Item #28858 LEST DARKNESS FALL. L. Sprague De Camp.
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LEST DARKNESS FALL.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x-xii] 1-379 [380: blank], original pictorial black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white, top edge stained yellow, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Signed by De Camp on the title page. The author's first book of fiction. 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. "... de Camp's finest book." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-58. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1198-1203. In 333. Age toning to end papers and text block, white enamel stamping to front and spine intact, a nearly fine copy in very good to nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with mild shelf rubbing to spine ends, folds and corner tips. (28858). Item #28858

Price: $1,000.00

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