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The Best of Jack Vance: Available Copies

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

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

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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 covers and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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Small octovo hardcover, duo-tone covers, very tight and square spine/binding, pages white, unmarked and crisp, covers are unworn, may have never been read, else FINE+ in FINE DJ, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Stories for future reading. Six short stories personally selected by the author, including 'The Last Castle'. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Cover has a small ding on the front; spine is lightly creased, but straight. Pages are clean and unmarked, with faint tanning on the top edges. Timescape mass paperback, 3rd printing, ISBN: 9780671441869, 274 pages, cover art by Charles Moll. 12mo (6.75" x 4.25") 8th place, 1977 Locus Poll Award, Best Collection. Contents: Preface to the Collection, essay by Jack Vance; Capturing Vance, essay by Barry N. Malzberg; Sail 25; Ullward's Retreat; The Last Castle (winner, 1967 Nebula, Hugo Awards); Abercrombie Station; The Moon Moth (voted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame by the Science Fiction Writers of America); Rumfuddle (8th place, 1974 Locus Poll Award).

First edition bound in yellow cloth and blue boards. A Fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Rubbing to the rear panel. Dust soiling to the rear cover, spine and panels. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg.

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

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

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

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

pgs.274 clean tight copy with tanning to text pages and inside covers some corner creases

First hardcover edition, has slight bumps to spine ends and upper corners, otherwise a bright, clean Near Fine copy in VG+ dustjacket which has slightest bumps to top of spine and corners, and some rubbing.

Octavo, 8.4 in. x 5,.5 in., pp. x, [2], 274. Blue cloth boards over amber spine. Dark blue title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Protected in mylar. Seven selections revealing Vance' s talent." Jack (John Holbrook) Vance (San Francisco, August 28, 1916 - Oakland, May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. Other pen names (each used only once) included Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Among his awards are: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for life achievement and in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc; an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage; in 1992, he was Guest of Honor at the WorldCon in Orlando, Florida; and in 1997 he was named a SFWA Grand Master. A 2009 profile in the New York Times Magazine described Vance as 'one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices.'" (from Jack Vance FB site).

1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. In protective archival bag. Once this treasured tome from Tanjecterly has arrived at your stately manse of Trilda, youll retire to the parlor and a light repast of wine and cheese, melon and water fowl, before focusing your attention on its many and varied excellences, composed, as it is, of sandestin stuff hopefully Grofinet wont choose this moment for a spontaneous lecture on the Egyptian pyramids! NOTE: VERY light evidence of edgewear and age-toning.

Review copy with Taplinger review slip laid in. Collects six of Vance's stories. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. A section of bent upper corners [not creased or folded cprmers, but bent]. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket with tiny tear and associated crease to the top edge. Small tape mend to the reverse.

First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Pocket Books, 1976. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good. Covers have some light shelf wear.

The Best of Jack Vance (First Edition) A tight bright unread copy A bright dust jacket in protective clear cover. Not price-clipped. "This edition first published in the United States in 1978 by Taplinger" stated. Yellow cloth over blue paper-covered boards. Wrap-around jacket illustration, artist not credited.

The Best of Jack Vance by Jack Vance Faint tanning to textblock, otherwise pristine copy. Not price clipped. In protective mylar. Moderate shelfwear with scuffing. First edition. Quarter bound blue boards with yellow publisher's cloth to spine. Pictorial dustjacket.

Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled and scuffed dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 274 pages; Description: x, 274 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Fantasy fiction, American. Form/Genre: Science fiction. 3 Kg.

This book is bound in bright blue boards with a yellow spine with bright blue letters. There is very, very light wear on the edges. The contents are clean, bright & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "This edition first published in the United States in 1978". The white dust jacket is clean, bright & unmarked. No chips or tears. 9.95 on the flap.

Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat dust-dulled and scuffed dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 274 pages; Description: x, 274 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Fantasy fiction, American. Form/Genre: Science fiction. 1 Kg.

Octavo, cloth backed boards. Collects six stories, including "The Last Castle" and "Rumfuddle." Introduction by Barry Malzberg. Offset from the Pocket Books edition (1976). [Reference: Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A51e]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends. (21535)

, 274 pages, introduction by Barry N. Malzberg First Edition thus , light rubbing to spine, little mark to front board, small inscription scratched from front free endpaper, book in very good condition , dust wrapper has a small nick at head of spine, lightly rubbed, in good+ condition Octavo (over 7-10 inches tall) Hardback ISBN: 080080726X

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Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First hardcover edition. Collects "Sail 25," "Ullward's Retreat," the award-winning novella "The Last Castle," "Abercrombie Station," "The Moon Moth," and "Rumfuddle." "Exotic, stylish, often humorous stuff in Vance's inimitable vein. Although he's rarely written a major book, he's one of American science fiction's originals" (Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition [1995], p. 33). Preface by Vance; introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. Offset from the Pocket Books edition (1976). Mild bruise to upper spine end, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket with light matching bruise. (#153121)

Signed. First Edition. First ed, stated. SIGNED by author on title page. Jacket has minor shelf/dust wear, NO stains or rips. Book itself VG, appears unread, binding tight.

First hardcover edition. Introduction by Barry Malzberg. SIGNED on title page. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket.

Nice Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Small Amount Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Very Mild Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy.