San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1979. Large octavo, illustrated by Stephen Fabian, cloth. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. Publisher's printed card signed by artist Stephen Fabian laid in. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A62.

Grass Valley, CA: Underwood Books, 1996. Octavo, illustrated by Steve Hickman, cloth. First limited edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Vance. "Another adventure/drama set in Vance's inimitable far-future Gaean Reach (Throy, 1993, etc.), encompassing thousands of inhabited planets. During a field trip to planet Camberwell, philosopher Hilyer Fath and his musicologist wife, Althea, rescue a six-year-old boy, Jaro, from a severe beating at the hands of local peasants. So traumatized is the boy by his experiences- -including the torture and death of his mother--that the doctors are forced to excise much of his memory. The Faths, with no clue as to Jaro's past, adopt the boy and return to their academic lives on planet Gallingale. Jaro, though occasionally troubled by fleeting memories and instances of what seem to be telepathy, grows up determined to become a spaceman and discover the truth about his origins. He also becomes friendly with Skirlet, an intelligent and vivacious girl from the top of Gallingale's social pyramid who, after numerous weird adventures, plans to become an interstellar detective. Years later, Jaro meets Tawn Maihac, a competent, unassuming ex-policeman with his own gruesome experiences to relate; Maihac--Jaro's father!--has been searching without success for the murderer of Jaro's mother. When the Faths are killed in a bizarre mass-murder while attending a conference on yet another planet, Jaro, Skirlet, and Maihac journey into space in search of some answers. And all of the foregoing merely hints at the diverse, expertly arranged plots, vivid scenarios, and splendid characters to be found here. Storyteller Vance is in top form here: the result is uneven in places, perhaps, but always astonishing and enthralling." - Kirkus Review, 1 August, 1996. Not in Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance.

Grass Valley, CA: Underwood Books, 1996. Octavo, illustrated by Steve Hickman, cloth. First limited edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Vance. "Another adventure/drama set in Vance's inimitable far-future Gaean Reach (Throy, 1993, etc.), encompassing thousands of inhabited planets. During a field trip to planet Camberwell, philosopher Hilyer Fath and his musicologist wife, Althea, rescue a six-year-old boy, Jaro, from a severe beating at the hands of local peasants. So traumatized is the boy by his experiences- -including the torture and death of his mother--that the doctors are forced to excise much of his memory. The Faths, with no clue as to Jaro's past, adopt the boy and return to their academic lives on planet Gallingale. Jaro, though occasionally troubled by fleeting memories and instances of what seem to be telepathy, grows up determined to become a spaceman and discover the truth about his origins. He also becomes friendly with Skirlet, an intelligent and vivacious girl from the top of Gallingale's social pyramid who, after numerous weird adventures, plans to become an interstellar detective. Years later, Jaro meets Tawn Maihac, a competent, unassuming ex-policeman with his own gruesome experiences to relate; Maihac--Jaro's father!--has been searching without success for the murderer of Jaro's mother. When the Faths are killed in a bizarre mass-murder while attending a conference on yet another planet, Jaro, Skirlet, and Maihac journey into space in search of some answers. And all of the foregoing merely hints at the diverse, expertly arranged plots, vivid scenarios, and splendid characters to be found here. Storyteller Vance is in top form here: the result is uneven in places, perhaps, but always astonishing and enthralling." - Kirkus Review, 1 August, 1996. Not in Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance.

San Francisco, CA; Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1979-81. Octavo, four volumes, cloth. First U. S. hardcover editions. A mixed set: Volume one is a trade edition, volume two is a trade edition signed by Vance, volumes three and four are one of 111 numbered and signed copies by Vance and artist David Ireland. Comprises City of the Chasch (1968), Servants of the Wankh (1969), The Dirdir (1969), and The Pnume (1970). Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A32l, A35k, 36k, A38i.

New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1970]. Small octavo, cover by Jeff Jones, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 66902. Paperback original. Signed by Vance on the title page. Planet of Adventure #4. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A38.

Grass Valley, CA: Underwood Books, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 350 [i.e. 271] numbered copies signed by Vance. Letter from publisher Tim Underwood states only 271 copies manufactured. Space adventure set in the author's Gaean Reach universe. Not in Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance.