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Publication: Lest Darkness Fall

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  • Publication: Lest Darkness FallPublication Record # 255858
  • Author: L. Sprague de Camp
  • Date: 1974-08-00
  • ISBN: 0-345-24139-8 [978-0-345-24139-9]
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Price:
    $1.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 208
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Lest Darkness Fall by Stivers
  • Notes:
    • "First Printing: August 1974"
    • No printing number line in book.
    • Cover art credited to Stivers on copyright page, no visible signature
    • "This story, in a shorter version, appeared in the December 1939 issue of Unknown." on copyright page.
    • Copyright 1939 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
    • Copyright 1941 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
    • Copoyright 1949 by L. Sprague de Camp.
    • SBN 345-24139-8-125" on copyright page spine; ISBN is derived
    • Printed in the US
    • OCLC 27710346 and OCLC 2366519 both point at this edition, the first citing the ISBN
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Dirk P Broer 2011-05-04 06:13:44 Permanent 2022-09-06
Don Erikson 2013-04-02 13:46:11 Permanent 2020-03-29
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Philfreund 2022-08-01 15:40:17 Permanent 2022-09-05

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Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2012-04-21 21:21:08
Clute/Grant N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-05-04 06:13:44
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Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2012-04-21 21:21:08
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Locus1 N/A Bluesman 2012-04-21 21:21:08
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2012-04-21 21:21:08
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Dirk P Broer 2011-05-04 06:13:44
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2012-04-21 21:21:08
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