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Straws And Prayer-books: Available Copies

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STRAWS And PRAYER-BOOKS. Dizain des Diversions.
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company ()


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.27
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    TOTAL Cost: $9.27

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1

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Straws and Prayer-Books: Dizain des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co 1924(24) New York (1924)


    Seller: Prairie Archives (Springfield, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: $4.90
    TOTAL Cost: $13.90

Good plus, light general wear, edges & spine ends lightly chewed First Edition Cloth Light overall soiling, corners bumped; o/w tight reading copy

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Straws and Prayer Books -- Dizain Des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. Mcbride & Company (1924)


    Seller: gigabooks (Spokane, WA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $8.75
    Shipping: $5.75
    TOTAL Cost: $14.50

Hard Cover - VG - No dust jacket if issued - Book is clean and tight with light wear - 302 pages.

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Straws and Prayer-Books: Dizain Des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M McBride & Co., NY (1924)


    Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA (Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $5.75
    TOTAL Cost: $15.75

Owner's flamboyant ink signature on front free end paper; Aged textblock overall clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner worn and scuffed; Spine titling faded; Lacks dust jacket; 302p. Size: 12mo - over 6 " 7 " Tall

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Straws and Prayer-Books: Dizain des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company (1924)


    Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $17.00

Robert M. McBride & Co., 1924; stated Second Edition, no additional printings indicated; 302pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of brown cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good throughout. Missing the scarce jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Straws and Prayer-Books
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1924)


    Seller: Curious Book Shop (East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $14.95
    Shipping: $3.00
    TOTAL Cost: $17.95

Spine a bit canted and bumped, pages; 8vo; 302 pages

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Straws and Prayer-Books: Dizain des Diversions
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1924)


    Seller: SF & F Books (Chester, VA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $13.50
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $18.45

Stated "Third Edition" in brown cloth with spine and cover gilt stamped. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company (1924). 302 pps. A VG or better copy with soft spine ends. No jacket.

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Straws and Prayer Books Dizain des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: MCBRIDGE & CO, NEW YORK (1924)


    Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop (Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $13.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $19.00

General wear and rubbed cover. Bookplate on front free endpage. Tight binding. Gold gilt on spine. Faded gold symbol on cover. DATE PUBLISHED: 1924 EDITION: FIRST ED 302

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STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBride (1924)


    Seller: Rob & June Edwards (Salem, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $4.13
    TOTAL Cost: $19.13

1st American edition. Good/good condition, moderate overall wear to book and dustjacket. Two small labels on inside of back cover. Dustjacket has several chips missing from top edge, spine is faded.

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STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York, New York (1924)


    Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER (Cotati, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $5.25
    TOTAL Cost: $20.25

Book is like new in brown boards with bright gilt lettering. An excellent vintage copy.

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Straws and Prayer - Books : Dizain Des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1924)


    Seller: Book Nook (Cadillac, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $20.50

Very light soiling. Lightly bumped corners. Light edgewear.

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Straws and Prayer-Books, Dizaid Des Diversions
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: The Bodley Head (1926)


    Seller: My Book Heaven (Alameda, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $17.50
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $22.50

First English Edition. foxing to pages. Good to Very Good condition.

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STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS - 1924
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co, New York (1924)


    Seller: The Antiquarian Shop (Bend, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $23.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $23.00

First Edition, stated, 302 pp., brown cloth, gilt letters, small bookseller's tag on inside back cover. Some discoloration along the bottom edge of the front cover, not affecting the book.

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STRAWS AND PRAYER BOOKS
    by Cabell James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBride (1924)


    Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited (Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $18.71
    Shipping: $4.98
    TOTAL Cost: $23.69

very good hardcover, there's a nasty tear to the head of the spine 2nd edition. Straws and Prayer-Books, one of the least well known entries in the Poictesme series, consists of collected shorter works.

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Straws and Prayer-books
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head, London (1926)


    Seller: John Stoodley (Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $5.20
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $24.13

Hardcover, foxing to front edge and on some pages, light browning to eps, covers worn, covers marked, otherwise Fair without dustjacket.

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Straws and Prayer Books
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., New York NY (1924)


    Seller: The Other Change of Hobbit (Richmond, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $24.50

B20 of the Biography of the Life of Manuel. A collection of eight essays and two stories. Maroon cloth. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.

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Straws and Prayer-books
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride& Company, New York (1924)


    Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $25.50

First edition. Octavo. 302pp. Owner stamp on front pastedown, a very good copy.

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Straws and Prayer-Books
    by James Branch Cabell

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781592240968
    Publisher: Wildside Press (2003)


    Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $25.93
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $25.93

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Straws and Prayer-Books
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781592240968
    Publisher: Wildside Press (2003)


    Seller: Lucky's Textbooks (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $23.05
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $27.04

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Straws and Prayer Books - Dizain des Diversions
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head, GB (1926)


    Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (WINTERTON, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $13.87
    Shipping: $13.88
    TOTAL Cost: $27.75

Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

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Straws and Prayer-Books.
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: ()


    Seller: ATGBooks (St Louis, MO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $25.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $31.00

Dizain de Diversions. 2nd printing. NY (McBride) 1924. A fine copy in slightly soiled and torn dust wrapper.

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STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS Dizain Des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. Mcbride & Co., New York NY (1924)


    Seller: Gibson's Books (New Hope, AL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $25.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $31.00

Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine is faded wear at edges and spine

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Straws and Prayer-Books. Dizain des Diversions
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: ()


    Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA (Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $27.50
    Shipping: $5.00
    TOTAL Cost: $32.50

CABELL, James Branch. Straws and Prayer-Books. Dizain des Diversions. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1924. First edition. Bruccoli and Clark II, p. 70. A fine copy.

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Straws and prayer books: dizain des diversions
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane the Bodley Head, London (1926)


    Seller: Cotswold Internet Books (Cheltenham, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $18.58
    Shipping: $16.40
    TOTAL Cost: $34.98

Gift inscription on front free end paper; front free end paper browned; binding tight; spine a little bumped at head & foot. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket)

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STRAWS AND PRAYER-BOOKS. Dizain des Diversions.
    by Cabell, James Branch.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. (1926)


    Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited (Hay on Wye, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $14.30
    Shipping: $21.45
    TOTAL Cost: $35.75

1st edition. 8vo. Prelims. + 302pp. + adverts. Pages lightly browned, purple cloth, boards faintly speckled by damp. US$14

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Straws and Prayer-Books; Dizain des Diversions
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane, London ()


    Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $21.00
    Shipping: $16.50
    TOTAL Cost: $37.50

(1926). (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 302pp. (Fiction)

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Straws and prayer-books; dizain des diversions, by James Branch Cabell . (1924) [LeatherBound]
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: (2022)


    Seller: S N Books World (Delhi, India)
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    Book Price: $37.57
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    TOTAL Cost: $37.57

Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1924 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 320 Language: English Pages: 320

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Straws and prayer-books, dizain des diversions, by James Branch Cabell. Volume 17 (1930) [Leatherbound]
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: (2022)


    Seller: S N Books World (Delhi, India)
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    Book Price: $37.64
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    TOTAL Cost: $37.64

Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 332 Language: English Volume 17 Pages: 332 Volume 17

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Straws and Prayer Books - Dizain des Diversions
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane, London (1926)


    Seller: The Bookstore (Belfast, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.59
    Shipping: $22.71
    TOTAL Cost: $38.30

Reprint 1926, good tight copy, some age discolouration, fading to spine, minor marks etc.

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Straws and Prayer-Books
    by James Branch Cabell

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781592240968
    Publisher: Wildside Press (2003)


    Seller: Ria Christie Collections (Uxbridge, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $26.65
    Shipping: $12.59
    TOTAL Cost: $39.24

PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK.

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