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Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 191pp. Bound into red cloth, lacking jacket. Stated first printing. Part of this novel appeared as the novella "Conan the Victorious" in "Fantastic Universe Science Fiction" for September, 1957. Rubbing to the edges of the boards, especially at the hinges. Age toning to the pages. A good only copy of this uncommon Conan novel.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 191pp. Red cloth in dust jacket illustrated by Wally Wood. Stated first printing. Part of this novel appeared as the novella "Conan the Victorious" in "Fantastic Universe Science Fiction" for September, 1957. 1/5000 copies. Unfortunate stain to the boards, effecting the tail of the spine and bottom of front cover. Age toning to the paper. Jacket shows some age toning and has a couple very small closed tears but is otherwise quite nice. Original price of $3.00 present on front flap. Gnome Press: The Complete History and Bibliography #65.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Pulp paper tanned as always, light tape ghosts to free endpapers, bit of asphaltic residue from old style jacket protector to lower board edge, NEAR FINE entirely free of any former owner marking. Dust wrapper sports artwork by Wally Wood of E. C. Comics fame. Wrapper is fine and fresh, archival mylar protected.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Gnome Press, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); 191pp. A few shallow chips and closed tears to jacket extremities never approaching text, light soil to rear panel, boards a bit scuffed, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, else Very Good and sound. The Gnome Press's sixth contribution to the Conan the Barbarian oeuvre, first begun by Robert E. Howard (1906-1936).
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp. Age darkening to text block (as usual), rubbing to lower edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with two small closed tears to upper front panel, slight fade to spine panel and a small closed tear to the lower rear panel. (28885)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 191, [1] pp. Burgundy-coloured publisher's cloth, black lettering & decoration on covers (uniform interior toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art by Wallace Wood (slight scuffing, shelfwear, minor dustsoiling), VG/NF copy. First Gnome Press edition of this final novel following Hour of the Dragon, or Conan the Conqueror, originally written by Bjorn Nyberg in Swedish, and then translated, as well as edited with the aid of L. Sprague de Camp. Later released in Lancer Books paperback in 1968.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 191 pp., VG/VG; white and red pictorial DJ with red and black lettering; mild age-toning/rubbing to edges of DJ, slight material loss to tail of spine, "GNOME PRESS" logo stated to tail of spine, text to spine somewhat faded yet legible; original price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; red cloth boards with black lettering; bumping and rubbing to head and tail of spine, slight cocking to spine, binding strong; rubbing to edges and corners of boards; age-toning to interior, text legible; pub. 1957, "First Printing" stated to copyright page; Gnome Press was the first to publish a Conan the Barbarian written by an author other than Robert E. Howard - Björn Nyberg, a long-time fan of the Conan series, originally wrote his manuscript in his native language (Swedish), after which de Camp edited the story for publication; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. 1285047. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp. Age darkening to text block (as usual), lower right front corner slightly bumped, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear and slight fade to red ink title lettering of "CONAN" on the spine panel. (24837)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard , Robert E.. The Return of Conan.. Gnome Press, New York, 1957.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition , Gnome Press , NY , 1957. A near fine bright and sharp book in the original binding. Clean with contents excellent. Pages are browned due to the use of poor Pulp paper as Mr. Greenberg was going out of business and this was the cheapest way he could stay in business. Otherwise the book is tight and fine with slight shelf wear on bottom of book. In a fine example of the original dust jacket not price clipped. Scarce in this condition.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp. Bookplate affixed to front paste down (hidden by jacket flap), age darkening to text block (as usual), some rubbing to lower edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with small closed tear to upper front panel (repaired with tape on the verso) and slight darkening of the spine panel. (30446)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Great book & DJ in FINE excellent condition.Tiny rubbings to spine tips and corners. STATED FIRST PRINTING.SIGNED label by De Camp laid in. Bright, clean and tight but pages toned as usual.DJ in mylar. Shelf316 , smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp. Age darkening to text block (as usual), a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (27295)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.