Author | Robert E. Howard L. Sprague de Camp |
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Illustrator | Esteban Maroto |
Cover artist | Sanjulián |
Language | English |
Series | Conan the Barbarian |
Genre | Sword and sorcery |
Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1980 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 191 pp |
ISBN | 0-441-82245-2 |
OCLC | 7467063 |
The Treasure of Tranicos is a 1980 collection of a fantasy short story and essays by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian; the essays by de Camp are on the title story and on Howard. The book is illustrated by Esteban Maroto.
The title story was revised by de Camp from the original version by Howard and was first published as "The Black Stranger" in Fantasy Magazine for February, 1953. It subsequently appeared in the collections King Conan (Gnome Press, 1953) and Conan the Usurper (Lancer Books, 1967).