HOWARD, ROBERT E. — Echoes from an Iron Harp

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc, 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Alicia Austin. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a very short inscription by the Illustrator Alicia Austin. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The top and bottom spine ends have rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some lightish bumping, rubbing and wear, mostly to the spine and flap ends. There is a small nicked tear to the top front dust jacket panel, and the top rear panel has several tiny tears. The rear dust jacket panel has spots of ground-in dirt. "Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in Texas. He spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains, with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, eventually taking up amateur boxing. From the age of nine he dreamed of becoming a writer of adventure fiction but did not have real success until he was 23." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Illustrator. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .