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    The Best of L. Sprague de Camp L. Sprague de Camp (SFBC #2164, 1978, $2.98, 301pp, hc, cover by Richard Corben)
    • ix · L. Sprague de Camp—Engineer and Sorcerer · Poul Anderson · in
    • 1 · Hyperpilosity · ss Astounding Apr 1938
    • 13 · Language for Time Travelers · ar Astounding Jul 1938
    • 27 · The Command [Johnny Black] · ss Astounding Oct 1938
    • 40 · The Merman · ss Astounding Dec 1938
    • 55 · Employment · ss Astounding May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon
    • 73 · The Gnarly Man · nv Unknown Jun 1939
    • 94 · “Reward of Virtue” · pm F&SF Sep 1970
    • 95 · Nothing in the Rules · nv Unknown Jul 1939
    • 123 · The Hardwood Pile · nv Unknown Sep 1940
    • 149 · The Reluctant Shaman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1947
    • 162 · The Inspector’s Teeth [Viagens Interplanetary] · ss Astounding Apr 1950
    • 176 · The Guided Man · nv Startling Stories Oct 1952
    • 207 · “The Ameba” · pm Yandro Dec 1973
    • 208 · Judgment Day · ss Astounding Aug 1955
    • 227 · A Gun for Dinosaur [Reginald Rivers] · nv Galaxy Mar 1956
    • 253 · The Emperor’s Fan [Novarian] · nv Astounding, ed. Harry Harrison, Random 1973
    • 269 · Two Yards of Dragon [Eudoric Dambertson] · nv Flashing Swords! #3, ed. Lin Carter, Dell 1976
    • 295 · “The Little Green Men” · pm Fantasy Crossroads #7 1976
    • 296 · Author’s Afterword · aw

    Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens L. Sprague de Camp (Twayne, 1953, $2.95, 272pp, hc) [Viagens Interplanetary]
    • In Re Sprague · Isaac Asimov · bg [L. Sprague de Camp]
    • Author’s Note · in
    • The Inspector’s Teeth · ss Astounding Apr 1950
    • Summer Wear · ss Startling Stories May 1950
    • Finished · ss Astounding Nov 1949
    • The Galton Whistle · nv Future Jul 1951, as “Ultrasonic God”
    • The Animal-Cracker Plot · ss Astounding Jul 1949
    • Git Along! · ss Astounding Aug 1950
    • Perpetual Motion · nv Future Sep/Oct 1950, as “Wide-Open Planet”
    • The Continent Makers · na Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1951

    Demons and Dinosaurs L. Sprague de Camp (Arkham House, 1970, $4.00, 72pp, hc)
    • About L. Sprague de Camp · Lin Carter · in
    • Creation · pm Fantastic Feb 1970
    • Ziggurat · pm Spectrum: The Richmond Tri-Annual Review Fll 1969
    • Reward of Virtue · pm F&SF Sep 1970
    • Transposition · pm Amra v2 #27 1963
    • The Gods · pm F&SF Dec 1966
    • Ruins · pm *
    • Avebury · pm *
    • The Great Pyramid of Giza · pm *
    • Nabonidus · pm F&SF Jun 1965
    • Meroê · pm Amra v2 #43 1966
    • Tintagel · pm The Arkham Collector Sum 1967
    • Tikal · pm Ancient Ruins and Archaeology, Doubleday 1964
    • The Little Lion of Font-de-Gaume · pm Yandro Jan/Feb 1970
    • New Year’s Eve in Baghdad · pm Amra v2 #49 1968
    • The Jungle Vine · pm ERBdom Aug 1968
    • Patnâ · pm *
    • Kaziranga, Assam · pm Amra v2 #44 1967
    • A Tale of Two John Carters · pm *
    • A Brook in Vermont · pm F&SF Jan 1969
    • The Dragon-Kings · pm Famous Science Fiction Spr 1968
    • The Tusk · pm If Jul 1967
    • The Ogre · pm Yandro Oct 1968
    • Sirrush · pm Startling Mystery Stories Spr 1969
    • Progress in Baghdad · pm Yandro Aug 1969
    • Heldendämmerung · pm Amra v2 #29 1964
    • Nahr al-Kalb · pm Amra v2 #45 1967
    • The Sorcerers · pm Alchemy & Academe, ed. Anne McCaffrey, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1970
    • Ghosts · pm The Arkham Collector Sum 1969
    • A Skald’s Lament · pm F&SF Jan 1955, as “Lament by a Maker”
    • Old Heroes · pm Yandro Oct 1967
    • To R.E.H. · pm The Howard Collector #9 1967
    • Où Sont les Planètes d’Antan? · pm If Mar 1967, as “Where Are the Worlds of Yesteryear?”
    • Heroes · pm Yandro Jan 1967
    • The End of the Lost-Race Story · pm *
    • Envy · pm Yandro Mar 1969
    • Daydreams · pm The Howard Collector #11 1969
    • Faunas · pm F&SF Sep 1968
    • First Lake at Midnight · pm *
    • Warriors · pm Yandro #178 1968
    • Acrophobia · pm Startling Mystery Stories Sum 1968
    • Night · pm The Arkham Collector Sum 1968
    • Time · pm F&SF Oct 1967

    Divide and Rule L. Sprague de Camp (Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948, $3.00, 231pp, hc)
    • 9 · Divide and Rule · na Unknown Apr 1939 (+1); revised.
    • 137 · The Stolen Dormouse · na Astounding Apr 1941 (+1)

    Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales L. Sprague de Camp (Doubleday, 1963, $4.50, 359pp, hc)
    • A Gun for Dinosaur [Reginald Rivers] · nv Galaxy Mar 1956
    • Aristotle and the Gun · nv Astounding Feb 1958
    • The Guided Man · nv Startling Stories Oct 1952
    • Internal Combustion · ss Infinity Science Fiction Feb 1956
    • Cornzan the Mighty · nv Future #28 1955
    • Throwback · nv Astounding Mar 1949
    • Judgment Day · ss Astounding Aug 1955
    • Gratitude · nv Galaxy Jul 1955, as “Property of Venus”
    • A Thing of Custom · ss Fantastic Universe Jan 1957
    • The Egg · ss Satellite Science Fiction Oct 1956
    • Let’s Have Fun · ss Science Fiction Quarterly May 1957
    • Impractical Joke · nv Future #29 1956
    • In-Group · ss Marvel Science Fiction May 1952
    • New Arcadia · nv Future #30 1956

    Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: the Makers of Heroic Fantasy L. Sprague de Camp (Arkham House, 1976, $10.00, xxix+313pp, hc)
    • Introduction: Neomythology · Lin Carter · in
    • The Swords of Faërie · ar
    • Jack of All Arts: William Morris · ar
    • Two Men in One: Lord Dunsany · ar
    • Eldritch Yankee Gentleman: H.P. Lovecraft · ar
    • Superman in a Bowler: E.R. Eddison · ar
    • The Miscast Barbarian: Robert E. Howard · ar
    • Parallel Worlds: Fletcher Pratt · ar
    • Sierran Shaman: Clark Ashton Smith · ar
    • Merlin in Tweeds: J.R.R. Tolkien · ar
    • The Architect of Camelot: T.H. White · ar
    • Conan’s Compeers · ar
    • Notes/Index · ms

    Phantoms & Fancies L. Sprague de Camp (Mirage Press, 1972, $5.00, 106pp, hc)
    • xi · Foreword · fw
    • 1 · Seen In My Travels · si
    • 3 · Beholder · pm *
    • 4 · Tikal · pm Ancient Ruins and Archaeology, Doubleday 1964
    • 5 · Tintagel · pm The Arkham Collector Sum 1967
    • 6 · Meroê · pm Amra v2 #43 1966
    • 7 · Nahr al-Kalb · pm Amra v2 #45 1967
    • 8 · Patnâ · pm Demons & Dinosaurs, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House 1970
    • 9 · New Year’s Eve in Baghdad · pm Amra v2 #49 1968
    • 11 · Ruins · pm Demons & Dinosaurs, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House 1970
    • 12 · The Jungle Vine · pm ERBdom Aug 1968
    • 13 · Sirrush · pm Startling Mystery Stories Spr 1969
    • 14 · Carnac · pm Yandro May 1969
    • 15 · The Little Lion of Font-de-Gaume · pm Yandro Jan/Feb 1970
    • 16 · Teotihuacán · pm Yandro Jun 1970
    • 17 · Disillusion · pm Yandro Dec 1970
    • 18 · Delray Beach, Florida · pm *
    • 19 · The Home of the Gods · pm *
    • 20 · Bourzi · pm *
    • 21 · Tehuantapec · pm Citadel Win 1972
    • 22 · Jewels · pm *
    • 23 · African Night · pm *
    • 24 · The Irish · pm *
    • 25 · The Iron Pillar of Delhi · pm *
    • 26 · The Olmec · pm *
    • 27 · Creatures Great and Small · si
    • 29 · The Tusk · pm If Jul 1967
    • 31 · The Dragon-Kings · pm Famous Science Fiction Spr 1968
    • 32 · A Brook in Vermont · pm F&SF Jan 1969
    • 33 · Indian Rhinoceros · pm Amra v2 #44 1967, as “Kaziranga, Assam”
    • 34 · Tiger in the Rain · pm Amra v2 #53 1970
    • 35 · The Hippopotamus · pm *
    • 36 · The Lizards of Tula · pm *
    • 37 · The Mantis · pm *
    • 38 · The Elephant · pm *
    • 39 · The Newt · pm *
    • 41 · Swords, Sorcery, and Scribblers · si
    • 43 · A Skald’s Lament · pm F&SF Jan 1955, as “Lament by a Maker”
    • 44 · Heldendämmerung · pm Amra v2 #29 1964
    • 46 · Transposition · pm Amra v2 #27 1963
    • 47 · Old Heroes · pm Yandro Oct 1967
    • 48 · To R.E.H. · pm The Howard Collector Spr 1967
    • 49 · Heroes · pm Yandro Jan 1967
    • 50 · Où Sont les Planètes d’Antan? · pm If Mar 1967, as “Where Are the Worlds of Yesteryear?”
    • 51 · The Ghost · pm The Howard Collector #10 1968
    • 52 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Battle · pm *
    • 53 · Jorian’s Jingles: On a Shrew · pm *
    • 54 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Executioners · pm *
    • 55 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Polygamy · pm *
    • 56 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Piracy · pm *
    • 57 · Jorian’s Jingles: On his Homeland · pm *
    • 58 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Himself · pm *
    • 59 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Magic · pm *
    • 60 · Jorian’s Jingles: On Death · pm *
    • 61 · Envy · pm Yandro Mar 1969
    • 62 · A Tale of Two John Carters · pm Demons & Dinosaurs, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House 1970; given as first published in If Aug ’69, but there was no such issue.
    • 63 · Mother and Son · pm The Howard Collector #14 1971
    • 64 · Thoth-Amon’s Complaint · pm *
    • 65 · A Glass of Goblanti · pm *
    • 67 · Xeroxing the Necronomicon · pm *
    • 69 · My Fellow Primates and I · si
    • 71 · Time · pm F&SF Oct 1967
    • 72 · To My Library · pm Yandro Oct 1969
    • 73 · Night · pm The Arkham Collector Sum 1968
    • 74 · Warriors · pm Yandro #178 1968
    • 75 · Acrophobia · pm Startling Mystery Stories Sum 1968
    • 76 · Faunas · pm F&SF Sep 1968
    • 77 · The Sorcerers · pm Alchemy & Academe, ed. Anne McCaffrey, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1970
    • 78 · Preferences · pm *
    • 79 · Bear on a Bicycle · pm Yandro Oct 1971
    • 80 · The Old-Fashioned Lover · pm *
    • 81 · The Trap · pm *
    • 82 · The Reaper · pm Phantasticom Feb 1972
    • 84 · A Night Club in Cairo · pm *
    • 85 · Art · pm *
    • 87 · Varied Fancies · is
    • 89 · Nabonidus · pm F&SF Jun 1965
    • 90 · The Gods · pm F&SF Dec 1966
    • 91 · Ghost Ships · pm Amra v2 #47 1968
    • 92 · Farewell to Adam · pm Yandro Sep 1970
    • 95 · Glamour · pm *
    • 98 · Ghosts · pm The Arkham Collector Sum 1969
    • 99 · Creation · pm Fantastic Feb 1970
    • 100 · Ziggurat · pm Spectrum: The Richmond Tri-Annual Review Fll 1969
    • 101 · The Great Pyramid · pm Demons & Dinosaurs, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House 1970
    • 102 · Progress in Baghdad · pm Yandro Aug 1969
    • 103 · Reward of Virtue · pm F&SF Sep 1970
    • 104 · The Saviors · pm Yandro Dec 1971
    • 105 · Leaves · pm *
    • 106 · The Other Baghdad · pm *

    The Purple Pterodactyls L. Sprague de Camp (Phantasia, Dec ’79, 228pp, hc) [Willy Newbury]
    Also in pb (Ace Apr ’80).
    • Foreword · fw
    • Balsamo’s Mirror · ss F&SF Jun 1976
    • The Lamp · ss F&SF Mar 1975
    • Algy · ss Fantastic Aug 1976
    • The Menhir · ss F&SF May 1977
    • Darius · ss Escape! Fll 1977
    • United Imp · ss F&SF Dec 1977
    • Tiki · ss F&SF Feb 1977
    • Far Babylon · ss Fantasy Crossroads #8 1976
    • The Yellow Man · ss F&SF Dec 1978
    • A Sending of Serpents · ss F&SF Aug 1979
    • The Huns · nv F&SF May 1978
    • The Purple Pterodactyls · ss F&SF Aug 1976
    • Dead Man’s Chest · ss F&SF Sep 1977
    • The Figurine · ss Fantastic Feb 1977
    • Priapus · ss Fantastic Dec 1977

    The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales L. Sprague de Camp (Pyramid T2347, Nov ’70, 75¢, 190pp, pb)
    • 7 · The Reluctant Shaman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1947
    • 24 · The Hardwood Pile · nv Unknown Sep 1940
    • 58 · Nothing in the Rules · nv Unknown Jul 1939
    • 94 · The Ghosts of Melvin Pye · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1946
    • 113 · The Wisdom of the East · ss Unknown Worlds Aug 1942
    • 132 · Mr. Arson · nv Unknown Worlds Dec 1941
    • 162 · Ka the Appalling [Poseidonis] · nv Fantastic Universe Aug 1958

    Sprague de Camp’s New Anthology L. Sprague de Camp (Hamilton, 1953, 7/6, 159pp, hc)
    Edited by H. J. Campbell.
    • Calories [Viagens Interplanetary] · nv Ten Story Fantasy Spr 1951, as “Getaway on Krishna”
    • The Colorful Character [Viagens Interplanetary] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1949
    • Juice · ss Super Science Stories May 1940
    • Proposal · ss Startling Stories Nov 1952
    • The Saxon Pretender · nv Science Fiction Quarterly Feb 1952, as “Rogue Princess”
    • The Space Clause · ss If Sep 1952

    The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales L. Sprague de Camp (Twayne, 1953, $2.95, 262pp, hc) [Poseidonis]
    • The Tritonian Ring · n. Two Complete Science-Adventure Books Win 1951
    • The Stronger Spell · ss Fantasy Fiction Nov 1953
    • The Owl and the Ape · ss Imagination Nov 1951
    • The Eye of Tandyla · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1951

    The Wheels of If L. Sprague de Camp (Shasta, 1948, $3.00, 223pp, hc)
    • Foreword · fw
    • The Wheels of If [Park Alister] · na Unknown Oct 1940
    • The Best-Laid Scheme · ss Astounding Feb 1941
    • The Warrior Race · ss Astounding Oct 1940
    • Hyperpilosity · ss Astounding Apr 1938
    • The Merman · ss Astounding Dec 1938
    • The Contraband Cow · ss Astounding Jul 1942
    • The Gnarly Man · nv Unknown Jun 1939

    Conan of Aquilonia L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter (Ace, 1977, pb) [Conan]
    • Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in
    • The Witches of the Mists · nv Fantastic Aug 1972
    • Black Sphinx of Nebthu · nv Fantastic Jul 1973
    • Red Moon of Zembawei · nv Fantastic Jul 1974
    • Shadows in the Skull · nv Fantastic Feb 1975

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