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Conan the Warrior

Sphere

Material type

Publication date: 1985

Introduction

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Warrior is a 1967 collection of three fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The collection is introduced and edited by L. Sprague de Camp. The stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers and has also been translated into Japanese, German, French, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Italian.

Notes

Reprinted 1984. .
No printing number line in book.
Copyright © L. Sprague de Camp 1967.
First published in Great Britain by Sphere Books, Ltd 1973.
Reprinted 1976 (four times), 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
"Red Nails originally published in Weird Tales for July, August/September and October, 1936; copyright 1936 Popular Fiction Co. Reprinted in The Sword of Conan by Robert E. Howard; Gnome Press, Inc. 1952".
"Jewels of Gwahlur originally published in Weird Tales for March 1935; copyright 1935 Popular Fiction Co. Reprinted in King Conan by Robert E. Howard, Gnome Press, Inc., 1953."
"Beyond the Black River originally published in Weird Tales for May and June 1935; copyright 1935 Popular Fiction Co. Reprinted in King Conan.
Cover artist not credited in the book. Art is the same as in previous versions.

Se complete Sphere publishing story.

 

 

 

 

Additional introduction

Edited by L. Sprague de Camp

This is the 1973 publication from Sphere.

Conan the Warrior is a 1967 collection of three fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The collection is introduced and edited by L. Sprague de Camp. The stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers and has also been translated into Japanese, German, French, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Italian.

Additional notes

Reprinted 1984. .
No printing number line in book.
Copyright © L. Sprague de Camp 1967.
First published in Great Britain by Sphere Books, Ltd 1973.
Reprinted 1976 (four times), 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
"Red Nails originally published in Weird Tales for July, August/September and October, 1936; copyright 1936 Popular Fiction Co. Reprinted in The Sword of Conan by Robert E. Howard; Gnome Press, Inc. 1952".
"Jewels of Gwahlur originally published in Weird Tales for March 1935; copyright 1935 Popular Fiction Co. Reprinted in King Conan by Robert E. Howard, Gnome Press, Inc., 1953."
"Beyond the Black River originally published in Weird Tales for May and June 1935; copyright 1935 Popular Fiction Co. Reprinted in King Conan.
Cover artist not credited in the book. Art is the same as in previous versions.

Se complete Sphere publishing story.

 

 

 

 

Edition and production details

Format details
Mass-market paperback
Edition
Reprint from '85
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Identifiers
ISBN: 0-7221-4748-1
Pages
192
Publisher / imprint
Sphere
Cover art
Frank Frazetta
Illustrations
None
Edition
First edition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Identifiers
ISBN: 0-7221-4689-2
Pages
192
Publisher / imprint
Sphere
Cover art
Frank Frazetta
Illustrations
None

3 linked Howard works

15 contents entries

  1. Map of the Hyborian Age (Frontispiece)
  2. A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age • (1966) • interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller] 6 · artwork
  3. A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age • (1966) • interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller] 6 · artwork
  4. "Introduction" by L. Sprague de Camp
  5. Introduction (Conan the Warrior) • (1967) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 9 · introduction
  6. Introduction (Conan the Warrior) • (1967) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 9 · introduction
  7. "Red Nails"
  8. Red Nails • [Conan] • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard 11 · novelette
  9. Red Nails • [Conan] • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard 11 · novelette
  10. "Jewels of Gwahlur"
  11. Jewels of Gwahlur • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 92 · novelette
  12. Jewels of Gwahlur • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 92 · novelette
  13. "Beyond the Black River"
  14. Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard 136 · novelette
  15. Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard 136 · novelette

Contributors

Frank Frazetta
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 Warrior
Publisher
Sphere
Date
1973 1976 1977 1982 1983 1984 1985 June 1988
Source file
conanthewarrior-sphere.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
Conan the Warrior
Publisher
Sphere
Date
1985
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.