Zebra books (first printing) November 1975 paperback. Wraparound cover by Jeff Jones, 191 pages, $1.50 cover price. Condition is near-Fine: tight almost and square (square at top, slight tilt at bottom); mild to moderate uniform age tanning (I'm not impressed with the paper quality - so you may not be able to do better); very light overall wear. No stamps, marks or writing - a clean copy.

A nice copy of Robert E. Howard's collection of Western short novels & novelettes: The Vultures of Whapeton. From the back cover: "There is a magic that turns men into jackals, wolves, and vultures... It is older than man, more ancient even than the fabled heroes Kull and Conan. Emmanating from the very heart of the earth, it lures man to perform incomprehensible feats. Enter the fantasy world of Robert E. Howard - if you dare - to learn the horrifying secret of this magical power!" Although I haven't read this one, from the handful of books by Robert E. Howard that I have read, I can affirm that Howard was a great storyteller - his stories are fast paced, exciting, and very readable.

Contents: (all stories entirely by Robert E. Howard)
Vultures (Originally titled "Vultures of Whapeton")
(afterword by Glenn Lord)
Showdown at Hell's Canyon
Drums of the Sunset
Wild Water

The first short novel appeared in Smashing Novels Magazine December 1936. In this book it bears no title, and you have no hint from back cover or credits that you are not reading a book-length novel until you reach the Afterword on page 93, followed by the novelette on page 98. As far as I can tell from reading bibliographies, there was a limited-edition hardcover in 1973 titled The Vultures, which contained the first 2 stories (including Afterword.) This paperback can be considered an expansion of that earlier book; making this the first place "Wild Water" was published. "Showdown at Hell's Canyon" was first published in that earlier book, and "Drums of the Sunset" was a 9-part serial in The Cross Plains Review November 2, 1928 to January 4, 1929.