Jurgen Censor (7 results)

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Limited edition #276/440, report of the Emergency Committee organized to protest against the suppression of James Branch Cabells's "Jurgen", some pages unopened. with a list of signers of the protest, letters to the emergency committee and to the publisher.Cloth spine and corners, paper over boards, paper label on spine, 77 pages.; Limited Edition; 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 ".…

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.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited. A near fine copy. Limited, numbered edition of which this copy is number 425. Inscribed by the author on the free endpaper. Decall edged. The boards are a little rubbed and spine a bit worn around the title. Signed.

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. …

Condition: Bon état. in-8, demi-percaline ocre à coins, 77 pp. Rare plaidoyer en faveur de "Jurgen", un livre dans la veine "réaliste" du romancier américain James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) qui fut jugé licencieux et frappé d'interdiction. Avec une introduction de l'auteur, un article intitulé "Morals, Not Art or Literature" par Edward Hale Bierstadt, 30 lettres de soutien de différents romanciers américains et une revue de presse de la critique. Tirage unique à 458 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé. Petite tache au dos, sinon très bon état.…

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.…