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DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Biography of Robert E. Howard.
THE CASTLE OF IRON.
New York: Gnome Press, [1950]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER and followed by WALL OF SERPENTS. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 491. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 7. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 279. In 333.
THE CASTLE OF IRON.
New York: Gnome Press, [1950]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER and followed by WALL OF SERPENTS. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 491. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 7. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 279. In 333.
THE CONTINENT MAKERS AND OTHER TALES OF THE VIAGENS.
New York: Twayne Publishers Inc., [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects eight stories of de Camp's "Viagens Interplanetarias" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-303.
DIVIDE AND RULE.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. Collects two short novels, "Divide and Rule" (UNKNOWN, April-May 1939) and "The Stolen Dormouse" (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, April-May 1941). "The Stolen Dormouse" is set in a "future dystopia -- feudalism based on corporations." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 221. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-132. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-101.
DIVIDE AND RULE.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. Collects two short novels, "Divide and Rule" (UNKNOWN, April-May 1939) and "The Stolen Dormouse" (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, April-May 1941). "The Stolen Dormouse" is set in a "future dystopia -- feudalism based on corporations." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 221. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-132. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-101.
DIVIDE AND RULE.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1948. Octavo, cover art by A.J. Donnell, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by De Camp. This is copy number 282. Collects two short novels, "Divide and Rule" (UNKNOWN, April-May 1939) and "The Stolen Dormouse" (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, April-May 1941). "The Stolen Dormouse" is set in a "future dystopia -- feudalism based on corporations." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 221. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-132. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-101.
THE GLORY THAT WAS.
New York: Avalon Books, [1960]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Eccentric archeologist recreates ancient Greece and attempts to prevent it's fatal war with Sparta.
A GUN FOR DINOSAUR AND OTHER IMAGINATIVE TALES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collects fourteen stories. Includes "New Arcadia" which depicts "various utopias failing as a result of 'human nature.'" - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 260. Also includes "Internal Combustion," an artificial intelligence story.
LEST DARKNESS FALL.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first science fiction book. An early classic of modern SF in which the protagonist is thrown back in time to the end of the Roman Empire and makes an unsuccessful attempt to use his modern scientific knowledge to prevent the Dark Ages. "Neat anthropological interpretation of history." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3- 135. "...by all odds de Camp's finest book." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-58.
ROGUE QUEEN.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Part of de Camp's "Viagens Interplanetarias" series. "Human explorers bring about a revolution on another planet: the matriarchal alien hive-dwellers learn the virtues of democracy. Adventure with touches of satire, told in the its author's customary light manner." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 310. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-136. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 240. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1827-31.
SPRAGUE DE CAMP'S NEW ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
London: Panther Books Hamilton & Co., (Stafford) Ltd., [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The hardbound issue of this collection of six of de Camp's short SF stories.
THE TOWER OF ZANID.
New York: Avalon Books, [1958]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by De Camp on the title page. Part of the Krishna series.
THE WHEELS OF IF: AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION.
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by De Camp on the half title page. Collects seven stories.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1983]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-402 [403-406: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-34.
THE MISCAST BARBARIAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD (1906-1936).
Saddle River, NJ: Gerry de la Ree, 1975. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Of 900 copies this is one of 770 paperbound.
THE RETURN OF CONAN.
NY: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, 1957. Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. First edition. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp.
THE RETURN OF CONAN.
NY: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, 1957. Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. First edition. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp.
THE RETURN OF CONAN.
NY: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, 1957. Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. First edition. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp.
THE RETURN OF CONAN.
NY: Gnome Press, Inc., Publishers, 1957. Octavo, jacket art by Wallace Wood, red boards lettered in black. First edition. Seventh and last Gnome Press Conan. Novel based on Howard's Conan stories written by Nyberg with the collaboration of de Camp.
THE CONAN GRIMOIRE.
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1972. Octavo, jacket illustration by Berni Wrightons, illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel, George Barr, Tim Kirk and others, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
THE CONAN SWORDBOOK: 27 EXAMINATIONS OF HEROIC FICTION...
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1969. Octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow and others, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the De Camps. Biography of Robert E. Howard.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the De Camps. Biography of Robert E. Howard.
THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. Octavo, jacket art by Boris Artzybasheff, cloth. First edition. The first volume in the adventures of Harold Shea. "His exploits are a perfect admixture of comedy and adventure, delightful to read." Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-134. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature and Horror 5-79. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 489. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 768-72. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1031-36. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 58. Reginald 03995. See: Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels, #7.