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Conan the Barbarian

Gnome Press

Edition format
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Publication date: 1954

Introduction

Conan the barbarian the FIFTH published, but the second book in the series, published and contains five Conan stories. Black Colossus, Shadows in the Moonlight, A Which Shall Be Born, Shadows in Zamboula and The Devil in Iron.

The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome's volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist's career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.

Notes

Limited edition of 3000 copies.

"First Edition" so stated on copyright page.
Artist credited on front jacket flap; signature is on the cover.
Each story is preceded by a paragraph from "An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian" by P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Clark.

 

Source: Wikipedia.

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Hardcover with dust jacket
Publication date
1954
Pages
224
Publisher / imprint
Gnome Press
Cover art
Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)
Illustrations
None

5 linked Howard works

10 contents entries

  1. "Black Colossus"
  2. Black Colossus • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 7 · novelette
  3. "Shadows in the Moonlight"
  4. Shadows in the Moonlight • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 53 · novelette
  5. "A Witch Shall be Born"
  6. A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 93 · novelette
  7. "Shadows in Zamboula"
  8. Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 147 · novelette
  9. "The Devil in Iron"
  10. The Devil in Iron • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 187 · novelette

Contributors

Emsh
Cover artist

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Bibliographic source layer

Title
Conan the Barbarian
Publisher
Gnome Press
Date
1954
Source file
conanthebarbarian-gnome.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Conan the Barbarian
Publisher
Gnome Press
Date
1954
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