Click for full-size.
Deals with the Devil
by Davenport, Basil
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Faber and Faber, 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, with a couple of light marks. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to the top edge, otherwise nice. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels lightly read, solidly bound. Near fine condition. Price clipped jacket has some minor crimping and light rubs to edges. 10mm split to top of upper joint, Spine sunned, with a couple of light tea splash marks. Jacket grades very good. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very solid and attractive copy of this collectible anthology title. A very eclectic (and fascinating) mix of authors have stories in this volume all with the Devil as a central character. The stories in this book Introduction (Deals with the Devil) by Basil Davenport; The Brazen Locked Room by Isaac Asimov; Time Trammel by Miriam Allen deFord; Impact With the Devil by Theodore R. Cogswell; Doctor Faustus by uncredited; The Devil and Mr. Chips by Charles Dickens; Sir Dominick's Bargain by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; Enoch Soames by Max Beerbohm; A Deal with the Devil by Lord Dunsany; Satan and Sam Shay by Robert Arthur; The Legend of Mont St.-Michel by Guy de Maupassant; The Tinker of Tamlacht by Seumas MacManus; The Devil and Simon Flagg by Arthur Porges; The Devil and the Old Man by John Masefield; Devil-Puzzlers by F. B. Perkins; Threshold by Henry Kuttner; The Three Wishes by Vance Randolph; Nellthu by Anthony Boucher; Threesie by Theodore R. Cogswell; A Bargain in Bodies by Moses Schere; Caveat Emptor by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt; Hell-Bent by Ford McCormack; The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet; Countess Kathleen O'Shea by Timothee Trimm; The Devil, George, and Rosie by John Collier; The Devil Was Sick by Bruce Elliott
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004829
- Title
- Deals with the Devil
- Author
- Davenport, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 328
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.76 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting food and drink books
Nothing quite whets the appetite for rare and collectible books like old and vintage cookbooks. Be sure to check out our cook books and food section of our rare book room.
Vertigo Comics
Vertigo Comics, an imprint of DC Comics, is being retired in 2020 after a 27 year run of groundbreaking comics. The imprint was DC’s home for mature tales that were often horror-themed or otherwise dark in nature. Learn more about Vertigo, home of V for Vendetta, Sandman, and Fables.
