Author: Vance, Jack
Title: Morreion: A Tale of the Dying Earth (Signed); Illustrated by Stephan E. Fabian
Description: San Francisco, CA, Underwood/Miller, 1979. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio, 12.25 in x 9.25 in. pp. 106. Illustrated with color frontispiece and many fuill page black and white ink drawings. Signed by the author on the title page. Beige boards with dark brown title to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Light rubbing to dustjacket. One inch chip to bottom left front corner, small chips to spine, and creases to bottom edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Edition limited to 1200 copies. "Jack (John Holbrook) Vance (San Francisco, August 28, 1916 - Oakland, May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. Other pen names (each used only once) included Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Among his awards are: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for life achievement and in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc; an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage; in 1992, he was Guest of Honor at the WorldCon in Orlando, Florida; and in 1997 he was named a SFWA Grand Master. A 2009 profile in the New York Times Magazine described Vance as 'one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices.'" (from Jack Vance FB site). Ill.: Stephan E. Fabian. Near Fine / Very Good .
Keywords: Stephan E. Fabian
Title: Morreion: A Tale of the Dying Earth (Signed); Illustrated by Stephan E. Fabian
Description: San Francisco, CA, Underwood/Miller, 1979. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio, 12.25 in x 9.25 in. pp. 106. Illustrated with color frontispiece and many fuill page black and white ink drawings. Signed by the author on the title page. Beige boards with dark brown title to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Light rubbing to dustjacket. One inch chip to bottom left front corner, small chips to spine, and creases to bottom edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Edition limited to 1200 copies. "Jack (John Holbrook) Vance (San Francisco, August 28, 1916 - Oakland, May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. Other pen names (each used only once) included Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Among his awards are: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for life achievement and in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc; an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage; in 1992, he was Guest of Honor at the WorldCon in Orlando, Florida; and in 1997 he was named a SFWA Grand Master. A 2009 profile in the New York Times Magazine described Vance as 'one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices.'" (from Jack Vance FB site). Ill.: Stephan E. Fabian. Near Fine / Very Good .
Keywords: Stephan E. Fabian
Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Aardvark Books
- Book number: 86257
- Book number: 86257