HOWARD, ROBERT E. — The Devil in Iron
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc, 1976. 1st Edition; Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0937986089. Illustrated by Dan Green. Color & B&W; Limited to 3500 unnumbered deluxe copies. This book is Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and crisp, but has some sunning to the spine and spine joints. "Further story sales to Weird Tales were sporadic but encouraging, and soon Howard was a regular in the magazine. His first cover story was for "Wolfshead", a werewolf story published when he was only twenty. On reading "Wolfshead" in Weird Tales Howard became dismayed with his writing. He quit his stenographer's job to work at Robertson's Drug Store, where he rose to become head soda jerk on $80 per week. However, he resented the job itself and worked such long hours every day of the week that he became ill. He relaxed by visiting the Neeb Ice House, to which he was introduced by an oil-field worker befriended at the drug store, to drink and began to take part in boxing matches. These matches became an important part of his life; the combination of boxing and writing provided an outlet for his frustrations and anger. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
