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Howard, Robert E.. THE SWORD OF CONAN THE HYBOREAN AGE. Gnome Press, Inc., New York, 1952.
Price: US$161.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Red cloth, printed in black. Map endpapers, printed in green by David Kyle. 251,[1] pp. Tiny bookseller's label affixed to front pastedown, small rub on lower edge of front free endpaper, spine sunned from lack of dust jacket, else very good. Scarce.
Seller: Second Wind Books, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
HOWARD, Robert E.. The sword of Conan. The Hyborean age.. Gnome Press, [1952]., New York:, 1952.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 251, [1] pp. Double-page colour maps on endpapers. Dark burgundy-coloured cloth, black lettering & decoration on covers, w/ d.j. cover art by David Kyle (slight scuffing, shelfwear, price-clipped), NF/VG copy. First Gnome Press edition of this collection of Conan stories.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Robert E. Howard. The Sword of Conan; The Hyborean Age. Gnome Press Inc., New York, 1952.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Maroon cloth with an unclipped dustjacket wrapped in mylar. Some wear to head of jacket (see image). A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. From the personal library of Gil Kane. 5.75 x 8.25 in
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. THE SWORD OF CONAN. Gnome Press, 1952.
Price: US$342.20 + shipping
Description: THE SWORD OF CONAN, Gnome Press, 1952, first edition, front fore edge corner tips slightly bumped, else fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with the slightest of wear and faint rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. THE SWORD OF CONAN. Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers [1952], New York, 1952.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by David Kyle, cloth. The second Gnome Conan. Collects "The People of the Black Circle," "The Slithering Shadow," "The Pool of the Black One" and "Red Nails," all first published in WEIRD TALES in 1933, 1934 and 1936. Slight toning to text block, some scuffs to front cover, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear to the corner tips and spine ends. Small chips and tears to head of spine panel, tiny tears at the corners of the base of the spine panel, tiny closed tear at upper front panel, and some edge rubbing (28155)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. THE SWORD OF CONAN. Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers [1952], New York, 1952.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by David Kyle, cloth. The second Gnome Conan. Collects "The People of the Black Circle," "The Slithering Shadow," "The Pool of the Black One" and "Red Nails," all first published in WEIRD TALES in 1933, 1934 and 1936. Bookplate to verso of front free end paper, mild toning to text block, a nearly fine to fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips, a small closed tear and crease to the upper front panel with tape repair to verso, clear tape reinforcement to verso of spine ends, several stress creases at front flap fold. (30447)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. The Sword of Conan. Gnome Press, 1952.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket.
Seller: The Lost Bookstore, Spartanburg, SC, U.S.A.
Howard, Robert E.. THE SWORD OF CONAN. Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers [1952], New York, 1952.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket art by David Kyle, cloth. The second Gnome Conan. Collects "The People of the Black Circle," "The Slithering Shadow," "The Pool of the Black One" and "Red Nails," all first published in WEIRD TALES in 1933, 1934 and 1936. Slight toning to text block, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to the corner tips and spine ends, some rubs to front flap fold. An above average copy. (22246)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.