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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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The First Gentleman of America: Available Copies
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The First Gentleman of America A Comedy of Conquest by Cabell, James Branch
Seller: moluna (Greven, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $24.66
Shipping: $53.33
TOTAL Cost: $77.99
Über den AutorAmerican writer James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is renowned for his original works of satire and fantasy fiction from the early 20th century. Cabell, who was born in Richmond, Virginia on April 14, 1879, was raised in .
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Seller: moluna (Greven, Germany) New Book
Book Price: $38.17
Shipping: $53.33
TOTAL Cost: $91.50
Über den AutorAmerican writer James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is renowned for his original works of satire and fantasy fiction from the early 20th century. Cabell, who was born in Richmond, Virginia on April 14, 1879, was raised in .
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Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $225.00
Shipping: $8.00
TOTAL Cost: $233.00
Signed copy #25 of 125 numbered copies, of which 99 were for sale. Staining on front endpaper, staining on page before back endpaper. Jacket is onion-skin paper with no printing on it, and is shredded.
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The First Gentleman of America: A Comedy on Conquest. by CABELL, James Branch.
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Publisher: New York/Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. [1942]. (1942)
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA (Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $225.00
Shipping: $9.99
TOTAL Cost: $234.99
8vo. 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards by Zabriskie, spine with raised bands, 4 red morocco inlays of interlocking hearts and gilt floral tooling within gilt ruled compartments, covers ruled in gilt, patterned endpapers, t.e.g. Very good-fine. No bookplates. Signed by Cabell in black ink on the page before half title. Also signed and inscribed by the binder in pencil on the page before half title: "To Judge Healy with best wishes of his friend "the finisher" George Zabriskie, April 14/42."
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