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The Devil's Own Dear Son: Available Copies

Shelf wear. Tanning along fore edges and pages. Rubbing and fading to jacket. Spine creases. Ex-library copy with associated markings, stamps, pocket and mylar jacket. Spine is slightly cocked. Browning throughout.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75

a comedy of the fatted calf. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. Solid binding. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

The Devil's Own Dear Son 0.68

Green cloth boards are fainly mottled, light edgwear. Prior owner name on fep, and a poem handwritten on bep reverse. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall

New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. "The Devil's Own Dear Son" is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman. "[He] is a delightful author .I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work]."" -- Neil Gaiman "One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read."" -- Darrell Schweitzer "The Devil's Own Dear Son" is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman. "[He] is a delightful author . . . I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work]."" — Neil Gaiman "One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read."" — Darrell Schweitzer Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

First edition, a clean unmarked copy in dust wrapper, with minor rubbing at the edges of dust wrapper, overall near fine. Not inscribed or price clipped.

A solid, unmarked copy with some wear, a bumped bottom rear corner, and a bit of pushing at the spine ends in a dust jacket with some chipping at the spine ends and some wrinkling a the bottom edge. Jacket protected in removable mylar cover.

VG in G DJ. Green binding, cream title box on spine, DJ edge wear (repaired). The love of Jose Gasparilla for Isabel de Castro that drives him to piracy & murder. 1st ed.

New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000

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Green boards with black titles to the spine. Firm binding. Clean pages. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket is now in a removable protective cover. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging

The front endpaper is slightly rubbed.

Hardcover. The Devil's Own Dear Son is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman."[He] is a delightful author . . . I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work]." -- Neil Gaiman "One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read." -- Darrell Schweitzer The Devil's Own Dear Son is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman. "[He] is a delightful author . . . I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work]." — Neil Gaiman "One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read." — Darrell Schweitzer Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

VG in original green cloth, light wear to hinges, spine has 2 small holes, light foxing on page edges.

New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000

Fine copy in a good dustjacket with edge wear and a long (11cm) closed tear to the rear panel.

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'The Devil's Own Dear Son' is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman. '[He] is a delightful author . . . I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work].'' -- Neil Gaiman 'One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read.'' -- Darrell Schweitzer

1950 Bodley Head hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good clean tight binding in very good unclipped dustjacket.

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Devil's Own Dear Son is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion.James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman.'[He] is a delightful author . . . I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work].' -- Neil Gaiman'One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read.' -- Darrell Schweitzer

210 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed by Cabell on the second sheet. Third volume of the "It Happened in Florida" trilogy, set is St. Augustine, Florida, and Hell. Fine book except for very slight shelf wear to the bottom edge in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the top and bottom of the spine and the bottom edge. A very nice copy!

THE DEVIL'S OWN DEAR SON - A COMEDY OF THE FATTED CALF, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949, first edition, head of spine somewhat bumped, else vg+/near fine copy in vg color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear & tear. Allegedly 1/50 SIGNED copies.