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The Flame is Green: Available Copies

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The flame is green
    by R. A Lafferty

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780802703460
    Publisher: Walker January 1971 (1971)


    Seller: Montclair Book Center (Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $50.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $54.99

book slightly cocked spotting along the front edge of the book and along the bottom edge of the jacket corners bumped.

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The Flame is Green Advance Review Copy
    by R. A. Lafferty

    Paperback
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Corroboree Press (1985)


    Seller: DreamHaven Books (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $60.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $66.00

Advance Review Copy in illustrated trade wraps. First of the Coscuin Chronicles series. Illustrated by David Brian Erickson in b&w and color (tipped-in plates). Near fine in lightly faded green wraps.

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THE FLAME IS GREEN
    by Lafferty, R[aphael] A[loysius]

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Walker and Company, New York (1971)


    Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $65.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $71.00

Octavo, boards. First edition. First book of "The Coscuin Chronicles." A fine copy in fine white dust jacket. A sharp copy. Scarce thus. (#3056)

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The Flame Is Green: The Coscuin Chronicles, 1845-1849
    by Lafferty, R. A.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780911169041
    Publisher: Corroboree Press, Minneapolis, MN (1985)


    Seller: Fahrenheit's Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $75.00
    Shipping: $7.00
    TOTAL Cost: $82.00

First edition thus, hardcover, signed by Lafferty on second endpage above publisher's design, "Review Copy" is written in ink above title on half-title page and a letter from the publisher is laid in. The book has a faint skew to the binding, very slight bumps to spine ends and upper cover corners, and a very small spot near head of fore edge of about 40 pages of text block, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy in VG dust jacket, which has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners with a short creased tear at base of front hinge, a touch of edgewear, and some rubbing with a couple very small smudges.

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THE FLAME IS GREEN
    by Lafferty, R. A.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Walker (1971)


    Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $75.40
    Shipping: $12.50
    TOTAL Cost: $87.90

THE FLAME IS GREEN, Walker, 1971, first edition, just about fine in like dust-wrapper with some slight soil and a small chip missing from the base of the rear dust-wrapper panel. SIGNED by the author.

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The Flame is Green, the Coscuin Chronicles, 1845-1849
    by Lafferty, R. A.

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780911169041
    Publisher: Corroboree Pr, Minneapolis (1985)


    Seller: Time Traveler Books (Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $125.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $129.50

240 pages

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The Flame is Green SIGNED presentation copy
    by R. A. Lafferty

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Corroboree Press (1985)


    Seller: DreamHaven Books (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $150.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $156.00

First volume of the Coscuin Chronicles. First published by Walker in 1971, this illustrated edition has b&w illustrations plus 4 color tipped-in plates by David Brian Erickson. Limited to 750 copies total, this is a presentation copy bound in blue leather with gold embossing. Less than 25 of these were done. SIGNED by Lafferty and artist Erickson. Fine in Fine jacket.

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The Flame is Green
    by Lafferty, R. A

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780802703460
    Publisher: Walker (1971)


    Seller: curtis paul books, inc. (Northridge, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $249.99
    Shipping: $4.49
    TOTAL Cost: $254.48

First edition hardcover signed by Lafferty to the title page. Spine ends tapped, textblock slightly toned. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly soiled/rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 245 pages; Signed by Author

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