Lest Darkness Fall
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Overview:
- Title: Lest Darkness Fall
- Author: L. Sprague de Camp
- Year: 1988
- Publisher: The Easton Press
- Pages: [10]+182+[4]
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Lest Darkness Fall
- Notes:
- "COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (over) "Bound in Genuine Leather" stated on the title page.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright © 1988 by The Easton Press..." stated on the copyright page. No stated date of publication.
- This is a limited edition of an unknown number of copies and was available by subscription only.
- One of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction series, indicated by the logo printed on the endpapers.
- No ISBN, no printed price, and no dustjacket as issued.
- The uncredited illustrative cover design is repeated on the back.
- Pages are gilt-edged and there is a gold satin bookmark bound into the book.
- The frontispiece, credited on the title page and the copyright page, is on the verso of the page facing the title page.
- There are four full-page B&W illustrations by Morrissey on unnumbered plates, given as [4] in this record's page count after the novel's page count.
- The introduction appears on unnumbered pages. The pages before page 1 have been added to this record to place the introduction and frontispiece.
- ”Collector's Notes” (uncredited) are on a double-sided laid-in sheet.
- This edition appears to be a facsimile reprint of the 1979 Science Fiction Book Club edition.
- Verified copy was purchased for approximately $40.00 from the publisher.