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Author:	L. Sprague De Camp
Title:	Lest Darkness Fall
Publisher:	Henry Holt And Company
Country:	USA
Date:	1941
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:	9
Rating:	9.0 Rate
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This story, in a shorter version, appeared in Unknown, Dec 1939, © 1939 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
© 1941 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.

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ppint. 29th Mar 2024		publication date of this printing entered above is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 8/1969. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 7th Dec 2022		this pyramid books imprint mmpb cat# F-817 published 2/1963, cover art attributed by jane frank to ed emshwiller, is the pyramid books imprint mmpb cat# F-817 published 2/1963. pyramid books imprint mmpb cat# X-2056 published 8/1969, cover art by peter bramley, interior b+w illustration by ''edd'' - ed cartier, is the pyramid books imprint mmpb cat# X-2056 published 8/1969. these two different pyramid books pyramid imprint mmpbs bear different artwork by different artists, and different pyramid books cat#s. pyramid books published ''lest darkness fall'' by l. sprague de camp on two occasions, separated by over six years. pyramid books did not keep their first mmpb edition in print for over six years. for further information on how the merkin mass-market paperback distribution system worked, see - inter alia - relevant paragraphs in frederik pohl's memoir, ''the way the future was'' (1978 & ff.). (this comment is from another edition of this book)



annaloog ● 4th Dec 2022		Galaxy Novels evidently did not show a 1955 publ. date, so 1949 (the date of the Prime Press edition) is understandable. Are there any differences in texts from the Holt edition, since the author's copyright is eight years later? (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Dec 2022		there may well have been a simultaneous canadian-carcassed second printing for distribution north of the parallel, but i've not seen such reported in the wild, nor held a copy. it would bear the same cover price if it exists. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Dec 2022		random house ballantine books imprint mmpb second printing cover art by darrell k. sweet (signed, credited) cover price $1.50 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising number in the isbn10 field is the 9-digit sbn the book actually bears (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Dec 2022		random house ballantine books imprint mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art by donald ray stivers (unsigned, credited as stivers) cover price $1.25 208pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass (''book") of copy held was canadian- or merkin-printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing: august 1974 number in the isbn10 field is the precursor 9-digit sbn the book actually bears (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Dec 2022		tbl sphere books p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art unsigned, uncredited (possibly peter elson?) cover price £1.25 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Dec 2022		publication date of this edition is still wrong and should be corrected to 1955. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 4th Dec 2022		pyramid books mmpb 8/1969 second printing bearing new cat# and new cover art by peter bramley (unsigned, credited on back cover) b+w illustration by ed cartier (signed edd, uncredited; re-used from unknown) cover price 60¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jul 2020		galaxy books digest format 1955 p/b first printing, first p/b edition gathered signatures stapled across, glue-bound with colour-printed kromekote paper covers, produced on the same presses as galaxy, q.v. cover art by ed emshwiller (signed "emsh") cover price 35¢ 128pp. including titles, indicia etc publication date of this edition is 1955, not 1949. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 6th Jul 2020		pyramid books 2/1963 mmpb first printing, first mmpb edition, not first p/b cover art by ed emshwiller (unsigned, attribution by jane frank) cover price 40¢ 176pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1963)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Galaxy Novels - Paperback - USA (1955)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Pyramid - Paperback - USA (1969)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Del Rey - Paperback - USA - 0345310160 (1983)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1974)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Del Rey - Paperback - USA - 034528285X (1979)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Sphere - Paperback - UK - 0722129319 (1979)

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L. Sprague De Camp - Lest Darkness Fall - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1975)