Published by Privately Printed for the Emergency Committee, New York, 1920
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
77 pp. 8vo, publisher's half cloth over boards. First edition; No. 336 of 458 copies. Owner's engraved card mounted to pastedown; covers worn at extremites with overall soiling to boards; paper label on spine darkened.
Published by The Emergency Committee, 1920
Seller: Marc J. Bartolucci, Hudson, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: The Emergency Committee, 1930. 8vo, 77 p., original 3/4 tan cloth over drab boards. Previous owner's name to fep, else a VG copy with lightly rubbing to boards, spine joints and spine label. One of 458 copies printed.
Published by Privately Printed for the Emergency Committee, New York, 1920
First Edition
6" x 9.5" pp. [6], 7-77, [3]; pp. 9-16 unopened. Limited first edition #168 of 458. Quarter and a half bound in tan cloth boards. Spine label has small water stain. Text is clean and crisp. Very good. Contains a series of letters of protest against Jurgen, arguably one of Cabell's most notable work. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American fantasy fiction author from Virginia whose novels peaked in popularity in the 1920s. Known for his escapist, ironic, and satirical stories, Cabell published 52 books in his lifetime.
7.75" x 9.5" pp. 77; Limited first edition #3 of 458. White paper boards quarter-bound in tan cloth. Front and back boards are bent/wrinkled along the right-most quarter section. Boards have a few light smudges. Signed by the author on the edition page. Text is clean and sound. Very good. A compilation of various analyses and letters in support of James Branch Cabell's Jurgen during its censorship trial. Featuring writings from: George Moore, Owen Wister, Walter Lippman, Walter J. Kingsley, and more. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was an American fantasy fiction author from Virginia whose novels peaked in popularity in the 1920s. Known for his escapist, ironic, and satirical stories, Cabell published 52 books in his lifetime.