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. 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 (2004) II-304. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1198-1203. In 333. Some tanning to endpapers and page edges, a very good plus copy with white enamel stamping intact on front and spine panels, in bright, very good dust jacket which has been professionally restored. Formerly A. Langley Searles' copy with his penciled signature dated 1941 0n the front paste-down. An attractive copy. (#132292). Seller Inventory # 132292

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Title: LEST DARKNESS FALL .

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York

Publication Date: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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