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Yes, both. (thumbs u Cool, thanks Jeff.

I apologize if someone has answered this already, but does anyone know if the Microtek i800 works with Vista and/or Windows 7?

I've been reading the first Fantagraphics Prince Valiant to my four-year old daughter and she loves it. My son on the other hand won't read comics at all, but I caught him reading the giant Little Nemo book the other day. Maybe there's hope for him yet.

I haven't been able to locate a easy definition of the difference between "edition" and "state". A new edition of a book generally has substanitive changes. A different state is just a minor change. In the case of TotA the first edition has three known states. The second state has a gilt acorn added to the spine. The third state has a font change for the printer's name on the copyright page.

Great find Bill!

Wonderful looking copy BZ! Here's mine... I noticed that both of these beautiful copies have no dust jacket. Did the book come with one? Copies in jacket are extrememly rare. I've heard estimates that less than 50 djs survive. Here is the one from the HA archives: http://historical.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6025&lotNo=37120 THat's a great copy as well, David. I really need to get one of these. It's too bad the Jerry Weist one is a 2nd state.

I've been out of pocket foe I couple of days so I missed this. Happy belated ERB!!!

That's a beautiful copy. A TotA 1st is still something I need to add to the collection one ofthese days.

Thanks for directing my attention to the thread. I haven't been around for a few weeks so I missed it. I've read a few issues of The Fantasy Fan and loved them. Congrats to Jeff for having added such great items to his collection. Thanks BZ!

Kaspar bought a slabbed Conan 1 and 3 from me and paid immediately. A smooth transaction and a great guy to deal with! (thumbs u

Thanks Gary! Lightning fast payment!

HBD HPL! And Clark Ashton Smith's birthday was last weekend. Happy belated to CAS!

And I borrowed it from you for my Hal Foster birthday thread. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5022004#Post5022004 I suppose starting a Foster tribute thread in General is sort of throwing pearls before swine, but I though I'd show some of those Spidey and X-Men collectors how it all began.

I just realized I'm almost at my 5000th post. I think I'll use it to start a Hal Foster tribute thread in General.

It's not really well known, but these are also Hal Foster covers (from blown up panels).

Happy birthday Hal!

Holy cow! Congrats!

Alright, with the Conan movie only a couple of weeks away it's time to give this thread a bump. This past week I finally acquired one of the toughest of all Conan grails, but I had to buy a whole collection to get it. The second Conan story that Howard wrote, "The Frost Giant's Daughter," was rejected by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright in 1932. The following year Howard decided to submit it to a fanzine called The Fantasy Fan. Fanzines were a new thing, with the first SF fanzine, The Time Traveler, produced by Forrest Ackerman, Julie Schwartz, and Mort Weisinger in 1932. The Fantasy Fan was the first zine dedicated to weird fiction and fantasy. It was put out in 1933 by a young fan named Charles Hornig, with assistance and contributuions from Ackerman, Schwartz, and Weisinger. In addition to contributions from these talented amateurs, a number of pros like Howard, Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, Eando Binder, and Robert Bloch sent in stories and verse to TFF. Hugo Gernsback was so impressed with Hornig's zine that he hired him as the new editor of Wonder Stories even though he was only 17. The zine ran for 18 issues before it folded in 1935. The circulation was very small--around 60 copies of each issue--and only few survive today, making them extremely tough to find except when older collections come up for sale. I was very fortunate to luck out and pick up an entire run of all 18 issues! "The Frost Giant's Daughter" appeared in the 7th issue of TFF in early 1934. Howard decided to change Conan's name to "Amra" so as to not to anger Farnsworth Wright. Of course "Amra" was well established at this point as a pseudonym for Conan, so the savy readers of TFF would have gotten it. Howard also retitled it as "The Frost King's Daughter," though when it finally saw print Hornig changed it again to "Gods of the North." The story would not be published again until the 1950's, long after Howard's death. And so, without further ado, here is one of the rarest of all Conan-related publications. And here's a group shot of the whole collection.

Very nice! And welcome to the boards.

Nice pickups! I had a brief but interesting email exchange with Kirk Mashburn's granddaughter a few months back. She has the original cover art for that issue.

Beautiful books as always Dwight!

Great pickups David and great trip report! I really need to try and make it to one of the pulp cons next year.