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Author:	Robert E. Howard
Title:	Conan The Wanderer
Publisher:	Lancer
Country:	USA
Date:	1968
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
Cat#:	74-976
Total Editions:	2
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ppint. 22nd Oct 2019		anthology of three novelelettes (two by howard and one by lin carter & l. sprague de camp) and one novella, introduction by l. sprague de camp first lancer books edition and first mmpb printing: cat# 74-976 cover art by john duillo (uncredited, art not signed; attribution after laughlin and levack) cover price 95¢ no series number stated nor number borne on front cover indica includes publishing history statement: a lancer book • 1968 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising near-identical undated printing differs further in the end pp: p. 223 advertisement for lancer books' conan series lists ten titles 3/1970 printing (date from "a lancer books checklist" denholm, sfc/megavore #10, 1980) cover redesigned with broad orange band in chief bearing series number "4", statement of its being volume four in lancer books conan series retains cover art by john duillo (uncredited, unsigned) indica publishing history (ha!) gives no statement of printing date or number cat# 74976 (and appends three digits giving price in cents on front cover: 74976-095) cover price 95¢ 224 pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising 5/1973 printing (bears "5-73" on p. 224) new lancer books logo on front cover rests knight image in hollow "L" cover art by john duillo retained cat# 78741 (appends price in cents on front cover: 78741-125) cover price $1.25 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising 5/1977 (date from locus 202, 7/1977) prestige books distributed by ace books cat# 11674-4 isbn 0-441-11674-4 bears series number "4" in line-drawn box top fly corner front cover cover art by john duillo retained cover price $1.95 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising near-identical undated printing retaining cat#, isbn, cover price, cover art further undated printing retaining cat#, isbn, cover price, but bears new cover art by boris vallejo 7/1980 with new cover art by boris vallejo (uncredited, art is signed "boris") retained d\|b ace\| before cat# 11633-7\| before cover price $2.25 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising 4/1982 seventh ace printing (? including prestige books printings, or not?) cover art by boris vallejo retained cat# 11633-7 isbn 0-441-11633-7 cover price $2.25 3/1983 ace fantasy cover art by boris vallejo retained, repeated on rear cover, separated by black spine bearing isbn 0441-11596-9 cat# 11596-9 on front cover cover price $2.50 7/1984 11th ace printing (? including lancer & prestige books printings ?) cover art by boris vallejo isbn 0441-11462-8 cover price $2.75 1/1986 cover art by boris vallejo isbn 0-441-11597-7 cover price $2.95 5/1990 cover art by boris vallejo isbn 0-441-11597-7 cover price $3.50 9/1993 cover art by boris vallejo isbn 0-441-11597-7 19th printing (? including lancer & prestige books printings?) cover price $4.50 (? canada $5.95?) still 224pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising



David Whiteley 25th Aug 2020		Added back cover of 1974 1st UK edition showing ISBN No. as in listing details and a UK price of 35p. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Aug 2019		number in isbn10 field does not match the isbn showing in image of back cover: this needs checking for confirmation - and correction of something, somewhere. . . edit 25/8/2020: thank-you david. (information distinguishing between all of these sphere books printings - and quite possibly more still, not yet noted here - is invited from the assiduous bookcatter.) (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Aug 2019		first sphere books and first uk p/b edition 1974 cover art by robert duillo (re-used from lancer books, inc. 1968 mmpb of same title) (miscredited) cover price 35p, australia $1.10, new zealand $1.10, canada $1.50 (should therefore be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule; or not so re-flagged, according to respected moderator's heartfelt plea) isbn 07221-4698-1 (image of cover prices & isbn provided by david whiteley (25/8/2020) 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising near-identical second printing 1976 cover price and near-identical to this third printing 1976 but front cover field for typography and border colour change to very pale dull orangeish, cover art by robert dullo retained, still miscredited to frazetta new (?) isbn 0-7221-4722-8 cover price 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (items advertised may differ) cover price of at least one of these: 50p, rep(public) of ireland 55p, australia $1.65, new zealand $1.70 near-identical to second & third printings: 1981 fourth printing cover design and colour retained cover art by robert dullo and miscredit to frank frazetta retained new isbn 0-7221-4731-7 cover price £1.25, malta £1.25, australia $3.95 (recommended) so this printing should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 192pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (titles advertised may differ, prices will) "conan the wanderer" is included in "the conan chronicles 2" (sphere b-format p/b 1989), q.v. and in its unrevised-by-de camp et al. form in ''the conan chronicles volume 2: the hour of the dragon'' (orion millennium/gollancz 2001), q.v. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Robert E. Howard - Conan The Wanderer - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722146981 (1976)