The White Robe a Saint's Summary by James Branch Cabell (31 results)

Hardcover. First Edition. The White Robe a Saint's Summary by James Branch Cabell with illustrations by Robert E Locher. Limited edition published by Robert M McBride.Clean uncut pages, tight binding, 1/4 leather and cloth boards with rub marks to spine and darkening to front boards Clean uncut pages, tight binding.

Limited first edition. Unpaged - 95 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 19.25cm. Lacks slipcase. No dust jacket. Leather spine mostly perished with only worn bottom third partially present; several dark ink stains to remnant spine leather and overlapping joint leather; wood grain pattered boards with wear along beveled edges particularly at corners. Deckle edges. Past owner's personal name/address label affixed at front pastedown's center top; a few minor spots of soiling to interior pages. Text block binding is firm. Only a good copy at best. Publisher's limitation statement on half-title verso: "Of this volume . . . 3290 copies have been printed from type in October, 1928, of which 3250 are for sale, and the type has been destroyed.".

Hardcover. Small Quarto; G+; light brown 1/4 bound spine with gilt text; no jacket; limited first edition to 3290 copies; leather spine; some rubbing wear to spine; front and rear oaken-board panels; beveled edges; panels slightly shelf worn; some rubbing wear to edges; sturdy boards; textblock exterior edges have light tone; deckled edges; interior pages clean; illustrated; unpaginated. 1357472. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardbound. Robert E. Locher Illus (illustrator). Limited Ed. One of 3290 Copies, Small chips from leather spine, Slipcase has cracks at edges. wood looking boards with leather spine slight edgewear. text clean. poor slipcase.

HARD BACK BROWN. Condition: FAIR. ROBERT LOCHER (illustrator). General shelf wear, spine chipping, Nd our bookplate on inner board. DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION:

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. An attractive book, very clean pages, covers but with a lot o rubbing to the spine; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 96 pages; Beautiful b/w illusrations by Robert Locher.

Hardcover. Limited Edition. Super Octavo. In slipcase. Half binding with leather spine and hardcover paper designed to appear as wood. Stamped, gilt lettering to spine. Limited copy. Illustrations by Robert E. Locher. Very Good. Some rubbing to spine leather.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Robert E. Locher (illustrator). Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Untrimmed pages. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout, illustrated by Robert E. Locher. Covers decorated to look like wood. In protective decorative slipcase, Excellent condition, just spine slightly faded. from shelf wear. Still quite bright and clean inside. Record # 30652.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. "Of this volume The White Robe, 3290 copies have been printed from type in October, 1928, of which 3250 are for sale, and the type has been destroyed." Leather-backed faux wooden boards. Illustrations by Robert E. Locher. Designed by William Dana Orcutt and printed on Italian hand-made Fabriano paper. Two color title page. With eight full-page drawings by Robert Locher. Sunning to the spine as usual otherwise a fine copy. Clean and bright with crisp text. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: Very Good. 1928. Hardback. 3,250 copies made available for sale in October 1928. Fine in fine quarter leather over woodgrain effect boards. Boards showing a little age and wear. Hand-made paper, uncut edges. A fine copy. . . . .

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. New edition. Edition limited to 3290 copies. In wood-effect boards with leather spine; illustrations by Robert E Locher. Small bookshop label on back pastedown; thick creamy paper, with watermark, & untrimmed edges; nice type-face. Leather on spine back-strip darkened & brittle, with some surface loss.

Condition: Very Good. 1928. Hardback. 3,250 copies made available for sale in October 1928. Fine in fine quarter leather over woodgrain effect boards. Boards showing a little age and wear. Hand-made paper, uncut edges. A fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (thin). Exceptionally nice copy. Bound in half brown calf over light brown wood-patterned boards, gilt-stamped spine, plain endpapers, all edges untrimmed, in publisher's matching wood-patterned heavy stock cardboard slipcase (slight sunning to spine; slipcase has slight wear and a hint of cracking). [95] pages (including plates; unpaginated). Story of the 'blessed Odo', who progresses from the secular state of a shepherd through various stages of sanctity prior to his consecration as a bishop. One of 3290 copies (the entire edition, of which 3250 were for sale; this copy is unnumbered), designed by William Dana Orcutt, printed on Italian handmade Fabriano Mills paper, with typography, presswork and binding by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts, October, 1928, under Orcutt's supervision. Locher, Robert E. (illustrator); 8 b/w illustrations; Decorative title Page (red/black).

Quarter Leather. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Locher, Robert E. (illustrator). Limited Edition. one of 3290 copies, leather spine with pressed gilt lettering, faux wood beveled covers, matching slipcase scuffed and rubbed, as is leather spine. Internals fine.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Unpaginated, illustrated in b&w by Robert E. Locher. Limited to 3290 copies. Paper-covered boards with a wood pattern, maroon cloth spine, printed on handmade paper, designed by William Dana Orcutt. Record # 405181.

Limited edition. Very good. Limited to 3,290 copies. Boxed. Italian hand-made paper. Typography by William Dana Orcutt. Leather backstrip rubbed. Box worn, but serviceable. Most pages are uncut. (loc 180).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Robert E. Locher, 11.25 x 7.75", leather backed boards, unpaginted, covers a little rubbed, corners bumped and worn, spine sunned else a nice copy in a worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 3290 COPIES. Decorative binding.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Robert E. Locher (illustrator). Book with wood-textured boards and leather spine. Some rubbing on spine, clean and excellent inside. One small label from previous seller on inside back cover. Slipcase worn along edges, chipped on corners with some splitting on bottom edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One of 3290 copies on Italian handmade paper. Untrimmed pages, leather spine is rubbed, otherwise a clean, very good copy in a chipped slipcase.

Quarter Calf Leather. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Limited Edition. One of 3290 copies. Original quarter brown calf leather binding with wood-grain patterned cover. Same wood-grain pattern on the slipcase. The slipcase is lacking it top and is heavily worn & soiled. The Book has light wear to the spine. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a poor slipcase. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. A beautifully produced book featuring a tale by American writer, James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), primarily a writer of fantasy fiction. This story has religious themes. The White Robe; A Saint's Summary, by James Branch Cabell. With Illustrations by Robert E. Locher. Published by Robert McBride & Company, New York. Printed in the USA in October, 1928. Limited edition of 3,290 copies (of which 3,250 were for sale). A very good copy of this attractive hardback, designed by William Dana Orcutt, and manufactured by the Plimpton Press, Norwoods, Massachusetts, under his personal supervision. The cover is a modern adaptation of Medieval leather and oaken/board binding. The spine is in brown leather and the covers have a simulated wood effect. Covers with some wear to boards and the spine leather is rubbed and worn. Gilt title to spine. Printed on a high quality hand-made Italian paper from Fabriano Mills. The fore-edge and lower edge are rough-cut as issued. Bookplate of Antony Charles Thomas to first pastedown. He was a British Historian, archaeologist and Professor of Cornish at Exeter University. His armorial bookplate features a Cornish motto which translates as 'Your Duty is not to be taken lightly'. Text is bright and clean throughout and presents very well. There are 8 lovely full page plates (all as called for). Text in English. Pages unnumbered, but there are 92 pages we believe. Dimensions: approximately 288mm high x 199mm wide x 18mm deep. Weight: Approximately 325g (unpacked). More photos on request.

CABELL, James Branch. The White Robe, a Saint's Summary. 4to. Orig. calf-backed oaken boards. N.Y.: McBride, [1928]. First edition. Boxed. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. Locher, Robert E. (illustrator). Limited Edition. Very good hardcover 1928, leatherbound spine rebacked, beautiful condition, illustrated Limited edition 1/3290 copies.

4°. Mit 8 ganzseitigen Illustrationen. (80) S. Orig.-Holzeinband mit Lederrücken. Nr. 174 von 200 handschriftlich numerierten Exemplaren. - Der Einband ist eine moderne Wiedergabe der im Mittelalter gebräuchlichen Leder-Eichholz-Einbände. - Rücken etwas beschabt, fleckig und mit einer kleinen Schabstelle im Bezug; Ecken und Kapitale etwas beschabt und bestoßen; ansonsten schönes Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: slip case. Robert E. Locher (illustrator). Limited Edition. Unpaginated, pages uncut. Wood effect boards w brown leather spine in a matching slip-case. Light wear around the edges. No 52 in a LIMITED EDITION of 200. Contents clean, tight and bright, a very nice copy.

Edition limited to 3290 copies, small folio, unpaginated; 8 full-page illustrations; title page printed in red and black; original brown leather backed wood-grained paper-covered boards, publisher's slipcase; fine copy.

[c.80]pp. 4to. Original 'woodgrain' papered boards with somewhat rubbed calf spine. Boards have a few bumps to edges. Some foxing to foredge, otherwise a very good copy. Numbered 160 of 200 copies printed . Illustrated.

First edition. One. of 3290 copies. First edition. One. of 3290 copies. Illustrated by Robert E. Locher. 1 vols. 4to. Leather-backed faux wooden boards. Spine rubbed, else Fine, in Near Fine slipcase Illustrated by Robert E. Locher. 1 vols. 4to.

London: The Bodley Head, (1928). Sm. 4to. Orig. qtr. calf and paper over oak panels (spine and extremities slightly worn). (80pp.). With 8 full-page plates by Robert E. Locher. Title-page printed in red/black. A lim. ed. printed on Italian hand-made paper. Untrimmed.

London: The Bodley Head, (1928). Sm. 4to. Orig. qtr. calf and paper over oak panels (spine and extremities slightly worn). (80pp.). With 8 full-page plates by Robert E. Locher. Title-page printed in red/black. A lim. ed. of 200 copies printed on Italian hand-made paper, this being No. 152. Untrimmed.