Publication: Footprints on Sand

Publication: Footprints on SandPublication Record # 14136
Authors: Catherine Crook de Camp, L. Sprague de Camp
Date: 1981-06-00
ISBN: 0-911682-25-2 [978-0-911682-25-0]
Publisher: Advent: Publishers
Price:
$12.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: xvii+327
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Footprints on Sand (1981) • by C. H. Burnett
Notes:
- Limited edition of 1500 copies.
- Stated first edition.
- The first 500 copies were numbered and signed, and sold for $16.00, according to the listing in Locus #247 (August 1981).
- 10 copies were flexible-bound in morocco, according to information on p. [330].
- Laughlin & Levack, De Camp, Underwood-Miller, 1983 lists five variants:
  1. One copy bound in flexible brown morocco leather;
  2. 983 copies bound in burgundy cloth (trade edition);
  3. 460 copies bound in burgundy cloth, signed by the de Camps and numbered;
  4. 8 copies bound in red buckram; and
  5. 9 copies in half-leather binding using morocco and marbled paper.
- States 1 and 5 were produced by Jeff Ford (not Advent). The trade state was reprinted in 1982.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8315882
- Reginald-3: 21321

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Collection Title: Footprints on Sand • (1981) • collection by Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp

Contents (view Concise Listing)

Footprints on Sand • interior artwork by C. H. Burnett
vii • Preamble • (1981) • essay by Catherine Crook de Camp
3 • Introduction (The Glory That Was) • (1960) • essay by Robert A. Heinlein
7 • Quixote with a Pen • [Literary Swordsmen & Sorcerers] • (1976) • essay by Lin Carter (variant of Literary Swordsmen & Sorcerers: L. Sprague de Camp: Quixote with a Pen 1977)
25 •
L. Sprague de Camp — Guest of Honor^?L. Sprague de Camp - Guest of Honor
• [Asimov's Essays: Other's Work] • (1981) • essay by Isaac Asimov
27 • All About Catherine • (1972) • essay by Isaac Asimov
31 • Memoirs of a de Camp Fan • (1974) • essay by Poul Anderson
35 • The Lyon of Fantasy and Science Fiction • (1981) • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
39 • Catherine and L. Sprague de Camp • (1979) • essay by Patricia Jackson
45 • Why L. Sprague de Camp Writes • (1974) • essay by George H. Scithers [as by George Scithers]
51 • One Day in the Cretaceous • (1968) • essay by Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp
68 • To Roy Thomas' Savage Sword: Letter • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
74 • Range • (1965) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
81 • Preface to the Necronomicon • essay by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Preface (Al Azif) 1973)
88 • The Great Glass Jewel • (1966) • essay by Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp
99 • The Coming of the Engineers • (1963) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
122 • Should Your Child Read Science Fiction? • (1981) • essay by Catherine Crook de Camp
140 • Atlantis and the City of Silver • essay by Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp
151 • Credo • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
152 • Cloth of Love • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
153 • Achievements • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp [as by Catherine A. Crook]
154 • Moon Shadows • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
154 • Sky Train • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp [as by Catherine A. Crook]
155 • In Memoriam • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
155 • Love Song • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
156 • A Song for Tomorrow • (1981) • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
157 • Questions for an Author • poem by Catherine Crook de Camp
158 • The Gods • (1966) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
162 • Xeroxing the Necronomicon • (1972) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
162 • The Trap • (1972) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
163 • The Opossum • (1976) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
164 • The Ameba • (1973) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of "The Ameba")
165 • Ripples • (1980) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
166 • A Tale of Two John Carters • (1969) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
167 • Carnac • (1969) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
171 • The Boy Who Could Fly • (1981) • short story by Catherine Crook de Camp
181 • The Horse Show • (1977) • short story by Catherine Crook de Camp
200 • The Million Dollar Pup • (1977) • short story by Catherine Crook de Camp
225 • The Space Clause • (1952) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
237 • Windfall • (1951) • short story by Catherine Crook de Camp
262 • Eudoric's Unicorn • [Incorporated Knight] • (1977) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
285 • The Emperor's Fan • [Novaria] • (1973) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
307 • Algy • [W. Wilson Newbury] • (1976) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
325 • Postscript (Footprints on Sand) • (1981) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp

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Publication: Footprints on Sand

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