Space Lords by Cordwainer Smith

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1968. Pyramid. 1st Edition.

Giant planoforming ships ply the spaceways...

Men "built" from animals do mankind's labor - and plot in secret...

Living weapons guard the most important secret in existence...

A thousand planets acknowledge one ruler - the instrumentality of Mankind...

Wierd, beautiful, terrifying - these stories of the far future paint a picture of the strangest universe ever imagined.

Contains five stories:

Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons
The Dead Lady of Clown Town
Drunkboat
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell
A Planet Named Shayol