L Sprague de Camp Signed 1st Ed 1952 The Undesired Princess Hardcover w/DJ

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fantasy Publishing Co. [FPCI], Los Angeles, 1952. 248 pages. Signed by L. Sprague de Camp on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Crozetti DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Rollin Hobart is an exceedingly logical engineer who is recruited (or kidnapped, really) by a strange old man to save the life of his home land's princess. The successful hero can only succeed by answering a riddle posted by an elephantine behemoth. Pointing out false logic is rather a passion of Rollin's, but returning back home to New York poses a much harder problem than saving the royal damsel in distress. Finding himself welcomed into the royal family as the soon-to-be husband to the princess, Rollin goes to great extremes, often using his own form of magic, to find a portal back to his world, but to his dismay he only finds himself acquiring more and more authority and power. This fantasy world is most interesting in that it is a two-value world, meaning that something either is or it isn't. Thus, there is no dusk-night immediately follows day instantaneously, for example. Statements are taken literally (as Rollin discovers after making the statement that he was hungry enough to eat a horse). The method of warfare is especially fascinating. A fair fight involves both armies lining up in equal numbers; when either army gets out of formation in the slightest degree, their logic demands that the minutely disorganized army turn and run. L Sprague de Camp Signed 1st Ed 1952 The Undesired Princess Hardcover w/DJ Description Up For Sale Today is The Undesired Princess by L. Sprague de Camp Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fantasy Publishing Co. [FPCI], Los Angeles, 1952. 248 pages. Signed by L. Sprague de Camp on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Crozetti DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Rollin Hobart is an exceedingly logical engineer who is recruited (or kidnapped, really) by a strange old man to save the life of his home land's princess. The successful hero can only succeed by answering a riddle posted by an elephantine behemoth. Pointing out false logic is rather a passion of Rollin's, but returning back home to New York poses a much harder problem than saving the royal damsel in distress. Finding himself welcomed into the royal family as the soon-to-be husband to the princess, Rollin goes to great extremes, often using his own form of magic, to find a portal back to his world, but to his dismay he only finds himself acquiring more and more authority and power. This fantasy world is most interesting in that it is a two-value world, meaning that something either is or it isn't. Thus, there is no dusk-night immediately follows day instantaneously, for example. Statements are taken literally (as Rollin discovers after making the statement that he was hungry enough to eat a horse). The method of warfare is especially fascinating. A fair fight involves both armies lining up in equal numbers; when either army gets out of formation in the slightest degree, their logic demands that the minutely disorganized army turn and run. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. 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Price: 300 USD

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

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