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First published 1981
Publisher Advent: Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art C. H. Burnett
Pages xvii+327
Price $12.00
ISBN 0911682252

  • 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.

Searching by ISBN: 0911682252

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Introduction (The Glory That Was) Robert A. Heinlein Essay
7 Quixote with a Pen Lin Carter Essay
25 L. Sprague de Camp — Guest of Honor Isaac Asimov Essay
27 All About Catherine Isaac Asimov Essay
31 Memoirs of a de Camp Fan Poul Anderson Essay
35 The Lyon of Fantasy and Science Fiction Andrew J. Offutt Essay
39 Catherine and L. Sprague de Camp Patricia Jackson Essay
45 Why L. Sprague de Camp Writes George Scithers Essay
51 One Day in the Cretaceous L. Sprague de Camp & Catherine Crook de Camp Essay
68 To Roy Thomas' Savage Sword: Letter L. Sprague de Camp Essay
74 Range L. Sprague de Camp Essay
81 Preface to the Necronomicon L. Sprague de Camp Essay
88 The Great Glass Jewel L. Sprague de Camp & Catherine Crook de Camp Essay
99 The Coming of the Engineers L. Sprague de Camp Essay
122 Should Your Child Read Science Fiction? Catherine Crook de Camp Essay
140 Atlantis and the City of Silver L. Sprague de Camp & Catherine Crook de Camp Essay
151 Credo Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
152 Cloth of Love Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
153 Achievements Catherine A. Crook Poem
154 Moon Shadows Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
154 Sky Train Catherine A. Crook Poem
155 In Memoriam Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
155 Love Song Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
156 A Song for Tomorrow Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
157 Questions for an Author Catherine Crook de Camp Poem
158 The Gods L. Sprague de Camp Poem
162 The Trap L. Sprague de Camp Poem
162 Xeroxing the Necronomicon L. Sprague de Camp Poem
163 The Opossum L. Sprague de Camp Poem
164 The Ameba L. Sprague de Camp Poem
165 Ripples L. Sprague de Camp Poem
166 A Tale of Two John Carters L. Sprague de Camp Poem
167 Carnac L. Sprague de Camp Poem
171 The Boy Who Could Fly Catherine Crook de Camp Short Story
181 The Horse Show Catherine Crook de Camp Short Story
200 The Million Dollar Pup Catherine Crook de Camp Short Story
225 The Space Clause L. Sprague de Camp Short Story
237 Windfall Catherine Crook de Camp Short Story
262 Eudoric's Unicorn L. Sprague de Camp Short Story
285 The Emperor's Fan L. Sprague de Camp Novelette
307 Algy L. Sprague de Camp Short Story
325 Postscript (Footprints on Sand) L. Sprague de Camp Essay
vii Preamble Catherine Crook de Camp Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Footprints on Sand Cover 1981 Advent: Publishers Hardcover Collection C. H. Burnett xvii+327
Footprints on Sand Cover 2021 Advent:Publishers / ReAnimus Press eBook Collection