The Star King: Demon Princes saga #1
by Jack Vance
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
[JOHN HOLBROOK VANCE]. THE STAR KING. Berkley Medallion, New York, 1964. Berkley # F905 with the original price of 50 cents on the front cover. First Edition. First printing. True first edition in book form. Condition: Very Good. Appears unread, creases to covers, edge wear, pages are clean and binding tight. First appearance of the entire novel "The Star King" and the first novel of the Demon Princes saga. First published in Galaxy Magazine December 1963. Cover art by Richard Powers. 158 pgs. 16mo.
Synopsis
Star King (also published as The Star King) is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, the first in his Demon Princes series. It tells the story of a young man, Kirth Gersen, who sets out to track down and revenge himself upon the first of the Demon Princes, the five arch-criminals who massacred or enslaved nearly all the inhabitants of his colony world when he was a child.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-479
- Title
- The Star King
- Author
- Jack Vance
- Illustrator
- Richard Powers
- Format/Binding
- Softcover / Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Berkley Medallion
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Jack Vance, Richard Powers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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