COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA

First editions, first printings. Complete in three volumes. Limited editions. Signed by Mark Schultz, Gianni Gary and Gregory Manchess. Original red cloth with titles and illustrations to the spines and upper boards in gilt and black, in dustwrappers, each housed in a slipcase with illustrated inlays. Top edges gilt. Volume one, two and three with colour illustrated endpapers and frontispieses and black and white drawings throughout by Mark Schultz, Gary Gianni and Gregory Manchess respectively. Excellent fine copies, the bindings square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout. The dustwrappers and slipcases are in fine condition. A lovely set.

Signed and numbered in black ink on the frontispiece of volume one by Mark Schultz, volume two by Gary Gianni, and volume three by Gregory Manchess. A complete collection of Robert E. Howard's many Conan the Barbarian tales and miscellania accompanied by new illustrations. Volumes one and two were issued in a limited edition of 1,950 copies, volume three is one of 1,000 copies. This beautifully crafted and presented set is notable for faithfully reproducing Howard's original unedited text. Conan is the most enduring and popular of Howard's creations, and his early appearances in the pulp magazine 'Weird Tales' are thought of by many as having launched the sword and sorcery genre.