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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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The Devil's Own Dear Son: Available Copies
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Below are the first 30 of the lowest-total-price offerings from AbeBooks; all information shown is as specified by the sellers. To see all responses direct from AbeBooks—who may have more than 30—click here.
The Devil's Own Dear Son: A Comedy of the Fatted Calf by James Branch Cabell
Hardcover
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company (1949)
Seller: Kollectible & Rare Books (Bartlesville, OK, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $6.25
TOTAL Cost: $16.25
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.
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Seller: HPB Inc. (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $12.62
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $16.37
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The Devil's own dear son by James Branch Cabell
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Farrar, Straus (1949)
Seller: Library House Internet Sales (Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Poor
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $6.99
TOTAL Cost: $16.99
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.
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The Devil's Own Dear Son: A Comedy of the Fatted Calf by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Company, New York (1949)
Seller: Top Notch Books (Tolar, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $18.00
Shipping: $5.75
TOTAL Cost: $23.75
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
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The Devil's Own Dear Son by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Bodley Head, London (1950)
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop (Dublin, DUB, Ireland)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $17.72
Shipping: $9.18
TOTAL Cost: $26.90
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.
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The Devil's Own Dear Son by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Company (1949)
Seller: Falling Waters Booksellers (Morganton, GA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $23.00
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $27.99
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.
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The Devil's Own Dear Son (1st Edition) by James Branch Cabell
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Bodley Head (1950)
Seller: Bramble Books (Ipswich, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $16.73
Shipping: $16.25
TOTAL Cost: $32.98
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
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The Devil's Own Dear Son by James Branch Cabell
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company (1949)
Seller: Southampton Books (Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $4.99
TOTAL Cost: $39.99
First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with bookplate residue on the front pastedown, the previous owner's name and date inscribed on the flyleaf page, and light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is very good with a few small nicks, and tears to the spine, front bottom right and back top edge.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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THE DEVIL'S OWN DEAR SON: A COMEDY OF THE FATTTED CALF . by Cabell, James Branch
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Bodley Head, London (1950)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $42.00
Octavo, cloth. First British edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-64. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 334. Reginald 02396. Owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. Fore and bottom edges foxed, a very good copy in very good dust jacket priced 8s 6d on the front flap. (#176838)
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