Most edifying, everybody, and now, getting back to the topic:

I have the first three books in the fantasy series,
The Wars of Light And Shadow, author Janny Wurts.
(She is wrapping up the final installment as we speak,
which is book no. eleven.)

The copies are hardcover, with dust jackets.
the titles are:
The Curse of the Mistwraith
The Ships of Merior
The Warhost at [of?] Vastmark