Description:
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance (author of the Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, Lyonesse series, etc.) First Hardcover Edition - First Printing San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1976. Illustrated by George Barr with wrap-around dust jacket art, one of the best from the 1970's, map end-papers, two-page art spread title page, and 11 further full-page plates. Limited to 1111 copies, this is one of the 1000 copies but signed by both contributors, Vance and Barr, and housed in a custom slipcase. (This is not one of the 111 copies were signed and numbered, a copy of which will probably run you $1250+, this copy is a nice alternative for half the price). The author's first novel, originally published in 1950 as a paperback original by Hillman Periodicals.Fine in Fine Dust jacket, a near-perfect copy in a nearly perfect dust jacket. Now in a new slipcase.
NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.
ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.)