Vance John H (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. New York: Greenwich House / distributed by Crown Publishers Inc 1984 First edition [printing code line ends with an "a"]. 612 pages. Near fine with light edge wear, pages lightly toned in like dust jacket. See Photos clph.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Creasing; rubbing; spine tears with losses; rear hinge wear with tears; tanning; front cover scratch. Book. …

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. Covers quite rubbed, cover creases and tears, piece missing front cover bottom right corner, small splits to spine extremities, a fair copy. Back cover advertisement is for Book League of America. Earle Bergey (front cover) (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 1, no. 6. Cover art is uncredited [valigursky]. Includes "Lean Times in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber; "Bottle It up" by Ron Goulart; "Graygortch" by Don Wilcox; "Abe Lincoln-Android" by O. H. Leslie [Henry Slesar]; "That Thing Beneath the Bay" by John Hagan; "Ship Ahoy!" by Jack Sharkey; "Heads You Lose" by Gerald Vance. Tanning; creasing; corner wear; bumps and dings. Book.…

Magazine. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 1st Edition. New York, Better Publications 1951 First Edition 146 pages. Vintage Pulp Magazine Covers detached fromt text block, Light staining along spine edge of rear cover, creasing and small edge tears to covers. See photos mag11E.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 29, No. 6. Cover art by Bert Tanner for "The Overworld" (novelet) by Jack Vance. Includes "Breakthrough Gang" by Gordon R. Dickson; "O'Grady's Girl" by Leo P. Kelley; "The Convenient Monster" (novelet) by Leslie Charteris; "The Firmin Child" by Richard H. Blum; "Minor Alteration" by John Thomas Richards. Feautres: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Rick Raphael & Fritz Leiber; "Science: Water, Water, Everywhere -" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Marketplace"; "Index to Volume XXIX". Tanning; minor loss at lower edge/spien corner; minor edge and corner nicks and wear. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 29, No. 6. Cover art by Bert Tanner for "The Overworld" (novelet) by Jack Vance. Includes "Breakthrough Gang" by Gordon R. Dickson; "O'Grady's Girl" by Leo P. Kelley; "The Convenient Monster" (novelet) by Leslie Charteris; "The Firmin Child" by Richard H. Blum; "Minor Alteration" by John Thomas Richards. Feautres: "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Books" by Rick Raphael & Fritz Leiber; "Science: Water, Water, Everywhere -" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Marketplace"; "Index to Volume XXIX". Darkening; small chip at upper foredge of rear cover; minor cover scars. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. . Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (science fiction).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. Reprint Edition. We Die in Glory cover/story by George Bruce; WINGS (Pulp Digest magazine) 1977 Reprint of the March 1932 Volume 5 #3; Other stories include; We Die in Glory, The Drachen's Brand, Lone Falcon, Combat!, Veterans of the Blue, H.Q. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Rudolph Belarski Cover Art! (illustrator). Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Upper foredge corner has been wet with slight staining; rubbing; creasing; 1" loss at heel; other small losses with standard wear and tear at edges; minor soiling, bumps and dings. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL 1966 PUBLICATION; softcover;spine reinforced w/ tape; light dampstains on covers; light foxing of title page; o/w in good condition. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Minor soiling; 3/4" loss at spine head; creasing; dealer's marks; a few chips; lower front cover staple tear and a near by scar. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Rubbing; creasing; dealer's marks; a few small chips; minor wet spot at front foredge; staples poke through rear. Page quality is high. Book. …

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with wear to the yapped edges.

SC. Condition: Gut. TB., 137, in gutem Zustand, Deu 400g.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 24, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Last issue edited by Sam Merwin, Jr.] Cover art by Bergey for "House of Many Worlds" (novel) by Sam Merwin, Jr. Includes "This Way to Mars" (novelet) by William Campbell Gault; "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" by Jack Vance; "Yes, Sir!" by H. B. Fyfe; "The White Fruit of Banaldar" by John D. MacDonald; "The Last Story" by Alexander Samalman. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "Current Fan Publications". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Peter Poulton, and Orban. Letters from Jack Harmon, Calvin Thomas Beck, & Bob Hoskins. Rubbing; minor creasing and edge etars. Book. …

Octavo, pp. [1-13] 14-91 [92: colophon] [93-96: blank], pictorial wrappers. First edition. 1000 copies printed of which this is one of 900 paperbound copies. Illustrated bibliography of Vance's fictional work published in books and periodicals. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 10-149. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-101. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 434. A fine copy. Errata sheet laid in. (#61716).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Classic Science Fiction . . (sf19a). Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No publication date but this UK edition dates from around June 1952 and includes some of the content of the September 1951 US edition along with the Sprague story from the July 1951 issue. Contains 'This Way to Mars' by Gault, 'The Masquerade on Dicantropus' by Vance, 'Yes, Sir!' by Fyfe, 'The White Fruit of Banaldar' by MacDonald, 'The Last Story' by Samalman and 'The Ultiimate Engine' by Sprague (Merwin). It also includes 'The Ether Vibrates' by the editor which has readers' letters. The cover illustration is also from the September 1951 US edition and is by Earl Bergey. The interior illustrations are by Poulton, Orban and Schomburg. There is a little chipping at the top and bottom of the spine which also has some light surface and edge wear. There is a small crease to the top corner of the front cover but the covers are otherwise clean and unmarked. The pages are a little browned but otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Bergey, Earle; Poulton, Paul; Orban Paul; Schomburg, Alex (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. US edition. Contains: 'World Without Children' by Knight; 'With these Hands' by Kornbluth; 'Pillar to Post' by Wyndham; 'A Pail of Air' by Leiber; 'Winner Lose All' by Vance; 'Not a Creature was Stirring' by Evans; an editorial by Gold and book reviews by Conklin. Cover art by Emsh illustrating 'Seasons Greetings to our Readers'. Interior illustrations by Emsh, Alexander, Rogers, Thorne, Stone and Powers. Staining around the spine which has a surface chip at the bottom. Small chip to the top left hand corner of the front cover. Browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked. The postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Emshwiller, Ed (Emsh); Alexander, Ed; Rogers, Karl; Thorne; Stone, David; Powers, Richard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 916 pp. Both antholgies in a single volume, a book club First Edition. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; wraparound dj painting by John Berkey. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings. This anthology contains: EXPLORERS: Preface; Vaster than Empires and More Slow - a novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty; In the Hall of the Martian Kings - a novella by John Varley; The Sentinel - 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke; Moonwalk - a novelette by H. B. Fyfe; Grandpa - a novelette by James H. Schmitz; The Red Hills of Summer - a novelette by Edgar Pangborn; The Longest Voyage - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Hot Planet by Hal Clement; Drunkboat - a novelette by Cordwainer Smith; Becalmed in Hell by Larry Niven; The Keys to December - a novelette by Roger Zelazny; A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke; The Man Who Walked Home by James Tiptree Jr; Long Shot by Vernor Vinge; Ginungagap - a novelette by Michael Swanwick; Exploring Fossil Canyon - a novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson; Promises to Keep - a novelette by Jack McDevitt; Lieserl by Stephen Baxter; Crossing Chao Meng Fu - a novelette by G. David Nordley; Wang's Carpets - a novelette by Greg Egan; A Dance to Strange Music - a novelette by Gregory Benford; and Approaching Permelasma - a novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis. THE FURTHEST HORIZON: Preface; Guyal of Sfere - a novella by Jack Vance; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - a novelette by Cornwainer Smith; Day Million by Frederik Pohl; Bumberboom - a novelette by Avram Davidson; Coranda - a novelette by Keith Roberts; Nightwings - a novella by Robert Silverberg; Pale Roses - a novelette by Michael Moorcock; Anniversary Project by Joe Haldeman; Slow Music - a novella by James Tiptree Jr; The Map by Gene Wolfe; Dinosaurs - a novelette by Walter Jon Williams; The Death Artist - a novelette by Alexander Jablokov; Sister Alice - a novella by Robert Reed; Recording Angel - a novelette by Paul J. McAuley; Genesis - a novella by Poul Anderson; and The Days of Solomon Gursky - a novella by Ian McDonald. Size: 8vo. John Berkey; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Star Virus / Mask of Chaos, Lord of the Green Planet / Five Against Arlane, The Celestial Blueprint / Cache from Outer Space, The Noblest Experiment in the Galaxy / A Different Destiny, Positive Charge / Gallagher's Glacier, The Age of Ruin / Code Duello, The Dragon Masters / The Five Gold Bands, Kar Kaballa / Tower of the Medusa. Books all in good condition with minor wear to corners and edges, unmarked interiors. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Befriedigend. Sammlerstück mit starken Gebrauchspuren---. nein.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 124 pages. Captain John Graham and Jack MacLeod "A Soldier of Fortune" / Anton Hauptmann and Elliot Bailey "In the Hands of the Bedouin - II" / Captain George Browne "The Matador" / James Vance Marshall "Hitting the Iron Trail - II"/ John Gibbons "The 'Fool Afoot' In Italy - III" / Henry G Lamond "The Best Policy" / G Ireland "The Queer Side of Things - The Case of Mr Pillai" / Captain G A Williams "At Twelve Midnight" / Captain A H Parsons "The Outcast" / Robert M MacDonald "The Mysterious Stranger" (SL#253).…

Condition: befriedigend. Sprache: deutsch Taschenbuch .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xxii, 551 Pp. Beige Cloth , Spine Stamped In Gilt And Black. First Printing Stated. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $8.50. Selections Of Sophisticated Writing About Or By Immigrants, Like The Majority Of Politicians, And Like Them Without Insight Into Their Own Characters, Focusing Always On Appearance, Feeling, And Achievement.…