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Conan the Conqueror

Gnome Press

Material type

Publication date: 1950

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collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime.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

3 contents entries

  1. "Conan the Conqueror" (edited by John Clark) Originally published as "The Hour of the Dragon "
  2. Conan the Conqueror • [Conan] • novel by Robert E. Howard novel
  3. 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
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.