The Fox Valley Murders by Vance, John Holbrook - 1966

Ace, 1966. Softcover. Very Good. #24975, musty smell

Ace 24975 Ace 24975 in Good condition. Jack Vance writing Mysteries under his real name.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Ace 24975 Ace 24975 in Good condition. Jack Vance writing Mysteries under his real name.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

New York, NY, USA.: Ace Books, Inc., 1966. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover Art!. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!.. 190 pages. "This deals with Sheriff Joe Bain of San Rodrigo County, south of San Francisco. Mr Vance has created the county with the same detailed and loving care with which, in the science fiction he writes as Jack Vance, he can create a believable alien planet."; RARE title by this Very Highly collected author. >> Writing on front endpage. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..

Ace, 1966. 1st printing. Introduces the character, Joe Bain, the acting sheriff in the fictional county of San Rodrigo "a few hours drive south east of San Francisco.". Paperback. near fine paperback, faint crease to hinge cover edge.

New York. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Good in wrappers. Scuffing to panels. Toning throughout. Wear to spine. Edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pages unmarked. Boards moderately edgeworn. Dust jacket moderately worn with light spots of discoloration on front, moderate foxing along inner edges. Minor spine slant. Binding firm..

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. NF. 1966. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing bound in blue cloth with white and black spine l ettering. 8vo size, 219pp. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket . The book has a couple of tiny rub marks at the spine tips and corner s else fine. The dust jacket has a couple of tiny frays to the spine t ips. Mild dust soiling to the panels with a small spot on the front pa nel. The author, better known for his SF novels, has written a handful of mysteries, this being the first book in a two book series to featu re Sheriff Joe Bain. .

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with the slightest of rubbing. A beautiful copy.

Indianapolis, New York, Kansas City: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1966]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. (1045). Octavo, cloth. The first Joe Bain mystery novel. "This first in the series has its flaws; notably a little fuzziness in the characterization and a couple of slips in California law; but San Rodrigo County is wonderfully real, and so it Bain-as, in a fresh kind of procedural story, he tries to cope at once with a murder and a county election." - Anthony Boucher, from NY Times book review, July 3, 1966. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A24.