jack holbrook (418 risultati)

Unknown. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shows minor wear, tanned pages.

paperback. Condizione: Good.

DVD. Condizione: Used - Acceptable. Damage to cover on back near barcode. DVD in good condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

DVD. Condizione: Used - Good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. [1st printing](1969) #14165. Cover art is uncredited. Tanning; address label inside cover; name in pen on title page; stress crack; edge nicks. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First printing of this collection. DAW Books UE1563. Reprint collection. Collects three short novels, "Nopalgarth" (a.k.a. "The Brains of Earth"), "The Houses of Iszm" and "Son of the Tree." A fine, unread copy. (#176080).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. DAW Books UJ1498. Book four of 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. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. A fine copy. (#94022).

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. "Araminta Station on the planet Cadwal was founded as a nature preserve with a strictly limited population of conservationists and research scientists. Over the centuries, however, using a series of legal subterfuges, its now hereditary administrators have allowed enormous population growth, and society has taken on an almost Byzantine complexity. As social unrest begins to spread across the planet, one young police officer attempts to solve a murder." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. First book of "The Cadwal Chronicles." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. Lower corner tips bruised, else a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with faint matching bruises. (#92796).

Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First trade edition. "Araminta Station on the planet Cadwal was founded as a nature preserve with a strictly limited population of conservationists and research scientists. Over the centuries, however, using a series of legal subterfuges, its now hereditary administrators have allowed enormous population growth, and society has taken on an almost Byzantine complexity. As social unrest begins to spread across the planet, one young police officer attempts to solve a murder." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. First book of "The Cadwal Chronicles." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1159. Upper spine panel lightly creased, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light dust soiling to rear panel. (#92040).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books UJ1413. Third book in the Alastor series. The Connatic, mysterious protector of law in the Alastor Cluster of thirty thousand inhabited planets, sends an advisor to investigate a so called Utopia on the planet Wyst, where in one great city live millions of people who, sharing alike, work in absolute equality for just a few hours a week; a society dedicated to self-fulfillment, pleasure and frivolity. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-764. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 389. A fine, unread copy. (#87505).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. DAW Books UJ1498. Book four of 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. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. A fine copy. (#87497).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books 24518. Second book in the Alastor series. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-764. A fine, unread copy. (#87499).

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First separate edition. Short story first published in WORLDS OF IF, July 1953 and collected in THE AUGMENTED AGENT AND OTHER STORIES (1986). One wonders why this separate reprint was made. A fine copy. (#145608).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Fine in a fine illustrated dust jacket with cover art by Doug Beekman. First volume in the Cadwal Chronicles trilogy. "Vance returns to the Gaean Reach for this richly-textured novel about Glawen Clattuc 'coming of age' among the decadent aristocracy of Cadwal. A delightful story that leaves one eager for the second installment.--Locus.

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Double M141. Short novel in which "various nasty aliens attempt to control the populace of our fair planet. A minor potboiler by a usually capable writer" (Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition [1995], p. 48). Bound with THE MANY WORLDS OF MAGNUS RIDOLPH, a collection of short fiction by Vance. Spine lean, touch of rubbing to wrappers, a very good or better, bright copy. (#176305).

First edition. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback edition, issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1167. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A4]. A very good or better copy, light reading crease to spine, slight wear to head of spine, upper right corners, some light spotting to front panel. (6624).

Couverture souple. Condizione: Très bon. Vance Jack Pocket - 1989 LivresLittératureScience-fiction Référence : 9782266025461; 2,00 ? Occasion · Très Bon État Tous les achats égaux ou supérieurs à 15? seront envoyés sous emballage cartonné renforcé Mondial relay à privilégier pour son tarif moindre, Bouquiniste indépendant à votre service. photo non contractuelle envoi d'autres photos sur demande. Retrait possible sur Département de l'Oise Retrait possible chez le vendeur (60000).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Standard ex-library flaws, otherwise unmarked. Boards moderately edgeworn. Dust jacket moderately worn. Binding firm. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [7], 2-554 pp. Quarter blue cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap. Small abrasion from sticker removal on the free front endpaper, small concavity to the spine; traces of toning to the jacket flaps.

Paperback. 14165 very good -fine, reading crease paperback,

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Ace 67110 First thus. VG+ Glossy, sharp and lovely with reading creases front and back, minor chip at edge on back. Interior clean.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. A Sheriff Joe Bain mystery by SF author Jack Vance. A worn ex-library copy with numerous markings and stamps. Cocked, wear to covers, tape remant on lower spine.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 7, No. 2. [Edited by Ejler Jakobssen.] Cover by van Dongen for "The Star Beast" (novel) by Poul Anderson. Includes "The Mind Masters" (novel; Professor Jameson series) by Neil R. Jones; "Beyond Space and Time" (novel) by Joel Townsley Rogers; "Half-Life" by Alfred Coppel; "Ultimate Quest" by John Holbrook [Jack Vance]; "The First" by Kris Neville; "The Undying Ones" by Fredric Brown; "The Word from the Void" by Mack Reynolds; "Final Enemy" by L. Ron Hubbard. Departments and Features: "Fandom's Corner" by James V. Taurasi; "The Titan's Goblet" (verse) by Lilith Lorraine; "The Science Fictioneer" by Frederik Pohl; "Missives and Missiles" (letters). Illustrated by Finlay, Calle, Van Dongen, Fawcett, Morey, Stuart and Paul. Cat clawing at lower end; tanning; creasing; standard wear and tear at other edges; minor rubbign and scuffs. Book.

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books UE1587. Book five of the Demon Princes series. Kirth Gersen seeks the fifth, last and most elusive Demon Prince; the cruel, calculating, enigmatic Howard Alan Treesong. "He is a mystery, and his ultimate purposes cannot even be guessed." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1160. A fine, unread copy. (#87490).