Chanur's Venture

New York, NY: Daw Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Cover Art; This book club edition, other than the limited edition put out by Phantasia Press, is the only hardback edition available of this title. This copy has code P08 on page 181, making it an early printing. The dust jacket illustration is by Mike Whelan. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some beginning rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners. There is a small wrinkle and one small tear to the bottom spine end of the dust jacket. "The series is set in the same Alliance-Union universe of Downbelow Station, but in a region of space in the opposite direction from Earth as the Alliance and Union. It is occupied by a number of spacefaring civilizations bound by a set of trade treaties into a so-called Compact. The Compact is not a political organization, and has no government; it deals only with open trade, leaving the component civilizations to resolve conflicts between themselves. Human space borders kif and knnn territory, the most aggressive and enigmatic species of the Compact respectively. First contact ensues when an ambitious kif hakkikt (prince) captures a human exploration ship. The last surviving crew member, Tully, escapes while the kif ship is docked at a station and winds up on The Pride of Chanur, a hani merchant vessel commanded by Pyanfar Chanur. This triggers the events of the first novel in the series and its three-part sequel." (from Wikipedia) .