THE DEMON PRINCES SERIES: THE STAR KING, THE KILLING MACHINE, THE PALACE OF LOVE, THE FACE and THE BOOK OF DREAMS (5 volumes)
Published by Underwood/Miller 1980-81, San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA, 1980
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
AbeBooks seller since May 18, 1999
Condition: Used
US$ 750.00
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Octavo, 5 volumes, leatherette. Trade editions. The first volume and the fourth volume are signed by Vance. All five volumes comprising 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. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A15m, A17m, A31h, A61c, A66b]. First U. S. hardcover editions volumes 1-3, first hardcover editions volumes 4 and 5.
Seller Inventory # 28101
Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE DEMON PRINCES SERIES: THE STAR KING, THE KILLING MACHINE, THE PALACE OF LOVE, THE FACE and THE BOOK OF DREAMS (5 volumes)
- Author
- Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."
- Publisher
- Underwood/Miller 1980-81, San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- A fine set. (28101)
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Fantasy, Science Fiction, Signed titles
John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
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8453 Early Bud Way
Laurel, MD U.S.A. 20723
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