Galactic Effectuator by Vance Jack, Signed (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. In protective archival bag. Once this treasured tome from Tanjecterly has arrived at your stately manse of Trilda, youll retire to the parlor and a light repast of wine and cheese, melon and water fowl, before focusing your attention on its many and varied excellences, composed, as it is, of sandestin stuff hopefully Grofinet wont choose this moment for a spontaneous lecture on the Egyptian pyramids! NOTE: VERY light evidence of edgewear, handling and age-toning. In addition, over the bar code there is a bit of a peeled spot where a price sticker was inexpertly removed, and the spine bears the ghost, the hint, the breath of a crease, only visible at an angle and in bright light. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st pr. SIGNED by AUTHOR on the title page. Book is square, solid, and unread. In protective archival bag. Once this treasured tome from Tanjecterly has arrived at your stately manse of Trilda, youll retire to the parlor and a light repast of wine and cheese, melon and water fowl, before focusing your attention on its many and varied excellences, composed, as it is, of sandestin stuff hopefully Grofinet wont choose this moment for a spontaneous lecture on the Egyptian pyramids! NOTE: VERY light evidence of edgewear and age-toning. Signed by Author(s).

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. 171p. Stated first edition. Signed flat by Jack Vance on title page. A clean ex-library copy with the typical stamps and markings present. Text is otherwise unmarked on bright pages. Binding is tight, hinges are securely attached. Cream cloth boards are pointed. Blue jacket is unclipped and protected in mylar with flaps taped to endpapers. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition. Some slight pale spotting to page edges and endpapers. Full blue and tan cloth binding, square and tight. Signed by Vance on limitation page. 171pp. 2 illustrations. Very nice unclipped dust jacket in a protective mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover. Limited edition #128 of 200 copies signed by Vance to the limitation page. Fine condition, appears unread. The DJ in mylar is faintly sunned to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Galactic Effectuator. By Jack Vance. Underwood/Miller. San Francisco, CA + Columbia, PA. August, 1980. Signed by author, first edition. 171 p., 9.25 x 6.25", 8vo. ISBN: 0-934438-29-3. In good condition. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed & toned at edges. Otherwise, dust jacket is bright and clean. Tan cloth boards lightly rubbed at edges and corners. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Author's signature found on title page, in black ink. Light toning throughout text-block. 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. RAREA1980ADFL 08/24 - HK2062. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed on the title page. Jacket in a mylar protector. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. Flatsigned by the author without inscription on the title page. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Light soiling on the top edges. Otherwise a copy in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Hardcover, bound in boards with dust jacket. Unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Limited signed edition. 1/200. Sm. 4to. 171,[1]pp. Blue and yellow cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Signed by author on limitation page. Frontispiece. In Galactic Effectuator, Jack Vance "once again exhibits the ornate style and elaborate imagination that have earned him the praise of readers and critics throughout the world of science fiction." Illustrated with two (incl. frontis) full-page reproductions of drawings by David Russell. Minor scuffing on dj. Title-page slightly creased. Tight copy with dj in very good, book in near fine condition.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects "The Dogtown Tourist Agency" and "Freitzke's Turn," two detective stories featuring effectuator Miro Hetzel. "Set in the same future as the 'Alastor Cluster' series, but each world has more diversity and detail than most writers pack into an entire imaginary galaxy" (Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition [1995], p. [150]). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#147920). Signed.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original cream cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Cindy Oldenberg illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two black and white full page illustrations by David Russell. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a light bump to the spine tail and a little dustiness to the board extremities. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which has a tiny scuff to the front panel and a patch of damp staining to the verso of the spine head and is otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. Issued in a trade edition (as here) and an edition of 200 copies signed by Jack Vance. Collects the novella 'The Dogtown Tourist Agency' and novelette 'Freitzke's Turn' both featuring the intergalactic detective Miro Hetzel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Trade state. Signed by the Author on the title page. (1000 copies, 200 specially bound copies were signed and numbered.) Two sci-fi stories featuring Miro Hetzel, gentleman, pretender, and detective: "The Dogtown Tourist Agency" and "Freitzke's Turn". Book Condition: Fine: A sharp tight signed copy. / DJ Condition: Fine: A sharp bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR by Jack Vance UNDERWOOD MILLER books San Francisco 19801st ed HC Fine in F DJ and. SIGNED.

Hardcover. First Edition. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed by Jack Vance on the limitation page. 171, [1]p. Cream and blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel. Two short novels featuring Miro Hetzel. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a tiny crease to the head of the spine panel. In Hubin, 1994, p. 817. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects "The Dogtown Tourist Agency" and "Freitzke's Turn," two detective stories featuring effectuator Miro Hetzel. [Reference: Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A63]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (27176).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects "The Dogtown Tourist Agency" and "Freitzke's Turn," two detective stories featuring effectuator Miro Hetzel. [Reference: Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A63]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (15417).

First Edition. GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR, Underwood & Miller, 1980, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. 1/1,000 copies, this one SIGNED by the author. From the collection of esteemed Canadian fandom member Michael Glicksohn.

First Edition. GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR, Underwood & Miller, 1980, first edition, some light scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s and board edges, else fine in like dust-wrapper. #11/200 SIGNED copies by the author.