NMLP P-043945 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Coming of Conan
Robert E. Howard · Gnome Press, Inc. (New York) · 1953
The Gnome Press first edition, New York, 1953, is the true first in book form; the underlying stories are Weird Tales appearances and some were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp for this volume, which is a textual point rather than a precedence one. No UK or original-language edition competes. The census claim is confirmed; note that although this volume opens Conan's internal chronology, it is the fourth Gnome Conan title by publication, after Conan the Conqueror (1950), The Sword of Conan (1952) and King Conan (1953).
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043945 for "The Coming of Conan" by Robert E. Howard (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043945, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).