Title: The Dust Dance ("For I, with the shape of my kin...")
Title Record # 1499296
Author: Robert E. Howard
Date: 1965-00-00
Type: POEM
Language: English
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Author: Robert E. Howard
Date: 1965-00-00
Type: POEM
Language: English
Note: Sometimes designated as version 1 of the 3 Howard poems with this name.
This poem has four parts of 24, 12, 16, and 20 lines.
The last 4 lines of the second part are virtually identical to the first 4 lines of Howard's poem "The Song of Horsa's Galley"; the last 4 lines of the poem are virtually identical to the first 4 lines of Howard's poem "The Road to Hell".
Lines 1-3, 5-8, 13-16 and 9-12 are identical to lines 9-12, 29-32, 45-48 and 49-52, respectively, of version 2 ("The sin and jest of the times am I...").
First published in The Howard Collector # 7, Winter 1965.
Lines 21-24 appeared in a Howard letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 ("Salaam: / Glad you're writing these days..."). These lines are part of version 3 of Howard's poems of this name.
Parts of this poem appear in The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron (lines 9-12 on p. 40); The Book of Madness: Whispers Within, Chaos Without by Bill Bridges, Steven Brown, Sam Inabinet, Kathleen Ryan & Phil Brucato (lines 69-72, p. 21); and Riverside Quarterly, June 1966. ed. Leland Sapiro (lines 5-20).
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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The Howard Collector, #7 Winter 1965 | 1965-00-00 | ed. Glenn Lord | Glenn Lord | $0.60?$: US dollar |
[2]+ 37 |
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications. |
fanzine | |||
Echoes from an Iron Harp | 1972-00-00 | Robert E. Howard | Donald M. Grant | $6.00?$: US dollar |
109 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alicia Austin | ||
The Book of Robert E. Howard | 1976-02-00 | Robert E. Howard | Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. | 0-89083-163-7 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
345 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Jeff Jones | |
The Book of Robert E. Howard | 1980-02-00 | Robert E. Howard | Berkley Books | 0-425-04449-1 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 240 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Ken Kelly | |
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | 2009-01-00 | Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | $59.00?$: US dollar |
lxxix+ 728 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | 2009-04-00 | Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | $59.00?$: US dollar |
lxxix+ 728 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | 2009-08-00 | Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | $59.00?$: US dollar |
lxxix+ 728 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | 2009-11-00 | Robert E. Howard | Frank Coffman | $37.00?$: US dollar |
xxix+ 527 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | 2009-11-00 | Robert E. Howard | Frank Coffman | $23.50?$: US dollar |
xxix+ 527 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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