Posted by Rich Thomas on February 11, 1997 at 02:09:19:
In Reply to: Re: WTB UK Editions posted by Mike Berro on February 10, 1997 at 15:30:45:
: There was no U.K. hardcover of NIGHT LAMP; it's a trade paperback (I believe.) I'm currently researching a source for these with inexpensive shipping to the U.S., and will let everyone know what I find.
You are correct.
There was no hardcover version. The Trade Paperback is published by HarperCollins under their Voyager label, which is the first time that Vance has been published by them (the Cadwal chronicles were published by New English Library). The cost of the book is £9:99 (I think- I only bought it a few weeks ago and I can't even remember) and the cover is really something special - it evokes the "ye-olde-worldlyness" of Vances' flora-fauna descriptions. It's possibly even better than the cover on the Limited Edition (which is superb).
The Tor cover is, frankly, bizarre!
As far as contacts go, try :
Andromeda Bookshop
2-5 Suffolk Street,
Birmingham,
B1 1LT
+44 121 643 1999 (Tel)
+44 121 643 2001 (Fax)
The Big Cheese is Rog Peyton - editor of the old Venture SF series and owner of Drunken Dragon Press (Eric Brown and Dave Langford stuff)