THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD
by Vance, Jack
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Light foxing to top edge, a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (18588)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First hardcover edition, first printing. Light foxing to top edge, a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (18588). Octavo, cloth. Signed on the title page by Vance. Text offset from that of the 1966 Ace Books edition. New introduction by Robert Silverberg. Episodic novel set on the Dying Earth featuring Cugel the Clever. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-380. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-256. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A26g. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 33. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 441-46. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 169.
Synopsis
The Eyes of the Overworld is a fantasy fixup by Jack Vance published in 1966, the second in the Dying Earth series. It features a series of linked stories detailing the travails of the self-proclaimed Cugel the Clever. In the Vance Integral Edition the book is retitled Cugel the Clever.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18588
- Title
- THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD
- Author
- Vance, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used - Light foxing to top edge, a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (18588)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First hardcover edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Gregg Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Fantasy . SF . Signed
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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