Lest Darkness Fall
by De Camp, L Sprague
Lest Darkness Fall is an alternate history science fiction novel written in 1939 by author L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published as a short story in Unknown #10, December 1939. It was published as a complete novel by Henry Holt and Company in 1941 and reprinted by both Galaxy Publishing and Prime Press in 1949. The book is often considered one of the best examples of the alternative history genre; it is certainly one of the most influential.
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Lest Darkness Fall (Inscribed Copy)
by L. Sprague De Camp
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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- Second Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Cape Town, ZAF
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$175.00
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Philadelphia: Prime Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. Second Edition. Hardcover. The 2nd revised edition following on the first publication in Unknown Magazine 1939 and the 1st HC by Henry Holt in 1941. This edition has three bindings, purple cloth, Fine Weave Black Cloth and raised texture black cloth. This seems to be the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Philadelphia: Prime Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Violet cloth binding rubbed at spine ends & corners; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers foxed, else tight & clean. Dj rubbed at extremities; spine ends & corners slightly chipped; back panel smudged, now protected in clear cover. ; B&w frontis ils.; 8vo; 233 pages .… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Like New
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- Like New
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Southampton, New York, USA
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$249.99
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Prime Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Thus, First Printing. NOT price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Prime Press, 1949. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gold. Signed and inscribed by L. Sprague de Camp on inside flyleaf. Book is like new. Interior clean and unmarked. No writing, bookplates. Boards and pages crisp,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by L. Sprague De Camp
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- Used - Fine
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- 1988
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
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$34.00
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The Easton Press, The Masterpieces of Science Fiction, 1988. First Thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) darl greem leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Best of Dan Cook, 1956-1990
by Cook, Dan
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780931722158
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Odessa, Texas, USA
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San Antonio, TX: Corona Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 245 pages; Stated First Edition. Mylar Cover on dust jacket, Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage, Book Tight, Black & White Photographs Text is clean no markings seen. . Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Trade Paperback
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$65.00
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Galaxy Publishing Company, 1949. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Signed by author on title page. A very good copy of this classic digest-format pulp, with cover art by Ed Emshwiller. Galaxay Novel #24. Cover is bright, spine square (spine has some wear, rear cover faded at edges; some age-toning to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall. [signed, Inscribed 1st]
by Sprague De Camp, L.
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- 1st Thus
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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VINELAND, New Jersey, USA
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$784.00
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Philadelphia:: Prime,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1949. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 12mo, original cloth; minor wear, dust jacket (minor edge wear, occasionally a little dusty). Inscribed, dated, "4/1/88," and signed by L. Sprague de Camp on title page. Tight, bright copy. Jacket design by Tschirky. F. ; Signed by Author . Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by L. Sprague De Camp
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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Rock Island, Illinois, USA
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$18.00
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Ballantine/SFBC edition (1996). Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague De Camp. First printing of this particular edition. Code 13556. Fantastic Ron Walotsky jacket art. Fine, as new, unread hardcover with fine, as new, jacket. A sharp copy of this somewhat uncommon edition. Boxed. 6-b Item Price
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LEST DARKNESS FALL
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Age toning to end papers and text block, white enamel stamping to front and spine intact, a nearly fine copy in very good to nea
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- First edition
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- [1941]
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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$1,000.00
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1941]. First edition. 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). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x-xii] 1-379 [380:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall (1st/1st Signed)
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Birmingham, West Midlands, GBR
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$177.38
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Philadelphia, PA: Prime Press, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition first printing 1949. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Bumped to foot of spine. Black boards clean and sharp. Title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with gentle toning to edges. There is a previous booksellers… Read more about this item Item Price
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LEST DARKNESS FALL (Signed by Author)
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1969
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- Paperback
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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$85.50
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Pyramid Books. Very Good+. 1969. Paperback. ; Cover has modest wear but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Inscribed and signed by author on title page. Pages very faintly toned but are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. ; Signed by Author . Item Price
$85.50
Lest Darkness Fall
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon, USA
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$200.00
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Prime Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed. First thus; this is the first edition in hardcover, preceded by the paperback from Henry Holt and the original publication in Unknown magazine. Signed by de Camp at FFEP. 233 pages. Black cloth with gold spine titles, very good with light edgewear, lightly bumped to spine tips and top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1941
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Henry Holt, 1941. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition. xii, 379 pp. Publisher's black cloth stamped in white. Very Good+ with cocked spine, former owner's name on front free endpaper, in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing along edges, chipped at head and foot, line of tape residue on vero by head. A time travel… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
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Lest Darkness Fall
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Northridge, California, USA
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$34.99
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Philadelphia: Prime Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Black cloth. Expanded from its magazine appearance in 1939. Signed by De Camp to the ffep. Spine gilt nearly rubbed away, corners rubbed/bumped, edge lightly bumped, cloth soiled. Sound copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall (Inscribed By Author)
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Fine Book
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- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1941
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- Black Cloth
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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$157.50
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1941. First Edition . Black Cloth. Fine Book/No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Absolutely Fine And Unworn, No Soiling, But Two Two-Inch Strips Of Foxing On Each Free Endpaper, From Tape On Flaps Of Plastic Cover Protector. Inscribed And Signed By L Sprague De Camp To An Early 1950'S Sf Fan On Front… Read more about this item Item Price
$157.50
Lest Darkness Fall
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good/Near Fine
- Published
- 1949
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- Hardcover
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Manasquan, New Jersey, USA
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$75.00
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Garden City, NY: Prime Press, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., vii(1)233pp. Beautiful Revised Edition of the author's first novel. Originally published by Henry Holt in1941. Bound in fine-weave black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Reportedly one of a total print run of 3000 copies comprising 3 binding variants, (no priority), and 2 jacket variants. Square,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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- First edition
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 12mo. 379pp. Black cloth with white lettering and illustration in dust jacket. First edition with no additional printings noted. The boards are cocked. There are a few notations in pen and pencil on rear free endpaper.The top and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lest Darkness Fall
by Sprague de Camp, L.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Published
- (1974)
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- Softcover
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Dunedin, New Zealand, NZL
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$15.00
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New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1974). Softcover. No signatures. Some fading to spine. Foxing to top page edges. ; 1974 paperback reprint. Page dimensions: 178 x 106mm. "A classic time-travel story of modern man's confrontation with the ancient world." - from front cover. "One minute archeologist Martin Padway is casually ambling… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ANCIENT ENGINEERS
by L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Hardcover
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PASADENA, California, USA
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$125.00
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SOUVENIR Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DJ SIGNED.. Item Price
$125.00
LEST DARKNESS FALL
by De Camp, L. Sprague
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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$861.50
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LEST DARKNESS FALL, Holt, 1941, first edition, fine in a bright vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and several tiny chips. The authors first work of fiction. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate laid in. Along with LEST DARKNESS FALL, Galaxy Publishing Company, Inc., (1949), first soft-cover edition, ink name to rear cover, else a… Read more about this item Item Price
$861.50