Vance John Holbrook (526 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition By This Publisher. 220 pages. Miro Hetzel stories "Freitzke's Turn" and "The Dogtown Tourist Agency. . An inter-stellar sleuth fights crime on far-flung worlds. >> Indent to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. David B. Mattingly Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Edition By This Publisher. 220 pages. Miro Hetzel stories "Freitzke's Turn" and "The Dogtown Tourist Agency. . An inter-stellar sleuth fights crime on far-flung worlds. >> Indnet to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. David B. Mattingly Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. Reprint Edition. 206 pages "A murderer from the frontier of infinity. Star Kings. A race of aliens who disguise themselves as humans. Their only goal is Power, and they lust for it regardless of life. Keith [sic] Gersen's parents have been murdered by a Star King and he is determined to avenge the crime. With endless galaxies of space to search and a name as his only clue, he begins the hunt - a hunt that is to take him to the frontiers of infinity, where different suns shine on different worlds and nothing is certain except ever-present cosmic danger." >>Creasing to front cover; cover scuffing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition By This Publisher. 204 pages." The final book of the Durdane Trilogy. . Gastel Etzwane had held total power in the Land of Shant:rid his land of slavery and alien invaders -only to discover the greatest threat of all; THE ASUTRA -alien parasites of inconceivale intilligence and unfathomable purpose. " Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). Book.…

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition By This Publisher. INVENTORY = B >> Softcover Digest Trade Paperback; 1st Printing by Publisher; 66 Pages; 95 Grams; Goodreads; A collection of writings about the science fiction and travel of Grand Master Jack Vance (1916-2013). The six essays were first published in "The New York Review of Science Fiction," while the one review was published in "Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts." Topics include the curious linkages between some of Vance's novels into a sort of "Future History;" an examination of a Vancean "hard sf" novel; a look at his various globe-trotting excursions and what he wrote while out on each one; and further delving's into the methods he employed to create such memorable fiction. This book is approximately 16,000 words; ** Asi The Future History of Jack Vance; ** The Blue Jack Vance's Hard Science Wonder; ** The Adventures of Jack Vance in Traveling and Writing; **Tracing Terms in Jack Vance's 'Sjambak; ** Patterns to the Five Demon Princes of Jack Vance; ** The New Prime' as Herald of Future Jack Vance; ** Review of "An Encyclopedia of Jack Vance; Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Small marking on bottom of book. Cover edges have minor scuffing and creasing.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear, tanned pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition By This Publisher. 247 pages. >> Store stamp to interior front cover.cover scuffing, indents to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Gene Szafran Cover Art. (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. 158 pages. >>Cover creasing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Richard Powers Cover. (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition By This Publisher. 156 pages. >> Minor surface scuffing; Minor cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. JEFF (Jeffrey) JONES Painted Cover; (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ex-library marks, pages yellowed; a musty odor from storage; a solid reading copy. The jacket has some discoloring, wear and tear; staining to the flaps. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 230265.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First printing. DJ is edgeworn and soiled with a 2-inch closed tear in the rear panel. ru9.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. First Edition By This Publisher. 204 pages." The final book of the Durdane Trilogy. . Gastel Etzwane had held total power in the Land of Shant:rid his land of slavery and alien invaders -only to discover the greatest threat of all; THE ASUTRA -alien parasites of inconceivale intilligence and unfathomable purpose. " Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. A very uncommon book. Ace 67110. The second of two Sheriff Joe Bain novels. Ink number.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition By This Publisher. 160 pages. >> Cover creasing; ink to last page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Painted Cover Art! (illustrator). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. 190 pages. > "It wouldn't be easy for Sklar Hast to kill a sea monster that refused to die!" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Vincent Di Fate Painted Cover. (illustrator). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. First Edition By This Publisher. 208 pages. "Only the space pirate could find the secret that would save his people." >> Nice un-read copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Gino D'Achille Painted cover! (illustrator). Book.

paperback. First Edition. Paperback original; near fine in pictorial wraps. Several bookstore stamps inside covers. Pocket #58492, 1st printing July, 1965. Ghost-written written by John Holbrook Vance aka Jack Vance.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. A very uncommon book. The second of two Sheriff Joe Bain novels.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition By This Publisher. 188 pages. AI notes = "The story follows Adam Reith, who is stranded on the planet Tschai, inhabited by four alien species: the Chasch, Wankh, Dirdir, and native Pnume. In this installment, Reith faces the Dirdir, a sinister and relentless alien race with a thirst for hunting" >> Minor surface scratching to front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Jeff (Jeffrey) Jones Cover & Art. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 128 pgs. Vance's first short novel --- and second published book; originally published in STARTLING STORIES; SCARCE; "Five Men held the secret that made them absolute rules of the Universe. Five Worlds organized their spy systems to thwart Paddy Blackthorn's efforts to release the secret for the benfit of all mankind. Five Times Paddy and the mysterious Fay went into the valley of the shadow, pitting their wits against a merciless enemy who had every conceivable advantage in the uneven struggle." ** Creasing to Covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted Cover Art (illustrator). Book.…

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First printing of this collection. DAW Books UE1563. Reprint collection. Collects three short novels, "Nopalgarth" (a.k.a. "The Brains of Earth"), "The Houses of Iszm" and "Son of the Tree." A fine, unread copy. (#176080).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. DAW Books UJ1498. Book four of the Demon Princes series. "Originally published between 1964 and 1981 . these five picaresque novels are vintage Jack Vance, crammed to the brim with sardonic wit and beautiful, slightly understated prose. Five aliens, the Demon Princes of the title, were responsible for the Mount Pleasant Massacre, which destroyed an entire world. Kirth Gersen, whose entire family died in the massacre, has dedicated his life to hunting down and avenging himself upon the princes, one per volume." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. A fine copy. (#94022).…

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. "Araminta Station on the planet Cadwal was founded as a nature preserve with a strictly limited population of conservationists and research scientists. Over the centuries, however, using a series of legal subterfuges, its now hereditary administrators have allowed enormous population growth, and society has taken on an almost Byzantine complexity. As social unrest begins to spread across the planet, one young police officer attempts to solve a murder." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. First book of "The Cadwal Chronicles." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. Lower corner tips bruised, else a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with faint matching bruises. (#92796).…

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. "Araminta Station on the planet Cadwal was founded as a nature preserve with a strictly limited population of conservationists and research scientists. Over the centuries, however, using a series of legal subterfuges, its now hereditary administrators have allowed enormous population growth, and society has taken on an almost Byzantine complexity. As social unrest begins to spread across the planet, one young police officer attempts to solve a murder." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. First book of "The Cadwal Chronicles." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. Upper spine panel lightly creased, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light dust soiling to rear panel. (#92040).…

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books UJ1413. Third book in the Alastor series. The Connatic, mysterious protector of law in the Alastor Cluster of thirty thousand inhabited planets, sends an advisor to investigate a so called Utopia on the planet Wyst, where in one great city live millions of people who, sharing alike, work in absolute equality for just a few hours a week; a society dedicated to self-fulfillment, pleasure and frivolity. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-764. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 389. A fine, unread copy. (#87505).…