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THE FACE.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1980. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Trade issue. The fourth volume in 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. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A38i.
THE FACELESS MAN.
New York: Ace Books, [1978]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition, first printing of the Ace edition. Ace 22500. Signed by Vance on the title page. First published in 1971 as The Anome, this is the first Ace Books edition. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A40f.
THE FIVE GOLD BANDS.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1993. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. First published in 1950 as "The Space Pirate." Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A2k.
THE FIVE GOLD BANDS.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1993. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Vance. First published in 1950 as "The Space Pirate." The author's second book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A2k.
THE FIVE GOLD BANDS.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1993. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Vance. First published in 1950 as "The Space Pirate." The author's second book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A2k.
THE FIVE GOLD BANDS.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1993. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. First published in 1950 as "The Space Pirate." The author's second book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A2k.
GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood / Miller, 1980. 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. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A63.
GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood / Miller, 1980. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Trade edition. Collects "The Dogtown Tourist Agency" and "Freitzke's Turn," two detective stories featuring effectuator Miro Hetzel. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A63.
GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood / Miller, 1980. 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. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A63.
GOLD AND IRON (SLAVES OF THE KLAU).
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, illustrated cloth. First hardcover edition. Signed by Vance on the title page. First publication of the complete text, the Ace paperback publication (as SLAVES OF THE KLAU) was edited. This is the author's chosen title for the book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A9e.
GOLD AND IRON (SLAVES OF THE KLAU).
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, illustrated cloth. First hardcover edition. First publication of the complete text, the Ace paperback publication (as SLAVES OF THE KLAU) was edited. This is the author's chosen title for the book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A9e.
GOLD AND IRON (SLAVES OF THE KLAU).
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, illustrated cloth. First hardcover edition. One of two hundred copies signed by Vance. First publication of the complete text, the Ace paperback publication (as SLAVES OF THE KLAU) was edited. This is the author's chosen title for the book. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A9e.
THE GRAY PRINCE.
Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1974]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A46b.
THE GRAY PRINCE.
Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1974]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Science fiction novel set in the author's "Gaean Reach" universe. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A46.
GREEN MAGIC.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1979. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. 300 copies printed. Signed by Vance on the title page. Separate illustrated edition of this story published for V-Con VII at which Vance as Guest of Honor. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A57.
GREEN MAGIC: THE FANTASY REALMS OF JACK VANCE.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1979. Octavo, black cloth, stamped in blind to front cover, stamped in green to spine. First edition. Signed by Vance on title page. Collects nine stories by Vance. Foreword by Poul Anderson and introduction by John Shirley. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A60.
GREEN MAGIC: THE FANTASY REALMS OF JACK VANCE.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1979. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Barr, green leatherette. First edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects nine stories by Vance. Foreword by Poul Anderson and introduction by John Shirley. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A60.
GREEN MAGIC: THE FANTASY REALMS OF JACK VANCE.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1979. Octavo, jacket illustration by George Barr, green leatherette. First edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects nine stories by Vance. Foreword by Poul Anderson and introduction by John Shirley. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A60.
THE HOUSES OF ISZM.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A12h.
THE HOUSES OF ISZM.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A12h.
THE HOUSES OF ISZM.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A12h.
THE KILLING MACHINE.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1967]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. The second volume in the "Demon Princes" series. Kirth Gersen's revenge continues. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A17b.
THE KRAGEN.
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, [2007]. Octavo, cloth. Limited edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Vance. Novella that first appeared in 1964 in the magazine Fantastic Stories. This was later expanded into the novel THE BLUE WORLD (1966). First published in this format as part of the Vance Integral Edition (VIE).
THE LANGUAGES OF PAO.
New York: Ace Books, 1966. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Ace F-390.
THE LANGUAGES OF PAO.
New York: Avalon Books/Thomas Bouregy and Company, [1958]. Octavo, illustration by Ric Binkley, cloth. First edition. "The first full-scale use in SF of linguistics as a "hard" science." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-186.