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THE AUGMENTED AGENT AND OTHER STORIES.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Eight previously uncollected stories, the earliest first published in 1951. James Keith, the augmented agent, is a cyborg. Text of the stories edited by Tim Underwood and D. Ross Voyles with Vance's approval. - See Hewett & Mallet, pg. 150. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A77.
THE AUGMENTED AGENT AND OTHER STORIES.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Eight previously uncollected stories, the earliest first published in 1951. James Keith, the augmented agent, is a cyborg. Text of the stories edited by Tim Underwood and D. Ross Voyles with Vance's approval. - See Hewett & Mallet, pg. 150. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A77.
THE AUGMENTED AGENT AND OTHER STORIES.
San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1986. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Eight previously uncollected stories, the earliest first published in 1951. James Keith, the augmented agent, is a cyborg. Text of the stories edited by Tim Underwood and D. Ross Voyles with Vance's approval. - See Hewett & Mallet, pg. 150. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A77.
BAD RONALD.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, imitation leather. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.
BAD RONALD.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, imitation leather. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance, this copy has the number crossed out and stamped "Presentation Copy." A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.
BAD RONALD.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.
BAD RONALD.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. Octavo, imitation leather. First hardcover edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.
THE BAGFUL OF DREAMS [Novelette]. Typescript, 35 pages. The second (first typewritten) draft, typed on one side only, heavily reworked by hand with some long passages written on versos. Not dated, but circa 1977 or earlier. Accompanied by a typed carbon copy of an alternate first page with handwritten continuation on the verso. This odd page is signed by Vance. Also present is four typed pages, probably from the 41-page typed final draft, as well as a one-page handwritten "Moon Moth" fragment.
A draft of the second of Vance's final two stories set in the Dying Earth, a continuation of THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD. The story was first published in FLASHING SWORDS #4 (1977), edited by Lin Carter. The typescript is heavily reworked in a variety of fountain pen inks, with many changes, corrections, annotations and some doodling intermixed. The manuscript gives insight to Vance’s creative process. As to his working method, Vance often began by jotting down scenes, which he later quilted together. He rarely "outlined." Until later in his career when his eyesight failed, Vance often wrote the first draft in longhand, then a much more complete first typed draft (the version offered here), then a second, and sometimes third typed draft.
THE BAGFUL OF DREAMS.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1979. Octavo, illustration by Stephen Fabian, pictorial wrappers. First edition. The further adventures of Cugel the Clever, and The Dying Earth. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A59.
THE BEST OF JACK VANCE.
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1978]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First hardcover edition. Collects six stories, including "The Last Castle" and "Rumfuddle." Introduction by Barry Malzberg. Offset from the Pocket Books edition (1976). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A51e.
THE BEST OF JACK VANCE.
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1978]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First hardcover edition. Signed by Vance on the title page. Collects six stories, including "The Last Castle" and "Rumfuddle." Introduction by Barry Malzberg. Offset from the Pocket Books edition (1976). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A51e.
BIG PLANET.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Octavo, illustrated by Steve Hickman, cloth. First printing of unabridged text. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 889 unsigned trade copies. This edition restores the full text of the novel as first printed in magazine format. "In Big Planet Vance provided an sf model for the planetary romance which has been of significant use for forty years. The planet of this novel is a huge though Earthlike world, with enough landmass to provide realistic venues in which a wide range of social systems can operate..." - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A5j.
BIG PLANET.
New York: Avalon Books, [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "In Big Planet Vance provided an sf model for the planetary romance which has been of significant use for forty years. The planet of this novel is a huge though Earthlike world, with enough landmass to provide realistic venues in which a wide range of social systems can operate..." - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A5.
BIG PLANET.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Octavo, illustrated by Steve Hickman, cloth. First printing of unabridged text. This copy is signed by Vance on the title page. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 889 unsigned trade copies. This edition restores the full text of the novel as first printed in magazine format. "In Big Planet Vance provided an sf model for the planetary romance which has been of significant use for forty years. The planet of this novel is a huge though Earthlike world, with enough landmass to provide realistic venues in which a wide range of social systems can operate..." - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A5j.
BIG PLANET.
New York: Avalon Books, [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by Vance on the title page. "In Big Planet Vance provided an sf model for the planetary romance which has been of significant use for forty years. The planet of this novel is a huge though Earthlike world, with enough landmass to provide realistic venues in which a wide range of social systems can operate..." - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A5.
BIG PLANET.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Octavo, illustrated by Steve Hickman, cloth. First printing of unabridged text. One of 111 numbered copies signed by Vance and artist Steve Hickman. This edition restores the full text of the novel as first printed in magazine format. "In Big Planet Vance provided an sf model for the planetary romance which has been of significant use for forty years. The planet of this novel is a huge though Earthlike world, with enough landmass to provide realistic venues in which a wide range of social systems can operate..." - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A5j.
BIG PLANET.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1978. Octavo, illustrated by Steve Hickman, cloth. First printing of unabridged text. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 889 unsigned trade copies. This edition restores the full text of the novel as first printed in magazine format. "In Big Planet Vance provided an sf model for the planetary romance which has been of significant use for forty years. The planet of this novel is a huge though Earthlike world, with enough landmass to provide realistic venues in which a wide range of social systems can operate..." - Malcolm J. Edwards and John Clute, SFE (online). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A5j.
BIRD ISLE [and] TAKE MY FACE.
Los Angeles, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First limited editions. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Vance. A two volume set. Limited editions of two uncommon mystery titles. TAKE MY FACE was first published in 1957 as by Peter Held (pseudonym), BIRD ISLE was also first published in 1957 as ISLE OF PERIL by Alan Wade (pseudonym). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance - A6b, A7f.
BIRD ISLE [and] TAKE MY FACE.
Los Angeles, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Vance. A two volume set. Limited editions of two uncommon mystery titles. TAKE MY FACE was first published in 1957 as by Peter Held (pseudonym), BIRD ISLE was also first published in 1957 as ISLE OF PERIL by Alan Wade (pseudonym). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A6b, A7f.
BIRD ISLE [and] TAKE MY FACE.
Los Angeles, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First limited edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Vance. A two volume set. Limited editions of two uncommon mystery titles. TAKE MY FACE was first published in 1957 as by Peter Held (pseudonym), BIRD ISLE was also first published in 1957 as ISLE OF PERIL by Alan Wade (pseudonym). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A6b, A7f.
THE BOOK OF DREAMS.
San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1981. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. Trade issue. The fifth and final 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 BRAINS OF EARTH.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1975]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. First published in the U. S. as a paperback original. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A22b.
THE BRAINS OF EARTH.
London: Dennis Dobson, [1975]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. First published in the U. S. as a paperback original. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A22b.
THE BRAINS OF EARTH/THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH.
New York: Ace, 1966. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First editions. Paperback original. Ace Double M-141.
CHATEAU D'IF: AND OTHER STORIES.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1990. Octavo, illustrated by Ned Dameron, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects five novellas, four of the five are early works from the 1950s. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A83.