THE BEST LAID SCHEMES
first edition
1971 · New York
by Eisenberg, Larry
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first and only SF book, a collection of twenty-one stories, many featuring biochemist Emmet Duckworth (a character similar to Homer Nearing's C. P. Ransom), as well as "What Happened to Auguste Clarot?," first published in DANGEROUS VISIONS edited by Harlan Ellison. An underrated collection of short fiction. Price ink-stamped on front free endpaper, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#62396) (Inventory #: 62396)