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The Jack Vance Lexicon: Available Copies
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The Jack Vance Lexicon: From Abiloid to Zygage: The Coined Words of Jack Vance by Temianka, Dan
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $150.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $157.00
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-viii] ix-xvii [xviii] xix-xxi [xxii] [23-24] 25-136, cloth. First edition. Number 159 of 175 numbered copies signed by Temianka and Vance. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. LACKS the slipcase. (#161756)
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The Jack Vance Lexicon : From Ahulph to Zipangote, The Coined Words of Jack Vance by Temianka, Dan; & Jack Vance
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887331183
Publisher: Underwood Miller, Novato, California and Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1992)
Seller: About Books (Henderson, NV, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $224.95
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $231.90
Novato, California and Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Underwood Miller , 1992. A beautiful copy that appears unread. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First Trade Edition with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Edited and with an introduction by Dan Temianka. Bound in the original baby blue cloth, stamped in shiny silver and bright pinkish-red metallic. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 136pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc. (Crestline, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $249.99
Shipping: $4.49
TOTAL Cost: $254.48
Deluxe limited edition hardcover #161 of 175 copies signed by Vance and Temianka to the limitation page. Fine unread condition. The slipcase is fine. No DJ as issued. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
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Seller: Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA (Sykesville, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $250.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $255.00
Hardcover, signed limited edition from Underwood-Miller, 1992. Signed by Dan Temianka and by Jack Vance to the limitation page, and numbered 31/175. In As New condition, a collector's grade copy. Fine hardcover, full bound in blue cloth, with red and silver lettering and silver designs. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcover in pale blue/grey cloth, in Fine condition.
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The Jack Vance Lexicon: From Ahulph To Zipangote: The Coined Words Of Jack Vance (signed/slipcased) by Vance, Jack (ed. Dan Temianka)
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887331190
Publisher: Underwood-Miller: USA (1992)
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS (Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $378.03
Shipping: $20.02
TOTAL Cost: $398.05
136 pages: eight page introduction by editor Temianka. LIMITED EDITION: 175 numbered hardcover copies signed by Vance and Temianka and slipcased. This is no 34. Fine copy (as issued without dustjacket) in a slipcase (as new).
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