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Howard, Robert E.. CONAN THE BARBARIAN. Gnome Press, New York, 1954.
Price: US$316.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Scarcest of the Gnome Press Conan novels. 224 pages in good condition; pages are yellowed. Light foxing on the endpapers, first few pages and page edges. Red hardcovers with black titles. Light wear on corners, edges, head/tail of spine. Illustrated yellow DJ with black titles. Spine faded, small chips at head/tail. Small ink notation on the spine. Small chips on the corners. Jacket lightly soiled. Not price clipped. GOOD+/GOOD+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Howard, Robert E.. CONAN THE BARBARIAN. Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers [1954], New York, 1954.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Ed Emshwiller, boards. The fifth Gnome Press Conan. Collects "Black Colossus," "Shadows in the Moonlight," "A Witch Shall Be Born," "Shadows in Zamboula" and "The Devil in Iron," all first published in WEIRD TALES in 1933, 1934 and 1935. Corners bruised, some black residue along lower edge from old style jacket protector, text block age darkened as usual, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear along lower edge, small loss to upper right corner tip, small closed tear and shallow chipping to head of spine panel, slight fade to spine panel with the red ink lettering of the author faded. (28883)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard , Robert E.. ConanThe Barbarian.. Gnome Press, New York, 1954.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition , Gnome Press , NY , 1954. A near fine book in the original binding. Clean with contents excellent. Shelfwear on bottom of the binding. In the original dust jacket that is in near fine condition with slight edge wear at the spine tips and slight edge wear at the bottom corner, Not price clipped. Otherwise a very nice book and jacket. Seems theScarcest of the Conan Gnome Press books.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. CONAN THE BARBARIAN. Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers [1954], New York, 1954.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Ed Emshwiller, boards. The fifth Gnome Press Conan. Collects "Black Colossus," "Shadows in the Moonlight," "A Witch Shall Be Born," "Shadows in Zamboula" and "The Devil in Iron," all first published in WEIRD TALES in 1933, 1934 and 1935. Some rubbing to lower board edges, a nearly fine copy in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket with some color fade to the red ink of the authors name on the spine panel, a touch of shelf wear to the lower front corner tip. (30444)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.