JACK VANCE
by (Vance, Jack) Underwood, Tim, and Chuck Miller (editors)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight spine fade. (30979)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1981. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight spine fade. (30979). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Collects eight essays on Vance's fantasy and science fiction by Norman Spinrad, Don Herron, Robert Silverberg, Richard Tiedman, and others. "Of particular interest are Robert Silverberg on the two 'Dying Earth' books then available and Richard Tiedman on Vance as a stylist." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-103. Includes a short biographical note and a fine checklist of writings by and about Vance compiled by Marshall B. Tymn.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30979
- Title
- JACK VANCE
- Author
- (Vance, Jack) Underwood, Tim, and Chuck Miller (editors)
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight spine fade. (30979)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Taplinger Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1981
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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