Cover image unavailableConan the Conqueror
T. V. Boardman & Co., Ltd., London
Publication date: 1954
Introduction
Conan the Conqueror (also known as the Hour of the Dragon) is Howards only Conan novel.
The first British edition of Conan the Conqueror published by T.V. Boardman. T.V. Boardman, Ltd. (Boardman Books) was a London publishing houses that turned out both paperback and hardcover books, pulp magazines, and comic books. Boardman quickly learnt the value of republishing and repackaging original American material for the British market, and one of their earliest deals was with the US publisher Gnome Press, itself a small publisher specializing in science fiction and fantasy works. It was through Gnome Press that Boardman was able to published the first British hardcover edition of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Conqueror.
Notes
Introduction by John D Clark
Frontispiece: Map of the Hyborian Age by David Kyle
Cover match in Randy Broecker's "Fantasy of the 20th Century" pg. 61.
"First Published in Great Britain 1954" on copyright page. "First British Edition" on p. 13.
Differentiated by "Prehistory Fantasy by Robert E. Howard" on bottom front cover.
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Publication date
- 1954
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher / imprint
- T. V. Boardman & Co., Ltd., London
- Cover art
- Uncredited
- Illustrations
- None
2 linked Howard works
- Conan the Conqueror story Howard writing Publications
- The Hour of the Dragon story Howard writing Publications
4 contents entries
- "Conan the Conqueror" (edited by John Clark) Originally published as "The Hour of the Dragon "
- Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age • (1950) • interior artwork by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle] 2 · artwork
- Introduction (Conan the Conqueror) • essay by John D. Clark, Ph.D. [as by John D. Clark] 9 · introduction
- Conan the Conqueror • [Conan] • (1950) • novel by Robert E. Howard 15 · novel
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Conan the Conqueror
- Publisher
- T. V. Boardman & Co., Ltd., London
- Date
- 1954
- Source file
- conantheconqueror-boardman.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Conan the Conqueror
- Publisher
- T. V. Boardman & Co., Ltd., London
- Date
- 1954