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The Cords of Vanity: Available Copies
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The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking (Mint Editions-Humorous and Satirical Narratives) by Cabell, James Branch
Paperback
ISBN: 9781513295800
Publisher: 0 (2021)
Seller: Lakeside Books (Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $8.23
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TOTAL Cost: $12.22
Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!
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The Cords Of Vanity A Comdey of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
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Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1927)
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA (Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $9.00
Shipping: $8.00
TOTAL Cost: $17.00
Corners are bumped. Covers have some light wear, and foxing, especially around the edges. Spine has some chipping at the ends. Front hinge is beginning to loosen at the front endpapers. Endpapers have yellowed, and foxed.
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Seller: Forgotten Books (London, United Kingdom) New Book
Book Price: $20.16
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Print on Demand. This early 20th century coming-of-age story is a loosely connected series of adventures and misadventures of Robert Etheridge Townsend, a young man who shirks responsibility and lives for artistic pleasure. The author was an established writer whose work was praised for its wit and frankness, and whose later work was judged to be part of the American literary movement that included Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book's themes draw from the author's own experience, yet in a more optimistic light, with the protagonist seeking to balance his artistic sensibility with life's harsh realities. The author's exploration of the conflict between self-gratification and obligation provides insights that resonate today, as readers navigate the competing forces of personal goals and social expectations. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.
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The Cords of Vanity by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
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Publisher: Doubleday Page (1909)
Seller: Easy Chair Books (Lexington, MO, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $15.00
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Ex-university library marks, shelf wear to the red covers, rubbing the letters on the spine; pages tanned; a sound binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 219016.
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The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell
Hardcover
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Publisher: Doubleday, Page And Company (1909)
Seller: Firefly Bookstore (Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $19.99
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TOTAL Cost: $25.99
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The cords of vanity by CABELL, James Branch
Hardcover
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Publisher: John Lane the Bodley Head, London (1925)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books (Cheltenham, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $10.15
Shipping: $16.85
TOTAL Cost: $27.00
1st edition, 1925. Spine browned, with bumping at head and foot; some scattered loss of colour to cloth. "A comedy of shirking", with an introduction by Wilson Follett. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)
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