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Vance, John Holbrook, writing as "Jack Vance."

London: Dennis Dobson, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Signed by Vance on the title page. The first volume in the "Demon Princes" series. Kirth Gersen begins his quest to track down the criminal "Demon Princes" who killed his family. "More notable for the size and complexity of its imagined universe and for the quality of the writing, than the originality of the plot." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 344. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A15c. A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket. A sharp copy. (25943). Item #25943

Price: $250.00