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The Light From a Lone Star: Available Copies

one of eight hundred unsigned copies -- see our other Jack Vance titles listed -- photograph available on request

Limited edition of 1000, unnumbered. Some scuffing to jacket at joints and folds, corners bumped, edges subtly shelfworn in spots. Some scratching to black background of back cover. Subtle soiling to edges of rear flap. 1/4" closed tear to front cover at top corner near flap fold. Black cloth boards show the faintest discoloration or subtle shelfwear to bottom edges. Front cover bows upward ever so slightly. Interior shows very faint age-toning around edges and slight ripple to text block.

Trade issue. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing.

Light from a Lone Star. Jack Vance. The NESFA Press, Cambridge, MA. 1985. Stated First Edition. Original Dust jacket. 125 p., 7.25 x 5.25 , 12mo. In good condition. Dust jacket normally scuffed at edges and corners & jacket bumped at head and tail of hinges. Black cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Text-block clean. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. John Holbrook Vance (1916 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen. Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984, and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 15th Grand Master in 1997, and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers. RAREA1985PBCQ 12/24 - HK2229

Limited edition of 1000 copies. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Small octavo, jacket art by Richard Powers, Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 800 unnumbered trade copies. Commemorative book for Vance's Guest of Honor appearance at Lone Star Con. Miscellany with five stories, excerpt from "Cat Island," an unpublished novella, a Vance encyclopedia, interview with Vance by Tim Underwood, and an introduction by Russell Letson. [Reference: Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A74]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (27236)

First Edition/First Printing of this commemorative issue with a reported print run of 800 copies; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only some light rubbing to the jacket edges and corners, else F/F. An outstanding copy; not remaindered, not ex-library. Will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

xiii + 125 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Introduction by Russell Letson. Concludes with a talk with Jack Vance by Tim Underwood and a "Vance Encyclopedia." SIGNED by Vance on the title page.

Lone Star Con Guest of Honor book. Dust jacket art by Richard Powers. One of 800 trade editon copies. As new, never read.

12mo, 7.25 in. x 5.25 in., pp. xiii, 125, [3]. Signed by the author in felt pen on title page. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Protected in mylar. Limited edition of 1000. SIx stories, plus an interview by Tim Underwood, and "A Vance Encyclopedia." "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).

Small octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 800 unnumbered trade copies, this copy signed by Vance and artist Richard Powers on the front free endpaper. Miscellany with five stories, excerpt from "Cat Island," an unpublished novella, a Vance encyclopedia, interview with Vance by Tim Underwood, and introduction by Russell Letson. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at lower spine end and rubbing to black background ink at edges. (#153114)

Signed/numbered/slipcased edition of 200 copies. Very uncommon in the signed state.

Limited edition. No. 81 of 200 copies signed by Vance of an edition of 1000 copies. Signed by Vance and jacket artist Richard Powers on the front endpaper. Fine copy in jacket with slipcase as issued.

Cambridge, Nesfa Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardback. A fine copy. 42 of 200 copies. Signed by the author. Additionally signed by Powers / LAZ/org. Collects six short stories, an introduction by Richard Powers, an interview and a Vance encyclopedia. Scuff to the spine. Cover art by Richard Powers / LAZ/org [10262, Hyraxia Books].

HC in dust jacket and slipcase. 1st Printing. Of 1000 copies printed, this is one of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance and cover artist Richard Powers. Jacket has a small spot of wear at the top of the spine. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.