NMLP P-043938 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Sword of Conan

Robert E. Howard · Gnome Press, Inc. (New York) · 1952

The Gnome Press first edition, New York, 1952, is the true first in book form; the constituent stories had appeared in Weird Tales in the 1930s, which is a magazine appearance, not a competing book edition. There is no UK or original-language precedence question — Howard wrote in English and no earlier or simultaneous British edition of this collection is recorded. The census claim is confirmed.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043938 for "The Sword of Conan" by Robert E. Howard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043938, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).