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Eight Fantasms and Magics: Available Copies

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Eight Fantasms And Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: MacMillan, 1969 (1969)


    Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $18.77
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $18.77

First edition copy. . Book Very Good. No dust jacket. With remainder mark. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (science fiction, fantasy, short stories)

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collier ()


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $23.37
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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collier ()


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $23.37
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Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45

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Eight Fantasms and Magic
    by Jack Vance

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan (1969)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $20.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $23.99

Ex-library.

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS.
    by VANCE, JACK

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: macmillan first edition , 1969, jacket only, NO BOOK, (1969)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $37.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $43.45

very good + small corner chips, bumping

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan, New York (1969)


    Seller: Ziesings (Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $40.00
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $43.75

New York: Macmillan:, 1969. First edition, Hardcover, ex-library Good in Good dust jacket, 288 pp. Front free endpaper appears to be missing. Spine skewed. Library stamp on foot and modest edgewear to the reasonably tidy jacket. First edition, Hardcover, ex-library Good in Good dust jacket,

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collier (1970)


    Seller: Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA (Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $48.05
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $52.04

Very mild shelfwear. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS.
    by VANCE, JACK

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: macmillan (1969)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $46.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $52.45

very good in very good dust jacket , ex-library

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure.
    by VANCE, Jack.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan,, NY: (1969)


    Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (Springfield, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $50.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $57.00

A collection of stories. First printing. Ex-library copy with typical markings, upper corner of front free endpaper is clipped, shelf worn, else good in a good dust jacket.

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Collier Books (1970)


    Seller: The Book Bin (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $70.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $75.50

> SIGNED by Author. Signed buy Jack Vance on the title page.FINE, a beautiful copy with extremely light chipping at the head of the spin. Cover bright and smooth with crisp corners. Page block bright and firmly attached. Feels unread.

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York (1969)


    Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books (Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $75.00
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $79.95

SPEC.SCI-FI-Fine regular size hardcover in a near fine, lightly worn jacket. purple w/white lettering Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York (1969)


    Seller: Berkshire Books (Concord, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $80.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $85.00

Minor edgewear, sunfading to top edges and top page block. Small stain along the side of the ffep and half-title page. Edgewear and very small chips to dustjacket, fold in front jacket flap ; Binding is tight and pages are unmarked. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 p.

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Jack Vance

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan (1969)


    Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $100.00
    Shipping: $11.00
    TOTAL Cost: $111.00

First Edition/printing of this 1969 collection by grandmaster Vance. Book is in Fine square condition. Dust jacket (price clipped) is in Near Fine condition and in a protector.

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS.
    by VANCE, JACK

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: macmillan (1969)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $115.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $121.45

near fine book in a near fine dust jacket , not price clipped, a rub mark on a spine fold

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780026215107
    Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (1969)


    Seller: Wizard Books (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $119.64
    Shipping: $3.50
    TOTAL Cost: $123.14

New

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS: A SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
    by Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company [1969], [New York] (1969)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $125.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $130.00

Octavo, cloth. Collects eight stories. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A37. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with two light blue horizontal lines to the verso of the jacket from an old style protector with bleed through most noticeable to the white areas of the jacket and the base of the spine panel. (25586)

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EIGHT FANTASMS & MAGICS
    by VANCE, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan (1969)


    Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books (Glendale, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $125.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $130.00

Eight stories making their first book appearance. An uncommon book. A very good + copy, in v.g.- d.j: one thin wrinkle in d.j., ear fold, price-clipped, and a little rubbing at d.j., edges, nothing drastic. A very presentable copy, in a "Peter Max'ed" styled d.j.

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780026215107
    Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (1969)


    Seller: Front Cover Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $125.88
    Shipping: $4.30
    TOTAL Cost: $130.18

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780026215107
    Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (1969)


    Seller: GoldBooks (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $134.73
    Shipping: $4.25
    TOTAL Cost: $138.98

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS: A SCI
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780026215107
    Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (1969)


    Seller: BennettBooksLtd (LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $134.10
    Shipping: $5.02
    TOTAL Cost: $139.12

New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.2

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS.
    by VANCE, JACK

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: macmillan (1969)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $184.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $190.45

near fine book in a near fine dust jacket , not price clipped, couple small spots on the forword page

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780026215107
    Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company (1969)


    Seller: ThriftBooksVintage (Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $200.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $200.00

First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.22

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1969)


    Seller: Stuart W. Wells III (Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $200.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $205.00

Dustjacket art by Anthony Sini. First printing. Dustjacket has a short closed tear, else fine.

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS.
    by VANCE, JACK

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: macmillan (1969)


    Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $201.00
    Shipping: $6.45
    TOTAL Cost: $207.45

fine in a fine dust jacket

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS [SIGNED]
    by Vance, Jack; Sini, Anthony [jacket illustrator]

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company, Toronto (1969)


    Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (Rockville, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $240.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $246.00

8vo., 288 pp., G+/VG-; purple and green pictorial DJ with white lettering; mild age-toning to DJ; liquid staining to top edge of back cover and back flap and to bottom corner at hinge, mild staining to fore-edge of back cover; creasing to front flap, small pink stain to top edge of front flap, price uncut "5.95" to top right-hand corner of front flap; black cloth boards, gold lettering and blue motif to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine; bumping to corners, cocking to boards; liquid staining to faded red top, age-toning/mild foxing to text-block, stippled fore- and bottom-edge; small stain to fore-edge that bleeds into both sides of ffep towards bottom right-hand corner; very occasional staining to margins of interior, text clear and legible; SIGNED by Vance to half-title page; published 1969, "First Printing" stated to copyright page; shelved Case 8. 1283145. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS: A SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
    by Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company [1969], [New York] (1969)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $255.00

Octavo, cloth. Collects eight stories. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A37. A fine copy in a nearly fine jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends and corner tips. (23590)

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS: A SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
    by Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company [1969], [New York] (1969)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $255.00

Octavo, cloth. Collects eight stories. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A37. Former owner's name and address ink stamped to front free end paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends and corner tips. (27155)

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Eight Fantasms and Magics
    by Vance, Jack

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: ()


    Seller: GoldBooks (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $253.45
    Shipping: $4.25
    TOTAL Cost: $257.70

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Eight Fantasms and Magics: A Science Fiction Adventure
    by Vance, Jack

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Macmillan (1969)


    Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $295.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $300.00

Fine condition octavo in a Very Good Plus condition DJ. Signed by Jack Vance on the title page. DJ has some evidence of a removed sticker from the spine that has been re-touched. Very unobtrusive. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 288 pages; Signed by Author

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EIGHT FANTASMS AND MAGICS: A SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
    by Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Macmillan Company [1969], [New York] (1969)


    Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (Laurel, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $300.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $305.00

Octavo, cloth. Story collection. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A37. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to extremities and some light soiling to rear panel. (88)

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