Robert E. Howard - Skull-Face and Others - Arkham House, 1946, First Edition.

Sauk City, WI, Arkham House, 1946. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. The book has a production fault wherein two areas of text have not been printed (a dozen words or so), someone has tippexed the flaws and hand-written the words. The jacket has some edge wear, a couple of short tears, a chip to the lower spine tip, and some toning to the spine. Previous jacket protector has also been taped down in a couple of places. Stan Vinson's book plate to front-endpaper. The flaws are more than compensated however the three double-page ink sketches that the owner, noted bibliography and author George Locke, commissioned Jim Cawthorn to exectue - including a fight between Tarzan and Conan (obviously the victor would be Conan, so a bit pointless). A unique copy. Cover art by Hannes Bok Illustrations by Jim Cawthorn [8457, Hyraxia Books].