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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Publisher overstock. May have remainder mark / minor shelfwear. 99% of orders arrive in 4-10 days. Discounted shipping on multiple books.

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.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. reading crease. Square tight binding. Lightly tanned page ends. A sharp copy. Contents: Babylon in the Sky by Edmond Hamilton; Gateway to Strangeness by Jack Vance; PassionPlay by Roger Zelazny; The Asteroids, 2194 by John Wyndham; The thousand Dreams of Stella vista by J.G. Ballard.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. LVI, No. 1. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Freas for "The Gift of Gab" (novelette) by Jack Vance. Includes "Call Him Dead" (pt. 2 of 3) by Eric Frank Russell; "Aspirin Won't Help It" by John A. Sentry [Algis Budrys]; "Blessed Are the Meek" by G. C. Edmondson; "Scrimshaw" by Murray Leinster. Article: "Victory on Paper" by Isaac Asimov. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Game Theory" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "In Times to Come"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrated by Freas, Poulton and Van Dongen. Creasing; spine edgewear with tears at hinge ends; rubbing; tanning. Book.…

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book club edition. Minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1989 Hard Cover. 656 pages. Includes: Introduction; Worlds of Wonder, Worlds of Difference; ENCHANTMENTS: Green is the Color; Wooden Tony; Lest Levitation Come Upon Us; Prince Bull; The Triumph of Vice; Turandina; The Princess and the Frog; WONDERS: Darkness Box; Jack and the Beanstalk; Peter Pan; The Thrush's Nest; Lock-out Time; The Mouse Festival; A Proper Santa Claus; Inside Out; The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime; The Woman Who Thought She Could Read; The Third Level; CREATURES: The Griffin and the Minor Canon; The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles; The Dragons; On the Downhill Side; The Parrot; The Gray Wolf; The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath; The Last of the Dragons; Lila the Werewolf; The Drowned Giant; WORLDS: The Enchanted Buffalo; Narrow Valley; Beyond the Dead Reef; The King's Bride; Under the Garden; ADVENTURES: The Things That Are Gods; The King of Nodland and His Dwarf; The Seventeen Virgins; The Bagful of Dreams; The Hollow Land. …

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

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 158 pages. "Like all of us, Ed Noon had read the novel and seen the movie - but now somebody was running a special version of The Godfather just for him. Rich and powerful Giavanni Ricco lay dead in his junkyard. His son Johnny and his gang were out for some old fashioned sadistic vengeance. His swinging daughter Terry was perfectly cast as irresistible bait for a deadly trap. And starring in the role of victim for the big hit was Ed Noon himslef - but the only Oscar he'd be getting was a pretty headstone for his mangled corpse." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. 1951 First edition vintage pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 10"], 162 pages, illustrated. Edited by Howard Browne with stories by Milton Lesser, Gerald Vance, John W. Jakes, Chester S. Geier, Arthur G. Strangland, Salem Lane, Lee Owen, L. A. Burt, Dale Lord, Walt Crain, Tom Lynch, Dave Long. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones. A very good copy with two pieces of old clear tape to the head and the foot of the spine, small edge tears, text very lightly tone. See Photos whbx 1/ E. cover art by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company New York: 1951. First edition Vintage Pulp Magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 10"], 162 pages, illustrated. edited by Howard Browne with stories by Milton Lesser, Gerald Vance, John W. Jakes, Chester S. Geier, Arthur G. Strangland and cover art by Robert Gibson Jones A good copy with cover and spine creasing and with a 1" deep piece off the upper right corner of the front cover, text lightly toned. See Photos mag9. cover art by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 158 pages. "Like all of us, Ed Noon had read the novel and seen the movie - but now somebody was running a special version of The Godfather just for him. Rich and powerful Giavanni Ricco lay dead in his junkyard. His son Johnny and his gang were out for some old fashioned sadistic vengeance. His swinging daughter Terry was perfectly cast as irresistible bait for a deadly trap. And starring in the role of victim for the big hit was Ed Noon himslef - but the only Oscar he'd be getting was a pretty headstone for his mangled corpse." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 215 pages."They sought power & pleasure with the dedication worthy of an Emmy.">> Scuffing & creasing to covers; store stamp to interior front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. GGA - Good Girl Art - photo Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. REALITY AND TRUTH: A CRITICAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ESSAY CONCERNING KNOWLEDGE, CERTAINTY, AND TRUTH, John G. Vance, hardcover, 1917. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in fair condition, with no dogears, but a few tiny tears at tops of pages and many pages with checkmarks beside sentences and some underlining. The blue boards are intact but in poor condition because of a puncture hole and tear on the spine. The corners are bumped as is the spine and there is edge wear. 7 ½ x 5 ½, 344 pages, 18 ounces XX John G. Vance held a Master of Arts degree and a Ph.D before becoming a professor of philosophy in England at the beginning of the 20th century. He wrote the preface to this book in 1917 when he was at Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase, which was a massive training ground for British soldiers headed to the Western Front of World War II. Finding nothing else about John G. Vance online, I might guess that he died in that war. [From the preface] For many years it has been my great desire to give to my fellow-countrymen, and, if might be, to the English-speaking world, a critical but definite treatment of the foundations of knowledge, truth, and certainty. No problem could conceivably be more insistent or more urgent. Like the piles that are driven deep below the surface of the water, unseen but necessary supports, the theory of knowledge upholds all. Whatever we attempt within the whole vast range of the theoretical or practical sciences, all depends ultimately upon our solution of the problem of knowledge. Thus whether we are interested in theology or natural science, in speculative philosophy or social work, in politics and economics, or art and literature, matters little. When one man sets out to think or two set out to agree upon some idea or plan, they invariably rely upon some accepted view of the limits and possibilities of our knowing powers, and almost invariably they differ. We all have some working theory of knowledge, however ill-defined and inarticulate. And there lies the danger.…

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Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 25, No. 10. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Forty Days Has September" (novel) by Milton Lesser; "The Perfect Hideout" by Gerald Vance; "Old Spacemen Never Die!" by John W. Jakes; "Death's Derelict" by Chester S. Geier; "Cube Sinster" by Arthur G. Strangland. Features: "The Observatory"; "Pioneer to Venus" Salem Lane; "Music on teh Move" by Lee Owen; "Mind Your Manners!" by L. A. Burt; "Finders Weepers!" by Dale Lord; "We're in Hot Water!" by Walt Crain; "Ozone Is the Answer!" by Tom Lynch; "Stick to It!" by Dave Long; "It's Hard to Get Nothing!" by Ralph Cox; "Eye of the Future" by George Lasker; "Hotter Than Hades!" by Jon Barry; "Science Fiction Bookcase" by Sam Merwin, Jr.; 'The Club House" by Rog Phillips; "This Must Not happen!" by John Weston; "What You Can't See" by Milton Matthew; "Bombs Are Not Enough!" by Leo Lewin; "The Reader's Forum"; "Pirates Out of Space" by E. Bruce Yaches; "The Funny Rock" by Frank Crain; "The Wires Are Down" by Fred Mason; "By a Gnat's Hair!" by Ray Morrow; "That Makes It Hard" by Glenn Otis; "Too Much Death?" by Verne Fenton. Illustrated by Frank Navarro, Ed Valigursky, and Leo R. Summers. Smal;l cornber loss to upper front spine corner; stress; creasing; many pancil marks on rear. Magazine. …

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.

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Condition: Good. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 116 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown illustrated paper covered boards and lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor scuffing to edges and corners. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have slight handling wear. Contents: McCandless, Mesmerism and phrenology in antebellum Charleston: "Enough of the marvellous." Vance and Scott, Sam Walton and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: a study in modern Southern entrepreneurship. Evans, The fifty-seventh annual meeting. Monholland, Southern history in periodicals, 1991: a selected bibliography. Holmes, Annual report of the secretary-treasurer. Book reviews, book notes, historical news and notices. 9.25" tall; 208 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp.xii, 344 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD Minus. First Edition By This Publisher. 224 pages. "The searing story of a plantation ruled by the master's all-consuming lust. " >> Cover scuffing; spine slant; store stamp to interior backcover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA (Good Girl Painted Cover) (illustrator). Book. …

Wraps. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 25, No. 10. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Forty Days Has September" (novel) by Milton Lesser; "The Perfect Hideout" by Gerald Vance; "Old Spacemen Never Die!" by John W. Jakes; "Death's Derelict" by Chester S. Geier; "Cube Sinster" by Arthur G. Strangland. Features: "The Observatory"; "Pioneer to Venus" Salem Lane; "Music on teh Move" by Lee Owen; "Mind Your Manners!" by L. A. Burt; "Finders Weepers!" by Dale Lord; "We're in Hot Water!" by Walt Crain; "Ozone Is the Answer!" by Tom Lynch; "Stick to It!" by Dave Long; "It's Hard to Get Nothing!" by Ralph Cox; "Eye of the Future" by George Lasker; "Hotter Than Hades!" by Jon Barry; "Science Fiction Bookcase" by Sam Merwin, Jr.; 'The Club House" by Rog Phillips; "This Must Not happen!" by John Weston; "What You Can't See" by Milton Matthew; "Bombs Are Not Enough!" by Leo Lewin; "The Reader's Forum"; "Pirates Out of Space" by E. Bruce Yaches; "The Funny Rock" by Frank Crain; "The Wires Are Down" by Fred Mason; "By a Gnat's Hair!" by Ray Morrow; "That Makes It Hard" by Glenn Otis; "Too Much Death?" by Verne Fenton. Illustrated by Frank Navarro, Ed Valigursky, and Leo R. Summers. Creasing; tape mends; loss at heel (visible in scan); foxing; Ted White, noted author and editer, stamp on content's page, from his collection. Magazine. …

Condition: Fine. First printing. A fine first edition paperback copy, no spine creases or remainder marks.

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Condition: New.