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The Boss in the Wall: Available Copies

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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $15.76
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: GreatBookPricesUK (Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)
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The Boss in The Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Davidson, Avram; Davis, Grania

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781955676076
    Publisher: Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing LLC. (2022)


    Seller: GreatBookPricesUK (Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $17.75
    Shipping: $18.93
    TOTAL Cost: $36.68

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Boss in the Wall: A Treatise on the House Devil
    by Avram Davidson; Grania Davis

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780964832091
    Publisher: Tachyon Pubns (1998)


    Seller: Stock & Trade LLC (Portland, OR, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $50.00
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A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

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BOSS IN THE WALL: A TREATISE ON
    by Avram Davidson; Grania Davis

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780964832091
    Publisher: Tachyon Pubns (1998)


    Seller: BennettBooksLtd (LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $100.04
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New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.45

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THE BOSS IN THE WALL, A TREATISE ON THE HOUSE DEVIL. A Short Novel by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis. With Introductions by Peter S. Beagle & Michael Swanwick
    by Davidson, Avram and Grania Davis

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Tachyon Publications, San Francisco (1998)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $250.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $256.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. The hardbound edition was limited to 126 copies, of which this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by Grania Davis, Peter S. Beagle and Michael Swanwick. The novella version of this work, completed prior to 1988 and here published posthumously. The novel length version remains incomplete and unpublished. "After his uncle is killed and his daughter attacked by a vicious creature living in the walls of an old house, Vlad Smith plunges himself into a world of arcane scholarship and clandestine research involving the uncanny phenomenon known as the 'House-Devil,' the 'Paper-Man,' or the 'Boss in the Wall.' Like all of Davidson's finest work, THE BOSS IN THE WALL is a brilliant piece of fiction that cuts across numerous genres. Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1998." - Boyd White. "What a scary story, like a modern DRACULA but completely original in its concept and chillingly realistic in its narration."- Poul Anderson. "THE BOSS IN THE WALL is a last powerful and major work by a major and powerful author." - Gregory Benford. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#159410)

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BOSS IN THE WALL [Novel]. Typed Manuscript (TMs). Computer generated typescript. No date, but 1988
    by Davidson, Avram

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: ()


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $350.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $356.00

76 leaves. A clean copy of a book proposal for a projected novel to be written by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis, based on an unpublished novella by Davidson (later published in a version attributed to Davidson and Davis by Tachyon in 1998) which evolved into an "enormous and unwieldy novel ms" by Davidson completed prior to 1988. The draft history of the earliest versions is a bit tangled. Davidson and Davis were represented by two different literary agents in earlier years. In his notes on the Davidson manuscript archive now in the Texas A&M library, Henry Wessells records an 87 page novella manuscript and a 563 novel manuscript (both unpublished), as well as a third version in collaboration with Grania Davis. So far, no novel version of this work has been published. In the Tachyon version, the text begins with the same line as the present manuscript, but is preceded by a three page prologue not present in this version, and ends with an entirely different line of text. The manuscript is accompanied by a cover letter from a literary agent dated 25 November 1988 describing the project. The Tachyon version was a Nebula Award finalist for best novella in 1998. The manuscript is in fine condition; the letter is in very good condition. (#141468)

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