Night Lamp
by Vance, Jack
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1887424180
- ISBN 13
- 9781887424189
- Seller
-
Sykesville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Underwood Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Signed. Deluxe signed limited edition in publisher's original traycase. All in As New, collector's grade condition. Signed by the author to the limitation page, and numbered 11/600. Fine hardcover, full bound in pale yellow cloth with green lettering and design to the front and spine. Clean inside and out, with no markings of any kind. Binding is solid and square. Unclipped dust jacket is in Fine condition, with no wear or other faults. Traycase box is in mustard yellow cloth, with copper lettering and design to front and spine; top is very slightly bowed as is common with this edition. From Kirkus Reviews (10/1/1996): "Another adventure/drama set in Vance's inimitable far-future Gaean Reach (Throy, 1993, etc.), encompassing thousands of inhabited planets. During a field trip to planet Camberwell, philosopher Hilyer Fath and his musicologist wife, Althea, rescue a six-year-old boy, Jaro, from a severe beating at the hands of local peasants. So traumatized is the boy by his experiences- -including the torture and death of his motherâthat the doctors are forced to excise much of his memory. The Faths, with no clue as to Jaro's past, adopt the boy and return to their academic lives on planet Gallingale. Jaro, though occasionally troubled by fleeting memories and instances of what seem to be telepathy, grows up determined to become a spaceman and discover the truth about his origins. He also becomes friendly with Skirlet, an intelligent and vivacious girl from the top of Gallingale's social pyramid who, after numerous weird adventures, plans to become an interstellar detective. Years later, Jaro meets Tawn Maihac, a competent, unassuming ex-policeman with his own gruesome experiences to relate; MaihacâJaro's father!âhas been searching without success for the murderer of Jaro's mother. When the Faths are killed in a bizarre mass-murder while attending a conference on yet another planet, Jaro, Skirlet, and Maihac journey into space in search of some answers. And all of the foregoing merely hints at the diverse, expertly arranged plots, vivid scenarios, and splendid characters to be found here. Storyteller Vance is in top form here: the result is uneven in places, perhaps, but always astonishing and enthralling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002128
- Title
- Night Lamp
- Author
- Vance, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1887424180
- ISBN 13
- 9781887424189
- Publisher
- Underwood Books
- Place of Publication
- Grass Valley, Ca
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Signed, Limited
- X weight
- 28 oz
Terms of Sale
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
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Sykesville, Maryland
About Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Bayside Books of Maryland is an online-only store, and has been operating since 2001. I believe in accurately identifying both edition and condition. I am a book collector myself, and understand the importance of complete and honest descriptions.
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