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The Way of Ecben: Available Copies

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The Way of Ecben: a Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert McBride & Company, (1929)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.86
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    TOTAL Cost: $11.85

Hardcover. Shows minor wear, no dj.

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WAY OF ECBEN A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. Mcbride & Co., New York NY (1929)


    Seller: Gibson's Books (New Hope, AL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $6.50
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    TOTAL Cost: $12.50

Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine is faded

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WAY OF ECBEN A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. Mcbride & Co., New York NY (1929)


    Seller: Gibson's Books (New Hope, AL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $6.50
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    TOTAL Cost: $12.50

Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine is faded; Decorations; 209 pages

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The Way of Ecben : A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman [Decorations by Frank C. Pape]
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company (1929)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.00
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No jacket, otherwise VG.

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The Way of Ecben - A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., NY (1929)


    Seller: UHR Books (Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.37
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    TOTAL Cost: $13.82

Early 20th century work of fiction, illustrated with drawings. Minor edgewear, minimal foxing.

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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co 1929(29) New York (1929)


    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 or better, light general wear, darkened spine Cloth Corners worn; spine lettering faded; prev. owner's bookplate inside front cover Pape, Frank C.

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THE WAY OF ECBEN a Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by CABELL, JAMES BRANCH

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & CO., NY (1929)


    Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books (albany, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving A Gentleman
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride (1929)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $10.00
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First Edition. First printing. Lacking slipcase. Cover with minor rubbing to the corners. Pages are tanned and clean.

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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co 1929(29) New York (1929)


    Seller: Prairie Archives (Springfield, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $4.90
    TOTAL Cost: $14.90

Very good First Printing Cloth Lightly edgeworn slipcase split at top edges. Clean, bright, tight copy Pape, Frank C.

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THE WAY OF ECBEN; A COMEDIETTA INVOLVING A GENTLEMAN
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1929)


    Seller: Artis Books & Antiques (Calumet, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $14.95

(8)209pp. Illustrations by Frank Pape.

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WAY OF ECBEN
    by JAMES BRANCH CABELL

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781199406484
    Publisher: ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & COMPANY ()


    Seller: Montclair Book Center (Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.)
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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, NY (1929)


    Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA (Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.50
    Shipping: $5.75
    TOTAL Cost: $15.25

Several un-cut bottom edges, age toned, else textblock is clean and tight; Bumped/rubbed head and foot of cloth spine; Decorative boards bumped and lightly worn at the corners. Lacks dust jacket; 209p. Size: 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall

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The Way of Ecben : A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company (1929)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.00
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The Way of Ecben A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane (1929)


    Seller: BoundlessBookstore (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $8.65
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    TOTAL Cost: $17.46

No DJ. Boards are pretty clean with little wear. Front hinge is lightly cracked. Contents are clean but lightly toned. 1st edition.

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Way of Ecben
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. Mcbride, Robert M. Mcbride (1929)


    Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $12.50
    Shipping: $6.50
    TOTAL Cost: $19.00

B011244; 209 contents vg, nj, cover good, but corners bumped

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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving A Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBride, NY (1929)


    Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB) (Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $4.30
    TOTAL Cost: $19.30

First trade edition. Black cloth spine lettered in gilt, over black and gilt designed paper covered boards, matching the slipcase. Illustrations by Frank C. Pape. A generally fine example, touch of rubbing at head and foot of spine. In the original glassine dust wrapper (which is somewhat shortened) and slipcase which is lacking its backstrip and has wear and some separation at the hinges.

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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Contributor-James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781592242887
    Publisher: Wildside Press (2003)


    Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $19.43
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    TOTAL Cost: $19.43

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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving an Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., New York (1929)


    Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop (Stanley, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $19.50

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1929. Stated First Edition. Near FIne/No Dustjacket. Frank C. Pape, Illustrator. Very clean black and gold marbled boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Black topstained page edges. Pages are clean and bright, no names, writing or bookplates. 209 pgs. 8vo. Fiction.

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The Way of Ecben, a Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robt. M. McBride & Co., NY (1929)


    Seller: Rivertown Fine Books (McGregor, IA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $4.65
    TOTAL Cost: $19.65

Pub by Robt McBride & Co., 1929, stated 1st Impression. VG cond. hardcover now in archival Brodart, no dj. Black & gilt marbled bds, 1/4 black cloth. Color gone fr lettering on spine. Light bumping & rubbing to wear points. Very light foxing to first few & last few pages, internally very clean. Illus in b&w by Frank C. Pape. 209pp. Book is square, straight, tight & clean, overall VG cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

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The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by James Branch Cabell

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M.Mcbride & Co, NY (1929)


    Seller: Sheapast Art and Books (Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $14.99
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $19.98

The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman by James Branch Cabell; published by Robert M.Mcbride & Co, NY. 1929, illustrated, 1st printing, 1st edition. James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare."

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The Way of Ecben A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch; Frank C. Pape

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: MCBRIDE & CO, NEW YORK (1929)


    Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop (Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $21.00

Glassine Dust Jacket. Torn 2 inches of Spine. Spine of slipcase missing. General wear and rubbed cover. Tight binding. No bookplate. No markings. Gold gilt on spine. DATE PUBLISHED: 1929 EDITION: FIRST ED 209

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The Way of Ecben A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane The Bodley Head, GB (1929)


    Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (WINTERTON, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $7.12
    Shipping: $13.89
    TOTAL Cost: $21.01

Blue cloth lettered in black. Top of front endpaper cut away. Spine a bit dull.

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The Way of Ecben; A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1929)


    Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA (Springtown, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $17.60
    Shipping: $4.35
    TOTAL Cost: $21.95

Bound in black quarter buckram and black decorated paper boards, in original cellophane DW, with bottom half inch torn off; in matching paper slipcase, with 1' piece missing from bollom open end; previous owners colored book plate affixed to ffep.; illustrated in black & white; 209pp.

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WAY OF ECBEN A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. Mcbride & Co., New York NY (1929)


    Seller: Gibson's Books (New Hope, AL, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $16.25
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    TOTAL Cost: $22.25

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

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The Way of Ecben, A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., New York (1929)


    Seller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (Craftsbury Common, VT, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $18.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $22.50

Progoma; b;acl s[ome wotj gilt decorated boards. No edge wear. The title on the spine is barely visible. Inside,like new. This is an unread copy, as some pages are uncut at the bottom or outed edges. Stated first impression. Protected in the original publisher slipcasewith the gilt paper description of the book on one side intact, with slight wear at the edges.

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The Way of Ecben, A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1929)


    Seller: Eel River Books (McKinleyville, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $17.50
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    TOTAL Cost: $22.50

209 pp. Very minor wear to head and foot of spine, else fine. In slipcase which is worn at edges.

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The Way of Ecben
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBridge, New York (1929)


    Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $18.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $23.50

First edition. Very good/Hardcover no dustwrapper Light browning. Cover rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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The Way of Ecben
    by CABELL, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBridge, New York (1929)


    Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $18.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $23.50

First edition. Good/Hardcover no dustwrapper Browned with light foxing. Cover rubbed. Corners rubbed out. Rebound spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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The Way of Ecben A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman (in slipcase)
    by Cabell, James Branch (1879-1958), Illustrated by Pape, Frank C.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M McBride & Company, 1929 (1929)


    Seller: Books From California (Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $19.75
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $23.74

Hardcover. Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

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The Way of Ecben
    by Cabell, James Branch

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London (1929)


    Seller: Dearly Departed Books (Alliance, OH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $24.00

First British edition bound in blue cloth. A very good copy. The book' s spine is heavily faded. Small bumps to the corners. Illustrated by F rank C. Pape.

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