Pseudonym vance john holbrook (19 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Good. Small marking on bottom of book. Cover edges have minor scuffing and creasing.

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

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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First US hardcover edition. Limited edition. Publisher's original gold faux leather, with red titles and black borders and decoration to the upper board and spine. With a black and white frontispiece illustration. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the extremities, the boards bright and fresh. The contents, with some light foxing spots to the endpapers, closed text block edge and occasionally throughout, are otherwise clean, and without inscriptions or stamps. Issued in a limited edition of 700 copies. The first novel in Vance's Demon Princes series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. 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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First hardcover edition, first printing. Limited edition. Original brown faux leather with gilt titles and red decorations to the spine and upper board. Patterned endpapers. With a black and white uncredited frontispiece illustration. A very good copy, the binding firm with minor bumping to the tips of the lightly rolled spine. There is some spotting to the closed text-block edge, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Issued in a limited edition of 1000 copies. The fifth and final book in Jack Vance's 'Demon Princes' science fiction series that follows one man's fight against interstellar organised crime. Published in September 1981 following the DAW paperback original, in January of the same year. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original light grey cloth with green titles to the spine, in the Tom Kidd illustrated dustwrapper. Textured endpapers. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the tail of the spine, and a small mark to the outer bottom edge of the upper board. The contents, with light spotting to the top edge of the text block, are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has a few light marks and is otherwise bright and without loss or tears. ($40 to the upper front flap). A collection of 12 of the multi-award winning author's planetary adventures, comprising 'Assault on a City'; 'Green Magic'; 'The World-Thinker'; 'The Augmented Agent'; 'Coup De Grâce'; 'Chateau d'If'; 'The Potters of Firsk'; 'The Seventeen Virgins'; 'Ulward's Retreat'; 'Seven Exits from Bocz'; 'Wild Thyme and Violets'; 'Rumfuddle'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. 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. All items are catalogued by humans. 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. All items are catalogued by humans. 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. All items are catalogued by humans. 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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with gilt 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 previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss, or tears. Not price-clipped ($45 to the upper front flap). The second volume in the four-volume The Early Jack Vance series. A collection of ten of the multi-award winning author's adventure stories, comprising 'The Dogtown Tourist Agency'; 'Freitzke's Turn'; 'I'll Build Your Dream Castle'; 'Golden Girl'; 'Sulwen's Planet'; 'Cholwell's Chickens'; 'A Practical Man's Guide'; 'The Narrow Land'; 'The Enchanted Princess'; 'Son of the Tree'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First hardcover edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Chris Miller illustrated dustwrapper. With a black and white frontispiece reproducing the dustwrapper illustration. A fine copy, the binding square and firm. There is some very slight spotting to the closed text-block edge and prelims, the contents are otherwise clean and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very good lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little toned at the spine and extremities, and has a very short closed tear to the head of the spine. Not price-clipped ($25 on the read flap). Signed by Jack Vance in black ink on the title page. A science fiction novella about a planet where a species of tree has been bred to function as a living house, now a jealously guarded commodity that is coveted by the rest of the universe. It was first published in 'Starling Stories' magazine in 1954, expanded for an Ace Double novel (with Vance's 'Son of the Tree') in 1964 and finally issued as a standalone novel in 1974. This is the first hardcover edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Limited edition. Signed by the author. Original muted red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Ned Dameron illustrated dustwrapper and navy cloth-covered slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth clean and fresh, the contents clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($60 on the front flap). Housed the near fine original slipcase that is a touch rubbed at the corners. Issued in a limited edition of 500, this example is numbered 93 and signed by Jack Vance on the limitation page. An attractive deluxe issue of Vance's classic science fiction novel about a seemingly utopian, far-future society in which immortality has been achieved but is strictly and unethically controlled to avoid overpopulation. First published in 1956 by Ballantine Books. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s). …

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original navy cloth with red titles to the spine and upper board, in the Vincent Di Fate illustrated dustwrapper and slipcase. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the boards with very slight bowing. There is some very faint spotting to the top edge of the closed text-block, the contents are otherwise clean and bright and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($29.95 on the front flap). Housed in the structurally sound, lilac cloth-covered slipcase that is a little rubbed at the corners and has a few white marks to the spine. Issued in a limited edition of 300 copies, this example is stamped "presentation copy" and signed by Jack Vance in black ink on the limitation page. A collection of science fiction adventure stories that were first published in magazines such as Galaxy, Astounding, Startling Stories and Cosmos. Comprising 'When the Five Moons Rise', 'Noise', 'New Prime', 'Telek', 'Dodkin's Job', 'Dust of Far Suns', 'Ulward's Retreat', 'Ecological Onslaught', 'Masquerade on Discthropus', 'Men of the Ten Books', 'When Hesperus Falls' and 'Devil on Salvation Bluff'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s). …

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. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…