Subterranean Press. New. Subterranean, 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: New.

Subterranean Press. New. Subterranean, 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New. Deluxe edition. First Edition 608 pages. Being there...Jack Vance has long been F&SF's grand master of regional science fiction, creating living, breathing locales on distant worlds or on our own fabulously transformed, often magical future Earth that are second to none. But at the same time he was giving us these vivid, award-winning fantasy and science fictional settings, even as he was exploring the far corners of this world as a keen and inveterate traveller, Jack was vigorously pursuing an exciting and promising parallel career as a writer of mystery and suspense novels under his given name of John Holbrook Vance. The three JHV mysteries featured here, The Fox Valley Murders, The Pleasant Grove Murders and The Dark Ocean were produced during the mid-60s, in the same fertile years that Jack sent Cugel the Clever off exploring the Dying Earth in The Eyes of the Overworld, left Sklar Hast to face danger among the kragen in The Blue World and gave Kirth Gersen a third Demon Prince to track down in The Palace of Love. Even as Jack was hard at work producing high adventure in such interstellar 'regional' locales as Sogdian, Sarkovy and Blue World, he found time to don his other hat and concoct always interesting, often life-changing, sometimes desperate, adventures for Sheriff Joe Bain in Central California's San Rodrigo County, a Vance setting as intricate, vividly rendered and closely observed as any of his SF and fantasy creations. So, too, he gave personable, wilful naif Betty Haverhill all manner of life and death thrills aboard the Italian freighter Garda on its way to Europe. A follow-up volume to the widely acclaimed Dangerous Ways: Selected Mysteries, Subterranean Press is proud to present Desperate Days: Selected Mysteries 2, a book not just for the true connoisseur of the master s distinctive blend of intrigue and derring-do, but for anyone who relishes a good, well-told detective yarn set in an unforgettable time and place. 2012. First Edition. HARDCOVER.

Book Outstanding Copy-A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine

Book Outstanding Copy-A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.

Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Jack Vance on title page-signature only.

Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Jack Vance on title page-signature only. Deluxe Hardcover Edition First Edition. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

Book. Signed by Author(s) 1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the

Book. Signed by Author(s) 1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the lovely dustjacket is in a protective Brodart cover. No price clippings, no remainder marks. Youll feel elated, brimming with panache and elan, like Cugel the Clever, having just eluded the clutches of both Iucouno the Laughing Magician and Chun the Unavoidable, the melancholy light of the dying sun faltering above you as you settle back to appreciate the many excellences of this treasured volume. NOTE: NOT the limited or numbered edition.