A Witch Shall Be Born, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.
On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.
The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.
Contents
- A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
- A Witch Shall Be Born • interior artwork by Alicia Austin
Notes
Volume 2 in Grant’s Conan edition. Limited to 3100 copies.
Includes four tipped-in color plates and 7 pages of line drawings by Alicia Austin.
A traycase was offered via Gray Parrot, but how many is not known, they are uncommon. See traycase on the right
Some editions have a label glued to the front flyleaf signed by Alicia Austin. These may have been sold by Grant or used for promotion.
| Publisher: | Donald M. Grant |
| Year : | 1975 |
| Book No. : | None |
| Edition : | 1st |
| Format : | Hardcover with dust jacket (7.25 x 10.5) |
| Pages : | 108 |
| Cover : | Alicia Austin |
| Illustrations : | Alicia Austin |
Source: The Barbarian Keep, Wikipedia, Conan Wiki.
A Witch Shall Be Born
A Witch Shall Be Born, published by Donald M. Grant. This was part of an 11-book series. These where published from 1974 to 1989 containing one or two stories per volume.
On the right is a picture of 10 of the books with the publisher’s quarter red cloth over gray boards. In dust jackets. Housed in clamshell cases. These volumes accompanied by their cases are a rare find.
The series lapsed before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Sadly several unnecessary editorial alterations to the text have been made in these book. Most of the changes were done to make the text more “politically correct.” Racial slurs, names, and other “potentially offensive” remarks and phrases were edited, as well as some tampering with adjectives, deletions or words, and some punctuation changes.
