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1	Figures of earth more books like this by James Branch Cabell $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. He worked from 1898 to 1900 as a newpaper reporter in New York City, but returned to Richmond in 1901, where he worked several months on the staff of the Richmond News. In 1902, seven of his first stories appeared in national magazines and over the next ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Something about Eve more books like this by James Branch Cabell $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 1927. Today, some recognize Cabell as one of the first contemporary writers from the South. He is also noted for his unique blending of classic myths and legends with his own imagination and is considered a pioneer of fantasy writing. The book begins: For some moments after he had materialized, and had become perceivable by human senses, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Jurgen more books like this by James Branch Cabell $2.50 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This witty and compelling fantasy recounts a time-traveler's adventures through a supernatural dreamscape in which he has romances with famed ladies and confrontations with God and the Devil. 13 full-page illustrations by Frank Pape. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $13.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Jurgen a Comedy of Justice more books like this by James Branch Cabell $4.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist "Jurgen, " an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. The book was banned for decades because of its explicit content. It was, and remains, a groundbreaking early fantasy novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Beyond Life more books like this by James Branch Cabell $8.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Beyond Life is yet another wholly original work from Virginia writer James Branch Cabell. It's an imagined conversation between John Charteris, a successful author, and a young editor. They sit in a library lined with books categorized as unwritten masterpieces or intended editions--a wry commentary on the business of publishing by one of America ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Let me lie : being in the main an ethnological account of the remarkable commonwealth of Virginia and the making of its history more books like this by James Branch Cabell $3.55 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist When Let Me Lie was first published in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title. Deaf to James Branch Cabell's many-layered ironic wit, they read the book as a paean to the old South. Readers of this new paperback edition are unlikely to repeat the mistake. Let Me Lie is indeed a carefully researched and brilliantly ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $9.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	There Were Two Pirates more books like this by James Branch Cabell $9.75 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist "There Were Two Pirates" is a fantasy adventure in Branch Cabell's best style and a terrific addition to the Wildside Fantasy Classics line. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.71! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Quiet, Please more books like this by James Branch Cabell $13.35 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $7.97! new only from $14.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The cream of the jest; a comedy of evasions more books like this by James Branch Cabell $9.98 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $13.51! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Straws and Prayer-Books more books like this by James Branch Cabell $11.61 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Straws and Prayer-Books, one of the least well known entries in the Poictesme series, consists of collected shorter works. see all copies from $8.25! new only from $15.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The King Was in His Counting House more books like this by James Branch Cabell $18.64 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist _The King Was In His Counting House_ might best be described as history-as-fantasy. It is set in the Renaissance Italy of Jacobean tragedy rather than history, where every powerful nobleman is a Machiavellian fiend, plots abound, and virtue is in peril. Shimmering just beyond the horizon is the land of Branlon, the country of minor poets, a refuge ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $18.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Silver Stallion a Comedy of Redemption more books like this by James Branch Cabell $2.91 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 1926. Today, Cabell is recognized by some as one of the first contemporary writers from the South. He is also noted for his unique ability to blend classic myths and legends with his own imagination; and is considered a pioneer of fantasy writing. The book begins: They relate how Dom Manuel that was the high Count of Poictesme, and was everywhere ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	As I Remember It more books like this by James Branch Cabell $11.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist _As I Remember It_ is a volume of reminiscences, in the most elegant Cabell manner, looking back over his life, his career, and the literary scene of which he was a part. An important source for the study of fantastic literature, and also the literature of the American South. see all copies from $11.00! new only from $18.56! \| first editions \| SVS
14	The High Place: A Comedy of Disenchantment more books like this by James Branch Cabell $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15 view cover	Hamlet Had an Uncle more books like this by James Branch Cabell $17.89 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist 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 this was mo mere sensationalist, but a literary ... see all copies from $18.10! new only from $18.10! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Lineage of Lichfield: An Essay in Eugenics (1922) by James Branch Cabell $9.29 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.29! new only from $9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Witch-Woman: A Trilogy about Her more books like this by James Branch Cabell $14.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist _The Witch Woman_ collects three fantastic novellas set in Poictesme, the imaginary medieval land featured in such Cabell classics as _Jurgen_ and _Figures of Earth, _ all dealing with the most central of Cabell themes, the elusive feminine ideal, here personified in the seductive Ettarre la Beale, the third daughter of Dom Manuel the Redeemer. ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $15.03! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Taboo: A Legend Retold from the Dirghic of Saevius Nicanor more books like this by James Branch Cabell $9.29 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.29! new only from $9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Joseph Hergesheimer: An Essay in Interpretation more books like this by James Branch Cabell $11.71 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.29! new only from $9.29! \| SVS
20	The cream of the jest: The lineage of Lichfield, two comedies of evasion. by James Branch Cabell $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Special Delivery: A Packet of Replies more books like this by James Branch Cabell $16.12 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist A collection of letters from James Branch Cabell, covering a period of years and spanning a wide variety of subjects. A fascinating look at the man behind the work, and a glimpse at the personal thoughts of one of the 20th Century's greatest fantasists. see all copies from $16.12! new only from $18.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Straws and Prayer Books: Dizain Des Diversions more books like this by James Branch Cabell $12.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 1926. Today, some recognize Cabell as one of the first contemporary writers from the South. He is also noted for his unique blending of classic myths and legends with his own imagination and is considered a pioneer of fantasy writing. Contents: A Note on Alcoves; The Way of Wizardry; Minions of the Moon; The Thin Queen of Elfhame; Celestial ... see all copies from $6.00! first editions
23 view cover	The Eagle's Shadow more books like this by James Branch Cabell $10.40 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist This is the story of Margaret Hugonin and of the Eagle. And with your permission, we will for the present defer all consideration of the bird, and devote our unqualified attention to Margaret. I have always esteemed Margaret the obvious, sensible, most appropriate name that can be bestowed upon a girl-child, for it is a name that fits a woman - ... see all copies from $10.40! new only from $10.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24	The letters of James Branch Cabell. more books like this by James Branch Cabell $5.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The jewel merchants : a comedy in one act more books like this by James Branch Cabell $9.90 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. He worked from 1898 to 1900 as a newpaper reporter in New York City, but returned to Richmond in 1901, where he worked several months on the staff of the Richmond News. In 1902, seven of his first stories appeared in national magazines and over the next ... see all copies from $9.90! new only from $9.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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