Lest Darkness Fall [Inscribed and Signed]
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1941
- First Edition
- Signed
- Used
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2009
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 150.00
Quantity: 1 available
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1941. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's black pictorial cloth stamped in white; ix,[3],379pp. Light wear at corners and spine ends, else a Very Good, bright and sound example, albeit lacking dust jacket. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "For Bob White / with best regards / from L. Sprague de Camp." The author's first novel, an alternative history sci-fi story inspired in part by Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." The work was first published in the pulp fantasy magazine Unknown #10 in December 1939. Currey, p. 134.
Seller Inventory # 49455
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Lest Darkness Fall [Inscribed and Signed]
- Author
- L. Sprague de Camp; S.M. Adler and H. Lubalin [illus.]
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1941
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Science Fiction / Fantasy
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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| Item | 5 to 10 business days | 2 to 4 business days |
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| First item | US$ 4.50 | US$ 10.99 |
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We are a neighborhood independent bookstore in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood, across from Eastern Market.
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Modern and First Editions, Used & Rare Books, Military HistoryAssociation member
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Hecatomb Holdings, LLC
657 C Street, SE
Washington, DC U.S.A. 20003
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