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Robert E. Howard’s Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume 1                  Hardcover w/ Slipcase
Includes an exclusive eight page Mark Schultz‘s sketchbook & a super-exclusive extra full-color plate of the dust jacket painting (without the text) from the Limited Edition & Ultra Limited Edition that are bound into the book itself.
Signed & Numbered – Limited to 100.  Awesome!!
Written by: Robert E. Howard
Illustrated by: Mark Shultz
Edited by: Patrice Louinet & Rusty Burke
Design by: Marcelo Anciano
Typography by: Stuart Williams
Cover by: Mark Shultz

Conan first appeared to the public in Weird Tales in December 1932 and was such a hit that Howard was quoted as saying, “Conan simply grew up in my mind a few years ago when I was stopping in a little border town on the lower Rio Grande. I did not create him by any conscious process. He simply stalked full grown out of oblivion and set me at work recording the saga of his adventures.” He was… Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen- eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet. Thousands of Howard fans worldwide have enjoyed reading and collecting these classic stories. Collected in this first volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Mark Schultz, are the stories that make up the thrilling saga of Conan of Cimmeria. They constitute a sprawling epic of sword & sorcery adventure that stretches from between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian.

The highly collectable Leatherbound Signed Limited edition, equal to the very best in illustrated classics. The finest craftsman, artists and designers have produced a masterpiece that promises to be at the heart of all good book collections. This is the first book in a three-volume set that covers all the Conan stories, textually restored and meticulously researched by Howard scholar Patrice Louinet. Conan was the blueprint for the entire sword and sorcery genre. Illustrated with four full-color paintings and and over 80 line drawings specially commissioned from award-winning artist Mark Schultz. The Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume 1 contains the following stories, unabridged and unexpurgated, The Phoenix and the Sword, The Frost Giant’s Daughter, The God in the Bowl, The Tower of the Elephant, The Scarlet Citadel, Black Colossus, Xuthal of the Dusk, The Pool of the Black One, Rogues in the House, The Vale of Lost Women, Iron Shadows of the Moon, Queen of the Black Coast and The Devil in Iron. Plus, extra never-before-seen material straight from the Robert E Howard archives: synopses, plot outlines, characters, initial drafts, original ideas – from Conan’s creator, about the greatest barbarian adventurer of all time! Robert E. Howard’s original writing adds a richness to each of Mark Schultz’s fine illustrations of Conan of Cimmeria. A real treasure from Wandering Star showcasing two legends, Robert E. Howard & Mark Schultz, in their own right.

This Leatherbound Edition Hardcover w/ Slipcase is signed Mark Schultz and is numbered out of 100. Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories are presented in an un-expurgated, artistic and beautiful hardcover edition, skillfully illustrated with four full-color paintings, over eighty original drawings and color illustrated endpapers. Includes an exclusive eight-page Mark Schultz‘s sketchbook & a super-exclusive extra full-color plate of the dust jacket painting (without the text) from the Limited Edition & Ultra Limited Edition that are bound into the book itself. The Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume 1 comes with the top page edges gilded, a golden foil stamped cover, durable stitch binding, and an embossed slipcase cover. Only the hundred copies of the Leatherbound Edition are bound in exquisite leather and include an extra color plate of the dust jacket painting from the Limited Edition & Ultra Limited Edition.

Table of Contents:
Foreword (Page i)
Essay by: Mark Schultz

Introduction (Page v)
Essay by: Patrice Louinet

Cimmeria (1965) (Page 1)
Poem by: Robert E. Howard

The Phoenix on the Sword (1932) (Page 5)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

The Frost-Giant’s Daughter (1976) (Page 29)
Short Story by: Robert E. Howard

The God in the Bowl (1952) (Page 39)
Short Story by: Robert E. Howard

The Tower of the Elephant (1933) (Page 59)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

The Scarlet Citadel (1931) (Page 83)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

Queen of the Black Coast (1934) (Page 119)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

Black Colossus (1933) (Page 151)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

Iron Shadows in the Moon (1934) (Page 185)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard
(variant of Shadows in the Moonlight)

Xuthal of the Dusk (1933) (Page 217)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard
(variant of The Slithering Shadow)

The Pool of the Black One (1933) (Page 249)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

Rogues in the House (1934) (Page 277)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

The Vale of Lost Women (1967) (Page 301)
Short Story by: Robert E. Howard

The Devil in Iron (1934) (Page 319)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard
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Miscellanea
The Phoenix on the Sword (first submitted draft) (Page 351)
Novelette by: Robert E. Howard

Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age (Page 375)
Essay by: uncredited

The Hyborian Age (1938) (Page 379)
Short Fiction by: Robert E. Howard

Untitled Synopsis (“A squad of Zamorian soldiers…”) (1974) (Page 399)
Short Fiction by: Robert E. Howard

The Scarlet Citadel (synopsis) (Page 401)
Short Fiction by: Robert E. Howard

Black Colossus (synopsis) (Page 403)
Short Fiction by: Robert E. Howard

Untitled Fragment (“The battlefield stretched silent…”) (Page 405)
Short Fiction by: Robert E. Howard
(also called “Hand of Nergal“)

Untitled Synopsis (“The setting: The city of Shumballa…”) (Page 407)
Short Fiction by: Robert E. Howard

Untitled Draft (“Amboola awakened slowly…”) (Page 409)
Short Story by: Robert E. Howard

Hyborian Names and Countries (Page 417)
Essay by: Robert E. Howard

Hyborian Age Maps (Page 421)
interior artwork by: Robert E. Howard
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Appendices:
Hyborian Genesis: Notes on the Creation of the Conan Stories (Page A1)
Essay by: Patrice Louinet

Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology (Page A25)
(Robert E. Howard’s Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33))
Essay by: Patrice Louinet

Notes on the Original Howard Texts (Page A31)
(Robert E. Howard’s Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-33))
Essay by: uncredited
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Plates:
“Hither Came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed” (Frontpiece)
“The mating dance of Belit” (Page 129)
“It came from the ruins” (Page 213)
“And Conan’s savage nature responded with all the fury of the wild.”  (Page 271)
“Conan Dust Jacket Cover Painting” Leatherbound Exclusive Plate

Hardcover w/ Slipcase is bagged and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Limited to 100
Publisher: Wandering Star
Publication Date: 2002
Format: BW & FC, 492 pages, HC/Slipcase, 10″ x 6.75″
ISBN-10: 0953425398
ISBN-13: 9780953425396

Collectible Entertainment note: (Signed & Numbered) Limited Leatherbound Hardcover w/ Slipcase is in Good condition. (top of hardcover spine has a small chip/tear >> see scan #9 / both hardcover & slipcase have mild wear / pages 374 to 382 have blue pen markings & yellowish stains >> see scans #10,11) Overall… Very Nice Reading Copy for the Leatherbound Limited Edition! Please See Scans!!  Must have for any serious Robert E. Howard, Conan Cimmeria and/or Mark Schultz collector / enthusiast.  Very Highly Recommended.

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