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The Cream of the Jest: Available Copies
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Seller: HPB-Diamond (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $4.00
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The Cream of the Jest (Mint Editions-Humorous and Satirical Narratives) by Cabell, James Branch
Paperback
ISBN: 9781513295787
Publisher: 0 (2021)
Seller: Lakeside Books (Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $6.22
Shipping: $3.99
TOTAL Cost: $10.21
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 CREAM OF THE JEST by Cabell, James Branch
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345283580
Publisher: Del Rey (1979)
Seller: The Book Abyss (St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $5.99
Shipping: $4.90
TOTAL Cost: $10.89
Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are like new. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- (A book in the Saga of Poictesme series)
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The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell
Paperback
ISBN: 9781513295787
Publisher: Mint Editions, US (2021)
Seller: Rarewaves USA (OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $11.65
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TOTAL Cost: $11.65
The Cream of the Jest (1923) is a novel by James Branch Cabell. Set in a world where history and fantasy collide, where a lowly pawnbroker can encounter monsters, gods, and devils, The Cream of the Jest is one work in a series of novels, essays, and poems known as the Biography of the Life of Manuel. Partly inspired by the obscenity trial surrounding his novel Jurgen, a Comedy of Justice, The Cream of the Jest is a metafictional blend of literary criticism and fantasy fiction about an author whose sudden fame shocks his sleepy hometown. To the people of Lichfield, Felix Kennaston is an unremarkable neighbor whose literary ambitions are pursued in secrecy and obscurity. While completing a fantasy novel, he discovers a strange talisman not unlike the one his hero Horvendile presented to his beloved Ettare. That night, Felix meets Ettare in a dream, inspiring him to rewrite the story's ending. When it is published, charges of obscenity threaten to sink his dreams before they can be realized. But critical attention has the opposite effect, making Kennaston a bestselling author overnight. Told from the perspective of Richard Harrowby, a neighbor from Lichfield, The Cream of the Jest is a fascinating blend of literary criticism and fantasy that poses important questions about the divide between fiction and the world we live in. Cabell's work has long been described as escapist, his novels and stories derided as fantastic and obsessive recreations of a world lost long ago. To read The Cream of the Jest, however, is to understand that the issues therein-the struggle for power, the unspoken distance between men and women-were vastly important not only at the time of its publication, but in our own, divisive world. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James Branch Cabell's The Cream of the Jest is a classic of fantasy and romance reimagined for modern readers.
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THE CREAM OF THE JEST (Lineage of Lichfield) : A Comedy of Redemption (1971 - Ballantine Adult Fantasy #02364-1) by Cabell, James Branch. (intro By Lin Carter)
Seller: Comic World (Steinbach, MB, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $6.50
Shipping: $7.90
TOTAL Cost: $14.40
275 pages Goodread notes = "The Dom Manuel series is a roller coaster, and this book would be where the toboggan does an unexpected plunge into a double-down when the ride seems to be over. Though this book does not represent Cabell at the height of his artistic command of the English language, it is the point of his great vision where he pulls together 16 or so of his works into a primitive masterpiece of Sci-fi/fantasy/philosophy ." >>Heavy Cover indents & creasing to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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Seller: Better World Books: West (Reno, NV, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $14.73
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TOTAL Cost: $14.73
Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell
Paperback
ISBN: 9780345023643
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York (1971)
Seller: biblioboy (North Providence, RI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $8.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $15.00
Ballantine, NY 1971 275 Pages. First Mass market paperback Near Fine condition with light readers creases and light edge wear. See photos. Sr 2/8 First Mass Market Paperback, First Printing.
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The Cream of the Jest by Cabell, James Branch
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Publisher: The Modern Library, New York (1927)
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC (Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $14.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $19.50
Modern Library 126.1, bound in brown leatherette (style 4) with Bernhard endpapers. A prior owner's name on the front free endpaper and his notes on the reverse thereof; a few sparse, penciled lines in the margins of the text; pages are otherwise clean, sewn binding somewhat relaxed, but secure; brown leatherette cover has a pale spot at the lower front, some darkening along the spine and a touch of flaking of the gilt titles, and modest shelfwear at corners and spine ends, otherwise sound. 250pp.; Binding style 4 with Bernhard endpapers
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