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Future Tense: Available Copies

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Future Tense, Four Brilliant Diversities in Science Fiction
    by Jack Vance

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc. (1964)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $3.51
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $7.50

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Future Tense
    by Jack Vance

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine (1964)


    Seller: Firefly Bookstore (Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $2.99
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $8.49

Front and back covers have wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with edge or corner wear. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books ()


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.97
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $8.97

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books ()


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.97
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    TOTAL Cost: $8.97

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books ()


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $8.97
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    TOTAL Cost: $8.97

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2

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Future Tense, Four Brilliant Diversities in Science Fiction (Ballantine Books # U2214 ).
    by Vance, Jack. (pseudonym John Holbrook Vance)

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, Canada (1964)


    Seller: Comic World (Steinbach, MB, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $2.50
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $9.45

160 pages. >> cover creasing; several pages are dog-eared; slight spine slant; minor pen to front cover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York (1964)


    Seller: Z & Z Books (Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.00
    Shipping: $4.49
    TOTAL Cost: $9.49

New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. 1st Ballantine printing U2214 with a cover price of 50 cents. Inside covers tanned on edges. Paperback. Very Good.

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FUTURE TENSE
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, NY (1964)


    Seller: Books from the Crypt (N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.00
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $9.95

1st printing, June 1964; #U2214. Cover art is uncredited [Powers]. Paperback original. tanned; a little creasing, corner and edge wear.

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine (1964)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.39
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $12.38

First Edition. First Edition / First Printing as identified with "1" in the full number line.

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Future Tense
    by Jack Vance

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, NY (1964)


    Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC. (Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $12.50

Ballantine book #U2214. Four science fiction short stories. Wear at edges, reading creases, some soiling, rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7"

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine, New York (1964)


    Seller: Steve Kilby (Guelph, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $4.00
    Shipping: $10.00
    TOTAL Cost: $14.00

First Ballantine printing. Uncreased spine. Slight wear to the edges.

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DUST OF FAR SUNS (AKA: Future Tense)
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780879975883
    Publisher: DAW (1981)


    Seller: The Book Abyss (St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.99
    Shipping: $4.35
    TOTAL Cost: $14.34

Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- A collection of stories by Jack Vance. . .See photos for additional content. . .

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine (1964)


    Seller: Avalon Books (Stockton, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $14.50

A beautiful copy

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York (1964)


    Seller: Gumshoe Books (Columbia, SC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $13.01
    Shipping: $4.75
    TOTAL Cost: $17.76

a ballantine science fiction original. a very nice copy for the jack vance collector.

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FUTURE TENSE
    by JAck VANCE

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine, us (1964)


    Seller: Happy Heroes (Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: $8.00
    TOTAL Cost: $20.00

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Future Tense
    by Jack Vance

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine (1964)


    Seller: My Book Heaven (Alameda, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $20.00

First Printing. Good to Very Good condition. U2214.

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine U Series. NY: Ballantine Books, Inc. (1964)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $14.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $20.45

U-2214 almost near fine, faint crease PBO. paperback,

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Future Tense - U2214
    by Jack Vance -

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books Science Fiction ()


    Seller: "Pursuit of Happiness" Books (Oakland, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $17.89
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $21.89

Gd. Condition Classic Science Fiction (SF14A)

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FUTURE TENSE
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine (1964)


    Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $11.60
    Shipping: $12.50
    TOTAL Cost: $24.10

FUTURE TENSE, Ballantine, 1964, first edition, vg in full color pictorial wraps. From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn.

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, NY (1964)


    Seller: George Strange's Bookmart (Brandon, MB, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.75
    Shipping: $16.50
    TOTAL Cost: $24.25

Vance, Jack FUTURE TENSE New York, NY: Ballantine Books 1964 VG 160pp. 12mo. Cover is heavily age toned with shelf wear and the previous owner wrote some numbers in pen on the front. Edges are worn and bumped with some chipping at the edges of the spine. Text is age toned but otherwise clean and binding has loosened within the first few pages but remains strong throughout the rest of the book. Overall book has lasted very well for its age and remains in very good condition.

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine U Series. NY: Ballantine Books, Inc. (1964)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $18.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $24.45

U-2214 near fine, unread PBO. paperback,

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Future Tense
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, U.S.A. (1964)


    Seller: SkylarkerBooks (CARSON CITY, NV, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $25.00

An Excellent Copy - A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Covers Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. No Store Stamps. Not Remaindered. Thanks And Enjoy.

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Future Tense Dodkin's Job, Ullward's Retreat, Sail 25, the Gift of Gab
    by Vance Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books U2214 (1964)


    Seller: BYTOWN BOOKERY (Vars, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $11.34
    Shipping: $15.25
    TOTAL Cost: $26.59

Mass Market paperback in good + condition, squared, well bound with an unmarked interior text. Scuffing and edgewear with the previous owner's name written on the front free end paper, offsetting to the backsides of the covers. "Four brilliant diversities in science fiction." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages B002BYJQRG

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Future Tense (aka: Dust of Far Suns ) -The Gift of Gab, Ullward's Retreat, Dodkin's Job
    by Vance, Jack aka: (Vance, John Holbrook [Peter Held, John Holbrook, Ellery Queen, John van See, Alan Wade]

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine # U2214, Canada (1964)


    Seller: Nessa Books (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $13.88
    Shipping: $14.75
    TOTAL Cost: $28.63

-----The scan you see is the book you get. Tight square and clean, flat spine, 160 pages, Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear & some age toning to pages. "Here are four novelettes, each displaying in delectable detail all the qualities that mark Vance's great novels. Alien societies, exotic peoples, far worlds, and the vast communion between the stars, all are here." Contents include: Dust of Far Suns / The Gift of Gab / Ullward's Retreat / Dodkin's Job. Check out the scans.

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JACK VANCE" FIRST EDITIONS: To Live Forever / The Blue World / Future Tense (aka Dust of Far Suns) / Marune: Alastor 933 / Space Opera
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: New York: Ballantine Books #s 167, U2169, U2214 & 24518 / Pyramid Books # R-1140 1st Editions 1956-1975 (2169)


    Seller: John McCormick (Mississauga, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $26.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $30.99

----------paperbacks. 5 books, all Jack Vance first edition paperback originals (To Live Forever had a simultaneous hardcover printing). Live Forever has modest edgewear, a glue spot and a tiny chip on the spine, appears unread, and is VG+. Blue World appears unread and is near fine. Future Tense has modest shelfwear and is VG+. Marune has a slight spine tilt, spine and reading creases, and is VG. Space Opera has a price stamp to the bottom pages edge, a faint reading crease, and is VG+.

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FUTURE TENSE
    by Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York (1964)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $25.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $31.00

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books U2214. Collects four novellas, including "Ullward's Retreat," an overpopulation dystopia, and "Dodkin's Job," a computer ruled conformist dystopia. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 270-71 and p. 273. A fine copy. Cover art by Richard Powers. (#87498)

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Dust of Far Suns (aka: Future Tense) -The Gift of Gab, Ullward's Retreat, Dodkin's Job
    by Vance, Jack aka: (Vance, John Holbrook [Peter Held, John Holbrook, Ellery Queen, John van See, Alan Wade]

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780879975883
    Publisher: DAW Books 1st 1981, # 417 (New American Library of Canada), Canada (1981)


    Seller: Nessa Books (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $21.88
    Shipping: $14.75
    TOTAL Cost: $36.63

-----Tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, no names, 160 pages, Near Fine condition with faint edge wear. "Here are four novelettes, each displaying in delectable detail all the qualities that mark Vance's great novels. Alien societies, exotic peoples, far worlds, and the vast communion between the stars, all are here." Contents include: Dust of Far Suns / The Gift of Gab / Ullward's Retreat / Dodkin's Job. Check out the scans.

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Future Tense (Ballantine, 1964)
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine, USA (1964)


    Seller: Maynard & Bradley (Leicester, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $18.13
    Shipping: $23.91
    TOTAL Cost: $42.04

Lightly browned around the outer edges and along the spine, internally well-presented except for a few creased page corners. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 115 x 180 mm. 160 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; 1960s; Inventory No: 33195.

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Future Tense - Signed! (aka Dust of Far Suns)
    by Jack Vance

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine (1964)


    Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $60.00
    Shipping: $11.00
    TOTAL Cost: $71.00

First edition/printing paperback original (PBO) 1964 Ballantine U2214 - no hardcover edition. G. Hall Printer File Copy. Very Fine, unread condition. Signed by Vance! Sharp copy of this collection.

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Future Tense. (signed!)
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York (1964)


    Seller: Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries (Groningen, Netherlands)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $55.69
    Shipping: $21.63
    TOTAL Cost: $77.32

Paperback, transparant dustjacket. 160 pp. .

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