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  Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.

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The Palace: Available Copies

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Below are all 8 responses from AbeBooks:


The Palace
    by Compton, D.G.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York (1969)


    Seller: UHR Books (Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $5.06
    Shipping: $4.45
    TOTAL Cost: $9.51

Moderate wear; typical library marks.

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The Palace
    by Compton, D. G.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780340109687
    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (1969)


    Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $26.74
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $36.83

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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THE PALACE
    by Compton D G

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780340109687
    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (1969)


    Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited (Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $38.20
    Shipping: $4.98
    TOTAL Cost: $43.18

near fine hardcover copy in a very good dustwrapper 1st edition. The palace had stood for seven hundred years, a fortress on the Eastern plain.

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THE PALACE
    by D.G. Compton

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Norton, New York (1969)


    Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables (Skipton, VIC, Australia)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $16.13
    Shipping: $36.00
    TOTAL Cost: $52.13

Original binding in blue papered boards with dark blue back strip, gold title. 239 pages. Jacket by Paul Giovanopoulos. A novel of communist intrigue. A nice clean, tight, straight book. Jacket is price clipped, now protected in a clear, loose mylar sleeve.

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The Palace
    by Compton, D. G.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London (1969)


    Seller: Dearly Departed Books (Alliance, OH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $75.00
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $79.00

First Edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Tiny bump to the book's lower front corner. Rubbing along the base of its spine. Rubs to the dust jacket's spine tips and corners.

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THE PALACE
    by Compton, D[avid] G[uy]

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780340109687
    Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, [London] (1969)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $125.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $131.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to head of spine panel. The author's scarcest book. (#1516)

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Palace, The
    by Compton, D. G.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London (1969)


    Seller: Books & Bygones (Reading, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $129.95
    Shipping: $12.62
    TOTAL Cost: $142.57

5.25 x 8"; 239pp; green cloth with gilt; dustwrapper, design by Juanita Grout; top edge dusty, otherwise a very good copy;

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The Palace
    by COMPTON D. G.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: (1969)


    Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA (London, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $112.28
    Shipping: $34.07
    TOTAL Cost: $146.35

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Hodder and Stoughton. A near fine copy, a little rubbed to the extremities of the dust jacket.

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