complete Marchers of Valhalla Drafts, REH Foundation, January 2016, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages, limited to less than 200 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation
  • The Man-Eaters of Zamboula: Early Draft, REH Foundation, May 2017, staples, reproduction of original TSS pages, first appearance of the first draft, intro by Bill Cavalier, limited to less than 200 copies, distributed to Legacy Circle members of the REH Foundation