The Cream of the Jest **VERY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET**

VERY RARE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell with an Introduction by Harold Ward. New York: The Modern Library, 1927. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1927 stated on the copyright page. Unusual, for the modern library, mention of printing in this case Eighth printing which may be unrelated to the modern library printing. According to Toledano this is a leatherette spine type 4 with Bernhard endpapers. The book is VERY GOOD - gilt on cover and spine nice and bright, boards are extremely bright. Two inch spine crack at title page but binding still intact. Matching topstain nice and bright. No writing or marks in the book. Contents are clean and bright! The rare dust jacket is in good condition with loss at top and bottom spine and soiling on front cover. Rare in any form and otherwise bright and beautiful. 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND FIRST EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.…