Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933)

Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) is a collection of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, published by Wandering Star, and by Del Rey as The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian.

Contents

 * Foreword by Mark Schultz
 * Introduction by Patrice Louinet
 * "Cimmeria" (poem)
 * "The Phoenix on the Sword"
 * "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
 * "The God in the Bowl"
 * "The Tower of the Elephant"
 * "The Scarlet Citadel"
 * "Queen of the Black Coast"
 * "Black Colossus"
 * "Iron Shadows in the Moon"
 * "Xuthal of the Dusk"
 * "The Pool of the Black One"
 * "Rogues in the House"
 * "The Vale of Lost Women"
 * "The Devil in Iron"
 * "The Phoenix on the Sword" (first submitted draft)
 * "Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age"
 * "The Hyborian Age"
 * Untitled Synopsis: "A squad of Zamorian soldiers, led by the officer Nestor, ..."
 * Untitled Synopsis ("The Scarlet Citadel")
 * Untitled Synopsis ("Black Colossus")
 * Untitled Fragment: "The battlefield stretched silent, crimson pools among the still sprawling figures..."
 * Untitled Synopsis: "The setting: The city of Shumballa, in the land of Kush, ..."
 * Untitled Draft: "Amboola awakened slowly, his senses still sluggish from the wine..."
 * "Hyborian Names and Countries"
 * "Hyborian Age Maps"
 * "Hyborian Genesis" by Patrice Louinet
 * Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology by Patrice Louinet
 * Notes on the Original Howard Texts

Publication details



 * Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (collection) &bull; Robert E. Howard &bull; edited by Patrice Louinet &bull; series editor Rusty Burke &bull; illustrated by Mark Schultz &bull; Wandering Star 2003 hc 480pp ISBN 0-9534253-7-1 Limited edition
 * Wandering Star 2003 hc 480pp ISBN 0-9534253-8-X Ultra Limited Edition
 * Wandering Star 2003 hc 480pp ISBN 0-9534253-9-8 Leatherbound Edition
 * The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (collection) &bull; Robert E. Howard &bull; edited by Patrice Louinet &bull; series editor Rusty Burke &bull; illustrated by Mark Schultz &bull; Del Rey 2003 pb ISBN 0-345-46151-7
 * Del Rey 2005 hc ISBN 0-345-48385-5