*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Several books by the exotically named American L Sprague de Camp join our inventory this week. He was a prolific author, editor and collaborator, with a characteristic wry humour and a love of fantasy and sword and sorcery among his science fiction tropes. All aspects of this are included in the small selection of his works we have on offer, from his short stories in a hefty ‘best of’, his sci-fi in Lest Darkness Fall and Rogue Queen, a splendid fantasy anthology The Spell of Seven, with contributions from Moorcock, Howard, Smith, Leiber, Vance etc to two different editions of a Conan novel with Lin Carter.
PICTURED: ALL BY L SPRAGUE DE CAMP (CONAN OF THE ISLES WITH LIN CARTER)
THE BEST OF L SPRAGUE DE CAMP Del Rey 1978 1st US PB GD/VG £6
LEST DARKNESS FALL Pyramid 1963 1st US PB VG £5
ROGUE QUEEN Pinnacle 1954 1st UK PB FA £7
THE SPELL OF SEVEN (Editor) Pyramid 1965 1st US PB VG £7
CONAN OF TE ISLES Lancer 1969 1st US PB VG £3
CONAN OF THE ISLES Sphere 1974 1st UK PB VG £3