Introduction
Conan the Conqueror (also known as the Hour of the Dragon) is Howards only Conan novel.
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collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime.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
Introduction by John D Clark
Endpapers: Map of the Hyborian Age by David Kyle
Limited edition of 5000 copies
"First Printing" so stated on copyright page.
Artist credited on front jacket flap.
Book and jacket design by David Kyle; the former credited on the copyright page, the latter on the front jacket flap.
Source: Wikipedia.
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Publication date
- 1950
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher / imprint
- Gnome Press
- Cover art
- John Forte
- Illustrations
- None
2 linked Howard works
- Conan the Conqueror story Howard writing Publications
- The Hour of the Dragon story Howard writing Publications
3 contents entries
- "Conan the Conqueror" (edited by John Clark) Originally published as "The Hour of the Dragon "
- Conan the Conqueror • [Conan] • novel by Robert E. Howard novel
- ep • Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age • interior artwork by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle] artwork
Contributors
- John Forte
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Conan the Conqueror
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date
- 1950
- Source file
- conantheconqueror-gnome.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Conan the Conqueror
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date
- 1950