THE DYING EARTH

by John Holbrook Vance, Jack Vance.

$150 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York: Hillman, 1950. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Hillman No. 41. Cycle of stories set in a decadent far future when civilization has virtually disappeared and magic has reclaimed the world. - Barron ed , Fantasy and Horror 1999 5-296a. A hauntingly beautiful story of a far-future Earth 'steeped in magic born of rotting history,' as Norman Spinrad put it. Scientific experiment has given place

• Binding: Wrappers

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