L. Sprague de Camp — Lest Darkness Fall

Philadelphia, Prime Press, 1949. Cloth. A copy of L. Sprague de Camp's debut novel, an influential piece of alternative history fiction. 'Lest Darkness Fall' was written in 1939, and sees Martin Padway, an archaeologist, as he accidentally finds himself having travelled back in time the sixth-century Rome. It is a humorously-written adventure, and is widely regarded as being one of the best examples of alternate history fiction.Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907-2000) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy works, writing over one hundred books in his lifetime.In an unclipped dust wrapper. With an illustrated title page. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, the spine is slightly cocked. Dust wrapper has some loss across the base of the spine and front board, where an adhesive has been removed; otherwise slight chipping to the head and tail, with bumps to the edges. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.