The Best of L. Sprague de Camp - 1978 Ballantine Books Paperback - Darrell K. Sweet Cover

Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Darrell K. Sweet Blurb: “THE DEFT DELIGHTS OF L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP • A GUN FOR DINOSAUR If you can't shoot straight, stay out of the Cretaceous! • THE HARDWOOD PILE Houses may be haunted, but what would-or could possibly want to-haunt a pile of lumber? • THE INSPECTOR'S TEETH The alien from Osiris wanted to join the college fraternity-but how do you haze a dragon? • THE GUIDED MAN If you hire an alter ego, better make sure he's on your side! • NOTHING IN THE RULES would tell you how to deal with a drunken mermaid. THESE AND 10 OTHER INCOMPARABLY LIVELY TALES ARE A VERITABLE SMORGASBORD OF SPIRITS, SPACEFARERS, AND SLIGHTLY SCREWBALL SCIENCE.”