This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in the 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Lost Valley of Iskander' is a story in the El Borak series where El Borak discovers the Greek descendants of Alexander the Great. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old ...
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This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in the 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Lost Valley of Iskander' is a story in the El Borak series where El Borak discovers the Greek descendants of Alexander the Great. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Add this copy of The Lost Valley of Iskander to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Fax Collector's Editions.
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Very good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of The Lost Valley of Iskander to cart. $72.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Fax Collectors Edition.
Add this copy of The Lost Valley of Iskander to cart. $75.00, like new condition, Sold by Brenner's Collectable Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manasquan, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Fax Collector's Edtiions.
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Michael Kaluta. Fine in Very Good/Near Fine jacket. 8vo., 194pp. Beautiful First Printing of this edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a tiny bump to the cloth at the heel but quite minor. Attractive unclipped wrapper, ($12.95), has some edge-wear and a couple of chips from the crown. Some soiling to the rear panel. But still quite fresh and bright with no creases or tears. Signed and inscribed by Michael Kaluta who did the illustrations. A very pretty collectable copy.
Add this copy of The Lost Valley of Iskander to cart. $88.23, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by FAX Collector's Editions.
