EMPHYRIO. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "The protagonist must travel to Earth to recover the knowledge necessary to free his world from the cultural rigidity imposed on it by alien rulers. Picks up themes from earlier Vance novels, including THE LANGUAGES OF PAO, to further illustrate the author's fascination with colorful, exotic cultures and messianic rebels against the stagnation" (Brian Stableford). "This is one of his best novels." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 118. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1163. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance A34. Touch of rubbing to upper front corner tip and lower spine end, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. Uncommon in this condition. (#176226).
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First edition so stated on copyright page.