Robert E. Howard — Worms of the Earth

Rhode Island, Donald M. Grant, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fantasy stories from American writer Robert Ervin Howard, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. A collection of the Pict stories of Robert Ervin Howard, an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is best known as the creator of the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. This collection includes stories featuring the character Bran Mak Morn, the last king of Howard's romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts. With titles such as: The Lost Race, Men of the Shadows, Kings of the Night, A Song of the Race, and Worms of the Earth. Illustrated by David Ireland, an American artist and illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning and the odd small mark to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: David Ireland. Near Fine/Near Fine.