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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Smith: Available Copies
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Smith: The Nightmare Has Triplets, Volume 2 (Paperback or Softback) by Cabell, James Branch
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Smith: a sylvan interlude by Cabell, James Branch
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Publisher: R.M. McBride, New York (1935)
Seller: Caveat Emptor Used and Rare Books (Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.)
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Book Price: $40.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $45.50
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L'INCUBO. ("Smirt, Smith, Smire"). Con 16 illustrazioni di Fabrizio Clerici. by BRANCH CABELL James.
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Publisher: Mondadori, Milano (1949)
Seller: studio bibliografico pera s.a.s. (LUCCA, Italy)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $16.82
Shipping: $43.54
TOTAL Cost: $60.36
Prima edizione nella collezione. Unica traduzione autorizzata di Olga Ceretti Borsini. Cm.20,5x13,5. Pg.608. Legatura in tela editoriale con sovracoperta policroma. Collezione "Il Ponte", n°20. 900 gr.
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Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH (Einbeck, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $40.33
Shipping: $32.97
TOTAL Cost: $73.30
nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - '[Cabell's] most substantial post-Biography fantasy was 'The Nightmare Has Triplets,' a sequence comprising Smirt: An Urban Nightmare, Smith: A Sylvan Interlude, and Smire: An Acceptance in the Third Person. This explicitly emulates the logic and geography of dreams . . . successfully mistly and dreamlike . . .' --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
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Smith: A Sylvan Interlude by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
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Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1935)
Seller: Fireproof Books (MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $95.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $100.00
313 pages. First trade edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Arthur Hawkins. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with very slight wear to the corners. A beautiful copy!
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Smith: A Sylvan Interlude / By Branch Cabell by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company (1935)
Seller: Arundel Books (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $95.00
Shipping: $5.75
TOTAL Cost: $100.75
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth; chiefly to edges); slight bumping to corners; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. ix, [1], 313 pages. Companion volume to the author's 'Smire' and 'Smirt', divided into six 'books'; set in Europe at the time of Charlemagne. Scarce.
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Smith: A Sylvan Interlude (signed, numbered linited edition) by James Branch Cabell
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1935)
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB) (Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $100.00
Shipping: $4.65
TOTAL Cost: $104.65
One of 153 copies, of which 120 numbered copies were for sale; this being No. 55, signed by Cabell on the limitation page. Hardcover in silver cloth stamped in black. 313 pp. a fine, bright example; in the silver paper-covered slipcase, very good.
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SMITH. A Sylvan Interlude by CABELL, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: New York: Robert M. McBride. (1935)
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA) (York, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $80.12
Shipping: $36.95
TOTAL Cost: $117.07
First edition, first printing. Signed limited edition. Publisher's original silver cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with some light bumping to the corners and spine tips. The cloth and lettering are bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout without stamps or inscriptions. Lacking the card slipcase. Limited to 150 copies, 120 of which were for sale. This example is copy number 115 and is signed by the author in black ink on the limitation page. Part of the 'Dream Trilogy', the work is divided into six books, each set in the time of Charlemagne. (Bleiler; Locke: A Spectrum of Fantasy). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Seller: Turgid Tomes (Nashville, TN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $150.00
Shipping: $6.75
TOTAL Cost: $156.75
Greenwood Press, circa 1970. Hard cover, first edition. Ex-library copy with the usual markings, otherwise Good condition with no dust jacket, as issued.
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Smith: A Sylvan Interlude by CABELL, [James] Branch
Hardcover
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Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1935)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $200.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $205.50
First edition. This is numbered 64 of 153 copies. (2), x, 304, (1) pp. Original black-stamped silver cloth, publisher's silver slipcase. Decorative bookstore label on rear pastedown, still fine in a near fine slipcase with extremities lightly worn. Signed by Branch Cabell on limitation page. Containing "The Book of Branlon", "The Book of Volmar", "The Book of Elair", "The Book of Clitandre", "The Book of Little Smirt", and "The Book of Tana."
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Smith: A Sylvan Interlude by CABELL, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1935)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $200.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $205.50
First edition. Bookplate on the front fly else fine in remnants of the original unprinted glassine dustwrapper, and a modestly worn, very good publisher's slipcase with edgewear. Copy 119 of 153 copies Signed by the author.
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Smith. A Sylvan Interlude by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1935)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $250.00
Shipping: $12.00
TOTAL Cost: $262.00
First edition, no. 62 of 153 deluxe copies, signed by the Author. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Silver Cloth. Very fine in matching Silver slipcase First edition, no. 62 of 153 deluxe copies, signed by the Author.
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