Gnome Press Editions, 1950-1957
The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. While published in random order, Gnome's volumes were organized to present the stories in chronological order, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist's career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, having been written by Björn Nyberg and revised by de Camp.
- The Coming of Conan (1953)
- Conan the Barbarian (1954)
- The Sword of Conan (1952)
- King Conan (1953)
- Conan the Conqueror (AKA The Hour of the Dragon) (1950)
- The Return of Conan (1957) (by Björn Nyberg and L. Sprague de Camp)
- Tales of Conan (1955) (originally non-Conan Howard stories rewritten as Conan stories by L. Sprague de Camp)
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