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Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. Volume Eight, Part One. Grey soft covers with darker lettering. Covers are moderately thumbed, and bear some creasing on the corners. Spine is showing some heavier discolouration along side wear and tear possibly due to sunning. Head and tail of spine well rubbed. Pages are slightly discoloured. The odd page bears some foxing and other discolouration but nothing dramatic. Some pages dog eared. Otherwise this journal is in fair condition. Journal articles in this volume: Notes on the Hawk-Moths and Butterflies of Bandon Grove, NSW, Australian Runcinacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), The Larvae of Gynacantha moocsaryi Forster and Hydrobasileus brevistylus (Brauer) (Odonata), Life History of the Butterfly Hesperilla mastersi (Master's Skipper), Observations on Some Austlralian Forest Insects, The Butterflies of the Mallacoota District, Some Notes on the Moths and Butterflies Found Occuring in the Haberfield and Five Dock Districts, Sydney, N.S.W, Observations on Some Australian Forest Insects,

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. Features: Cover illustration of Christopher Columbus landing; Rare American Pewter Tea Pot; Antiques in Florida; Living With Antiques - in St. Augustine, Florida; Quality in Pewter - An Editorial Note; The Style Antique in Furniture - II - Its American Manifestations and their Prototypes; Mrs. Mifflin's Fringe Loom; The Bowne House - A Seventeenth-Century Dwelling in Flushing, Long Island; The Last Black-Powder Rifles used in the United States Service; Nineteenth-Century Cane-Seat Chairs; Glassmaking in South Boston - Part II; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 177-244. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue.

First edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original dark brown faux 'leather' with gilt titles to the spine, in the Gnemo illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in the black cloth slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($125 to the rear flap). Complete with the structurally sound slipcase. Issued in a limited edition of 250 copies of which this example is numbered 151 and signed by the author Jack Vance in black ink on the limitation page. There was also an edition of 26 lettered copies in a traycase. A collection of three of the multi-award winning author's very best planetary adventures: 'Emphyrio', 'The Domains of Koryphon' (originally published as 'The Grey Prince'), and 'The Languages of Pao'. With introductions by Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Mike Resnick. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.