Heroes And Hobgoblins

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1981. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 1250 copies, signed by the author and the artist, Tim Kirk. The book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket (otherwise, the dust jacket is in Fine condition). "De Camp had the mind of an educator, and a common theme in many of his works is a corrective impulse regarding similar previous works by other authors. A highly rational and logical thinker, he was frequently disturbed by what he regarded as logical lapses and absurdities in others' writings. Some, like Asimov, felt de Camp's conscientiousness about facts limited the scope of his stories: de Camp was reluctant to use technological or scientific concepts (e. G. , hyperspace or faster-than-light travel) if he did not think them possible. Thus, his response to Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was to write a similar time travel novel (Lest Darkness Fall) in which the method of time travel was rationalized and the hero's technical expertise both set at a believable level and constrained by the technological limitations of the age." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author .