vance jack pseudonym john holbrook (21 résultats)

paperback. Etat : Good.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Shows minor wear, tanned pages.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Ace double. M-125. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Some spotting to top edge. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Ace Double with two novels dos a dos.

First trade edition. Octavo, cloth. Collects "The Murthe," "Fader's Waft," and "Morreion," three tales of The Dying Earth. [Reference: See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-380. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A72b]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to spine ends and some rub spots, mainly to rear panel. (27154).

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Richard Weaver illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly creased dustwrapper which is a little toned to the white rear panel and otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£2.95 net to the front flap). A novel about an invisible alien parasite, the 'nopal'. Originally published in America as a paperback original by Ace Books in 1966. This example is the first UK edition and first hardback edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original cream cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Cindy Oldenberg illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two black and white full page illustrations by David Russell. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a light bump to the spine tail and a little dustiness to the board extremities. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which has a tiny scuff to the front panel and a patch of damp staining to the verso of the spine head and is otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. Issued in a trade edition (as here) and an edition of 200 copies signed by Jack Vance. Collects the novella 'The Dogtown Tourist Agency' and novelette 'Freitzke's Turn' both featuring the intergalactic detective Miro Hetzel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First unabridged version in book form and first hardback edition. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, in the Steve Hickman illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Hickman. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the foot of the spine with very slight bumping. The contents, with a few minor marks to the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. Not price-clipped ($15.95 on the front flap). Issued in a limited edition of 1000 copies. 'Big Planet' was first published in Startling Stories in 1952, and was abridged and published in book form in 1957 by Avalon Books. This edition, with new illustrations by Steve Hickman, restores the original text for the first time. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Original pearlescent white cloth with light blue foil titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with some very light spotting to the top edge of the closed text-block, the contents are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper. Not price-clipped ($40 on the front flap). A memoir by the prolific science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance. Winner of the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Related Book. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First UK edition, first printing. Original green cloth with silver titles to the spine, in the Richard Weaver illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, with a tiny bump on the cloth of the upper board. The closed text-block edge and margins are toned and lightly spotted, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper which has some faint spotting to the flaps. Clipped and repriced with a label by the publisher. A science fiction story about genetic experimentation in an interplanetary human-alien war which won the 1963 Hugo Award for best novella. First published in Galaxy magazine in 1962 and then as an Ace paperback original in 1963. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition. Trade edition. Publisher's original grey cloth with metallic blue titles to the spine, in the Tom Kidd illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($45 to the front flap). A collection of eight stories including 'Nopalgarth', 'Telek', 'Four Hundred Blackbirds', 'Alfred's Ark', 'Meet Miss Universe', 'The World Between', 'Milton Hack From Zodiac' and 'Parapsyche'. This is the trade edition of volume four in 'The Early Jack Vance' series, there was also an edition of 26 lettered copies signed by Jack Vance, housed in a traycase. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

* (illustrateur). First edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in silver on spine panel. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust wrapper, one tiny scuff. A very sharp copy.

First edition. Trade edition. Publisher's original grey cloth with gold titles to the spine, in the Tom Kidd illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth clean and bright. The contents, with a few spots to the top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($45 to the front flap). 'Magic Highways' is the third volume in 'The Early Jack Vance' series and was issued in a trade edition (as here) and an edition of 26 lettered copies signed by Jack Vance, housed in a traycase. Comprising of 16 stories including 'Phalid's Fate', 'Planet of Black Dust', 'Dead Ahead', 'The Ten Books', 'The Uninhibited Robot', 'Dover Spargill's Ghastly Floater', 'The Visitors', 'Sabotage on Sulfur Planet', 'The House Lords', 'Sanatoris Short-cut', 'The Unspeakable McInch', 'The Sub-Standard Sardines', 'The Howling Bounders', 'The King of Thieves', 'The Spa of the Stars' and 'To B or Not to C or to D'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition. Large octavo, illustrated by Stephen Fabian, cloth. Promotional card for the book signed by Stephen Fabian laid in. [Reference: Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A62]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (15577).

First edition. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original white cloth speckled in black, with blue titles to the spine, in the Vincent Di Fate illustrated dustwrapper and white cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Housed in the very lightly rubbed, structurally sound slipcase. Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies, this example is stamped 'presentation copy' in blue ink and signed by Jack Vance in black on the limitation page. The third and final volume in the critically acclaimed 'Cadwall' trilogy. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark brown faux 'leather' with gilt titles to the spine, in the Gnemo illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in the black cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($125 to the rear flap). Complete with the structurally sound slipcase. Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies of which this example is numbered 151 and signed by the author Jack Vance in black ink on the limitation page. There was also an edition of 26 lettered copies in a traycase. A collection of three of the multi-award winning author's very best planetary adventures: 'Emphyrio', 'The Domains of Koryphon' (originally published as 'The Grey Prince'), and 'The Languages of Pao'. With introductions by Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mike Resnick. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth with metallic blue titles to the spine, in the Ken Laager illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($45 to the front flap). A collection of three mystery novels from the multi-award winning author. Titles include 'The Man in the Cage' (winner of the 1961 Edgar Award), 'Bad Ronald', and 'The Deadly Isles'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, cloth. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the Vance. "A young man attempts to free the people of the semi-ruined city of Ambroy on the planet Halma from the benign oppression of the Lords.This is one of his best novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 118. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1163. See Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A34 (this edition issued after the bilbliography was printed)]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (32147).

Limited edition. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, cloth. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the Vance. "A young man attempts to free the people of the semi-ruined city of Ambroy on the planet Halma from the benign oppression of the Lords.This is one of his best novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 118. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1163. See Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A34 (this edition issued after the bilbliography was printed)]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (27137).

Limited edition. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, cloth. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the Vance. "A young man attempts to free the people of the semi-ruined city of Ambroy on the planet Halma from the benign oppression of the Lords.This is one of his best novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 118. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1163. See Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A34 (this edition issued after the bilbliography was printed)]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and cloth slipcase. (27136).

First edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Ilene Meyer illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in the tan cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. With the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper, which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($29.95 to the front flap). Complete with the structurally sound slipcase. Issued in a limited edition of 300 copies of which this example is numbered 88 and signed by Jack Vance in black ink on the limitation page. A collection of five novellas, including 'Chateau D'If', 'Gift of Gab', 'Rumfuddle', 'Abercrombie Station' and its sequel 'Cholwell's Chickens'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.