Description: You are bidding on all five books in the Demon Princes series by Jack Vance, perhaps the premier stylist and purveyor of exotic colorful, fantasy-tinged science fiction. His books are wonderfully adroit at portraying the alien world and lifestyle in all its “mundane” detail, creating the alien and exotic as commonplace. But first and foremost, they are exotic adventures – usually in frontier situations: the colonies, fringes and outposts of human empire – tales of journeys and quests with touches of the satirical and picturesque. Because his stylistic influences hearken back to Weird Tales era writers like Clark Ashton Smith and his plots are not heavily idea or conceptually oriented, Vance is out of sync with popular SF tastes and has been critically undervalued. Star King (Book 1) – 1964, DAW Books No. 306. 1978. 1st printing. Cover art by Gino D'Achille. The Killing Machine (Book 2) – 1964, Berkley Medallion F-1003. 1964. 1st printing. Cover art by Gino D'Achille. The Palace of Love (Book 3) – 1967, Berkley Medallion X-1454. 1967. 1st printing. The Face (Book 4) – 1979, DAW Books No. 361. 1979. 1st printing. Cover art by Gino D'Achille. The Book of Dreams (Book 5) – 1981, DAW Books No. 416. 1981. 1st printing. Cover art by Ken Kelly.
Price: 50 USD
Location: Los Angeles, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed: No
Book Series: Demon Princes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Type: Novel
Era: 1970s
Personalized: No
Features: First Printing, Vintage
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Star King
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1978
Topic: General, Science Fiction / General
Item Height: 1 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: Jack Vance
Item Length: 5 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Mass Market
