Jacket design by Kelly Freas Collects the following stories 1. Howard's Letter to P. Schuyler Miller (Page 9 ~ ) 2. HPL Letter to Donald Wollheim (Page 13 ~ ) 3. Hyborian Age (Page 15 ~ ) 4. The Shadow Kingdom (Page 17 ~ ) 5. The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune (Page 57 ~ ) 6. The King and the Oak (Page 69 ~ ) 7. An Informal biography of Conan the Cimmerian (Page 82 ~ ) 8. The Tower of the Elephant (Page 84 ~ ) 9. The God in the Bowl (Page 117 ~ ) 10. Rogues in the House (Page 140 ~ ) 11. The Frost-Giant's Daughter (Page 174 ~ ) 12. Queen of the Black Coast (Page 185 ~ )

Conan the Cimmerian. Black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer… Discover how it all began. Conan the Barbarian spawned a hundred imitators. Find out why with these tales from his early life. From the Tower of the Elephant to Beyond the Black River, follow Robert E. Howard's greatest creation as he cuts a bloody swathe through the history of Hyborea. Over 350 pages of epic action, personally selected by the makers of the new film and the greatest Robert E. Howard scholars. “A hero of mythic proportion, fashioned by a storyteller who helped define what a modern fantasy should be” Raymond E. Feist. Conan. Warrior, Hero, Legend.

Contains the following stories: 1. The People of the Black Circle (Page 1 ~ ) 2. The Slithering Shadow (Page 91 ~ ) 3. The Pool of the Black One (Page 129 ~ ) 4. Red Nails (Page 162 ~ )

A Nice Copy - A (Gnome) First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Tiniest Bit Of Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.

Howard, Robert

Bjorn Nyberg. The Return of Conan. New York: Gnome, 1957. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 191 pages. Jacket design by Wallace Wood. From the title page: Based upon and continuing the Conan stories by Robert E. Howard.

Collection of stories by Howard and rewritten by de Camp (see below). Includes: 1. Introduction (Page 9 ~ ) 2. Note (Page 15 ~ ) 3. The Blood-Stained God (Page 17 ~ ) 4. Hawks over Shem (Page 39 ~ ) 5. The Road of the Eagles (Page 83 ~ ) 6. The Flame-Knife (Page 121 ~ ) From the "Ghostly Note" by de Camp: There four stories are based upon unpublished manuscripts by Robert E. Howard, which I obtained from the same source as the three posthumously published Conan stories that have appeared in the Gnome Press' series of Hyborian Age books. (See my introduction to King Conan.) In their original form, the stories in the present book were tales of oriental adventure with medieval and modern settings. Converting them into Conan stories involved changing names, removing anachronisms, and putting in a supernatural element, but the stories are still about four-fifths Howard. The resulting pastaches are meant to be as close as possible to what Howard would have written had he, instead of blowing his silly head off, undertaken to rewrite these stories in this form. His literary habits being what they were, he might very well have done this had he lived. L. Sprague de Camp