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TO LIVE FOREVER.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback edition, issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition.
TO LIVE FOREVER.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1956]. Octavo. cloth. First edition. The author's scarce fourth book.
TO LIVE FOREVER.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, paperback issue. Signed by Vance on the title page. Paperback edition, issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A4.
TO LIVE FOREVER.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1956]. Octavo. cloth. First edition. Signed by Vance on the half title page. "The convoluted tale of a far-future metropolis in which people will kill for the chance of immortality. A standard theme, stylishly presented, in one of the most solid (and best plotted) of this talented author's earlier works." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 381. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A4ab.
TRULLION: ALASTOR 2262.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1973]:. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Signed by Vance on the title page. The first book in the Alastor series. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A41.
VANDALS OF THE VOID.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. The author's first hardcover title. "Future piracy and old-fashioned megalomania play prominent roles in this novel of space rockets being attacked, taken, and reconverted into a fleet designed to conquer Earth and its colonies ... Stylistically one of the best written Winston 1950s novels." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-161. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction.
VANDALS OF THE VOID.
Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1953]. Octavo, cover illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. First edition. Signed by Vance on the half title page. The author's first hardcover title. "Future piracy and old-fashioned megalomania play prominent roles in this novel of space rockets being attacked, taken, and reconverted into a fleet designed to conquer Earth and its colonies ... Stylistically one of the best written Winston 1950s novels." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-161. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A3.
VANDALS OF THE VOID.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Octavo, cloth. Later edition (first Gregg Press edition). New printing of the author's first hardcover title. "Future piracy and old-fashioned megalomania play prominent roles in this novel of space rockets being attacked, taken, and reconverted into a fleet designed to conquer Earth and its colonies ... Stylistically one of the best written Winston 1950s novels." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-161. This edition has a new introduction by Vance. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A3g.
WHEN THE FIVE MOONS RISE.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects twelve stories originally published 1951-1962, most first appearing in magazines, some stories have been re-titled. "Dazzling inventiveness, barbed wit, the renowned prose style combining spareness of detail with extraordinary visual richness: that Vance does not top popularity polls and win critical acclaim is the most intractable and perplexing of all science-fiction mysteries." - Kirkus reviews, 15 July, 1992. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A86.
WHEN THE FIVE MOONS RISE.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Vance. Collects twelve stories originally published 1951-1962, most first appearing in magazines, some stories have been re-titled. "Dazzling inventiveness, barbed wit, the renowned prose style combining spareness of detail with extraordinary visual richness: that Vance does not top popularity polls and win critical acclaim is the most intractable and perplexing of all science-fiction mysteries." - Kirkus reviews, 15 July, 1992. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A86.
WHEN THE FIVE MOONS RISE.
Novato, California, Lancaster, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories originally published 1951-1962, most first appearing in magazines, some stories have been re-titled. "Dazzling inventiveness, barbed wit, the renowned prose style combining spareness of detail with extraordinary visual richness: that Vance does not top popularity polls and win critical acclaim is the most intractable and perplexing of all science-fiction mysteries." - Kirkus reviews, 15 July, 1992. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A86.
THE WORLDS OF JACK VANCE.
New York: Ace Books, [1973]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 90955. Signed by Vance on the title page. Collects the contents of the previous titles: THE WORLDS BETWEEN AND OTHER STORIES and THE BRAINS OF THE EARTH and three stories from THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A44.
THE WORLDS OF JACK VANCE.
New York: Ace Books, [1973]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 90955. Signed by Vance on the title page. Collects the contents of the previous titles: THE WORLDS BETWEEN AND OTHER STORIES and THE BRAINS OF THE EARTH and three stories from THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A44.
THE WORLDS OF JACK VANCE.
New York: Ace Books, [1973]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 90955. Signed by Vance on the title page. Collects the contents of the previous titles: THE WORLDS BETWEEN AND OTHER STORIES and THE BRAINS OF THE EARTH and three stories from THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A44.
WYST: ALASTOR 1716.
New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1978]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW No. 312. Paperback original. Signed on the title page by Vance. The final book in the Alastor series. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A54.