Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work: An Essay. The Dial Press, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover, very good with light wear in good chipped jacket, with slight loss to rear panel. Stated first printing.
Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work: An Essay. Dial Press, 1976.
Price: US$46.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Stated first printing. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector. Pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
BALDWIN, James. THE DEVIL FINDS WORK; an essay. Dial Press, NY, 1976.
Price: US$73.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 122. A fine copy in dj. A discussion of American film.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work (First Edition, First Printing). Dial Press, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing of this later work by James Baldwin in which he discusses cinema with reflections on his personal experience as a movie watcher as well as critical observations about the racial politics of popular films. 122 pages. Has tanning of the page edges and dust jacket flaps. Minimal sign of previous use.
Seller: M.S. Books, Salisbury, MD, U.S.A.
James Baldwin. The Devil Finds Work. The Dial Press, 1976.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 121pp. Maroon lining papers. Maroon boards with title on spine. Near fine hardcover with minor wrinkleds on cover.
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work. The Dial Press, New York, 1976.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 122pp. Octavo [22cm]. Maroon paper over boards, with title stamped in copper on spine and publisher's topstain. Touch of scuffing to spine ends. A few faint scratches to rear board. In a dust jacket with sunning to the spine and head of front panel. Scratching and rippling to rear panel. There are a handful of open and closed tears to the edges. Part memoir, part analysis of racial politics in American film--including "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "The Exorcist."
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
James Baldwin. The Devil Finds Work: An Essay. The Dial Press January 1976, 1976.
Price: US$114.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
James Baldwin. The devil finds work.. New York: The Dial Press, 1976.
Price: US$117.42 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher s faux red leather binding, title in red to spine. In jacket, unclipped. | A fine copy in a near fine jacket. | Original receipt from 1976 laid in.
Seller: Antikvariat Bryggen [ILAB, NABF], Skjeberg, Norway
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work (1st printing). Dial Press, New York, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dial Press. New York. 1976. 122 pages. First edition stated, first printing. Book is tight and clean. Burgundy endpapers with burgundy topstain and boards. Small dent on front board. Minor discoloration along base of front board. Original DJ with $6.95 price intact on flap. Open chip to DJ on spine. A solid, attractive copy with flaws noted.
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work. The Dial Press, New York, 1976.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 122pgs. Burgundy boards, Stated First printing. Superficial wear to the covers, otherwise like new. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright with no tears or chips. in mylar sleeve. This is a book-length essay by writer James Baldwin Published in 1976, it is both a memoir of his experiences watching movies and a critique of the racial politics of American cinema. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
James baldwin. The Devil Finds Work. The Dial Press, 1976.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$6.95 On Flap. Stated First Printing Without Wear. Excellent Fresh Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
The Devil Finds Work. James Baldwin. Dial Press, 1976.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. First printing. A little toning only to the dust jacket verso, otherwise a fine copy. An examination of race in American cinema, by the renowned essayist.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
james baldwin. the devil finds work. the dial press, new york, 1976.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: fine. unclipped [$6.95]. smallest amount of creasing to flaps.
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work; an essay. Dial Press, New York, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, 122pp. Red hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, top edge dyed red, appears unread, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, a touch of shelf wear, faint toning to verso, a near fine example.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Baldwin, James. The Devil Finds Work. Dial Press, New York, 1976.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.