first edition
1953 · New York
by Pratt, Fletcher, & L. Sprague de Camp
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1953. First edition, 8vo, pp. 228, [1]; text illustrations by Inga [i.e. Mrs. Fletcher Pratt]; original blue cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; a few shallow chips and tears along jacket edges not affecting text, else about fine. Signed by De Camp only on title page. Science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award-winning editor George H. Scithers's copy with his dinosaur/rocket-ship themed bookplate on front free endpaper. Scithers and De Camp would go on to co-edit a 2-volume work on Conan the Barbarian. Laughlin & Levack 85a.i.
(Inventory #: 45041)