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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Preface to the Past: Available Copies
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Preface to the Past by CABELL, James Branch
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Publisher: McBride, New York (1936)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $25.50
First American edition. Good hardcover. Pages light brown from age. Corners bent. Edges of spine slightly bumped.
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Seller: Lost Time Books (Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $30.00
Shipping: $6.99
TOTAL Cost: $36.99
McBride, New York 1936 stated first edition. VG/G. Dust jacket shows minor edge wear and chipping in permanent laminated plastic. Original $2.50 price intact. Boards are clean. Binding is strong. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind.
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Preface to the Past by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Robert M. McBride (1936)
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc. (Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $4.95
TOTAL Cost: $39.95
First edition. Signature of Oscar Cargill, literary critic who blew Cabell away with this appraisal: "a museum piece representing the psychology f a Virginian who would be an intellectual leader yet hot quite what it takes." Paper tone. Dj rubbed, edge worn, chipped with loss top and bottom spine. Nice association copy, though.; 309 pages
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PREFACE TO THE PAST by Cabell James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: McBride (1936)
Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited (Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $41.77
Shipping: $6.77
TOTAL Cost: $48.54
near fine hardcover copy, in a near fine dustwrapper 1st edition. A compilation of the prefaces to the volumes of the Storisende edition of the "Biography of the life of Manuel", together with five additional "notes".
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Preface to the past. . . . by CABELL, James Branch.
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., [1936]., New York: (1936)
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books (Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $50.00
Shipping: $8.00
TOTAL Cost: $58.00
8vo. viii, 309, [1] pp. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth, gilt lozenge front cover, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art of rearing horse on pinned page (minor edgewear, light dustsoiling, couple very small closed tears), still NF/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this anthology assembling Cabell's prefaces to the deluxe Storisende ediiton of the "Biography of the Life of Manuel" outlinging "the course of prudery among editors, publishers, and the reading public, never sparing an individual."
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Preface To the Past by CABELL, JAMES BRANCH
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: New York McBride 1936 (1936)
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA (Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $55.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $61.00
First Edition. Near fine copy with a very faint hint of rubbing to the lettering at the top of the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some darkening to the spine and a few small nicks and tiny tears.
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