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De Camp, L. Sprague
A GUN FOR DINOSAUR
book-date: 1963
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Curtis Books
1969?
1st?
Paperback

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ex-ChUSFA: stamp on first inside page, page 85. MORE INFO

2" non-yellowing library tape reinforcing spine. I repaired the book with epoxy 25+ years ago. The glue holding the pages in the book had failed, and epoxy is the only long-lasting cure I know for this. The pages are quite secure (grouping into 4 blocks), but the repairs make this scarce book more suitable for a reading-copy. There is not much overall wear - it might have been read once. Extra stamp on top page block (red on red.)

A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales - an early (1963) collection of 14 stories by L. Sprague de Camp. Four of these can be found in other de Camp collections - but not the rest.

...Trips in Time:
A Gun for Dinosaur
Aristotle and the Gun

...Gadgets and Projects:
The Guided Man
Internal Combustion
Cornzan the Mighty
Throwback
Judgement Day

...Suburban Sketches:
Gratitude - (original title= "Property of Venus")
A Thing of Custom
The Egg
Let's Have Fun

...Far Places:
Impractical Joke
In-Group
New Arcadia

Original appearances from 1949 to 1958 - in Galaxy (2), Astounding (3), Startling Stories, Infinity, Future (3), Fantastic Universe, Satellite, SF Quarterly, Marvel SF.