Latest Updates - Jack Vance

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Comment by ppint.:

avalon h/cvr first printing, first edition

cover (d-j) art by ed emshwiller (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price $2.75
224pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

thank-you, jimess.

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Comment by ppint.:

thank-you, jimess

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Added cover.

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Comment by JimEss SUBS:

Added cover.

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Comment by ppint.:

dying earth series #1:

see bookcat primary edition for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

dying earth series #1:

see bookcat primary edition for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

serialised in galaxy vol.22 #2, #3; 12/1963, 2/1964 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and each part has three b+w illustrations, all by ed emshwiller

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Comment by ppint.:

serialised in galaxy vol.22 #2, #3; 12/1963, 2/1964 q.v.
part one is the cover story, and each part has three b+w illustrations, all by ed emshwiller

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb undated near-identical third printing (10/1980°) bears same cat#, same isbn:

cover art by gino d'achille (signed, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collectorsl no.305
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed)
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from the two variant first printings:
the first two digits are dropped from the printing number line, leaving: 3456789

some copies distributed north of the parallel bearing daw or new american library stickers over price on front cover stating "in canada $1.95"

° - publication date taken from locus #239, 11/1980

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition

cover art by gino d'achille (signed with stylized gd, credited)
near-meaningless daw books collector number 305
cover price $1.95 canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
cover price $1.75 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin-printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing september, 1978
and both bear full first printing number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Comment by ppint.:

contents:

the dogtown tourist agency (novella) ''epoch'' eds. roger elwood, robert silverberg (1975), q.v.
freitzke's turn (novella) ''triax'' ed. robert silverberg (1977), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, not first uk edition (preceded by mayflower p/b edition)

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, may have been preceded by the mayflower uk p/b edition

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b edition, just)

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
192pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

dennis dobson first printing, first h/cvr edition, first uk edition (preceded the mayflower p/b by a year)

cover (d-j) art by richard weaver (unsigned, credited on d-j front flap)
cover (d-j) price £2.75
160pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.347
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia, etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, august 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.347
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, july 1979/123456789

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.342
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, june 1979/123456789

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Comment by annaloog:

The plot synopsis on the dust jacket flap is suspiciously reminiscent of that on the back cover of the DAW edition.

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb near-identical first printings sharing merkin-printed covers

cover art by h. r. van dongen (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece by jack gaughan (signed, uncredited)
2pp. b+w map of tschai (unsigned, uncredited: reprinted from the ace books mmpb edition)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.339
cover price $1.95 (canadian-carcassed copies intended for distribution north of the parallel)
cover price $1.75 (wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution)
160pp. including titles, indicia , b+w map etc.

refer to indicia publishing history to see if the carcass of the copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed
no priority established nor liable to be, both state first daw printing, may 1979/123456789

and to distinguish from the undated near-identical third printing, which drops the first two digits from the printing number line, was wholly merkin-printed, and bears
cover price (? not as yet seen/seen reported: probably $1.75)
some copies of this bear a lengthways oval white sticker printed in black stating $1.95 price in canada

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Comment by ppint.:

planet of adventure or tschai tetralogy #4:

#1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

planet of adventure #2:
aka "wankh", aka "the wannek", qq.v.

#1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #1, a novel of the gaean reach:

#1: ''trullion: alastor 2262'' (1973), (this book)
#2: "marune: alastor 933" (1975), q.v.
#3: "wyst: alastor 1716" (1978), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #1:

#1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

alastor cluster #3:

#1: "trullion: alastor 2262" (1973), q.v. for series listing and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

the planet of adventure, aka "tschai", aka "tschai, the planet of adventure" tetralogy #1:

#1: "city of the chasch" (this novel), aka "(the) chasch" (1986), q.v.
#2: "servants of the wankh" (1969), q.v., aka "wankh" (1986), aka "the wannek" (2006), qq.v.
#3: "the dirdir" (1969), q.v.
#4: "the pnume" (1970), q.v.

omnibus edition of the tetralogy:

#O: "planet of adventure" (1985 uk), q.v.

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Comment by ppint.:

planet of adventure #3:

#1: "city of the chasch" (1968), q.v. for series listing, and links.

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Comment by ppint.:

i sold the omnibus giant-size (?or anabas large?) poster of ''ether stream'', the painting, in IMT lancaster

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Comment by ppint.:

thomas doherty associates tor books mmpb first printing, not first mmpb edition

cover art is ''the ether stream'' by rodney matthews (was a poster; print/giclée was available: his website)
isbn 0-812-50092-X can(ada)
cover price can(ada) $4.95
cover price u.s. $3.95
224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

month of publication not given, taken from locus

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Comment by ppint.:

complete bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 9 780340 212523 90125

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Comment by ppint.:

daw books mmpb simultaneous first printings, not first mmpb edition, sharing merkin-printed covers°

cover art by david b. mattingly (signed, credited)
b+w frontispiece also by mattingly (signed with his initials)
near-meaningless daw books collector no.453
° cover price $2.50 canadian-carcased copies intended for distribution north of the parallel
° cover price $2.25 wholly merkin-printed copies for general distribution
192pp. including 6pp. titles, indicia, frontispiece, b+w map etc, end pp. advertising

refer also to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadadian- or merkin- printed
no priority in publication date established nor liable to be, but printing line drops the first digit, ''1'' leaving /23456789 formally identifying this as the second printing