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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Hardcover. g to near fine. 289/831 signed James Branch Cabell at foreword. Original black quarter cloth over blue paper boards with intricate gilt decor and ruling on covers, gilt lettering on spine; in original glassine dustjacket. Title page with vignette in red. All text pages with compartmentalized multiple borders and floral decor in rectangles at foredges, all in red. Limitations page with publisher's device in red. Ballads by Cabell with decorations and typography by W. A. Dwiggins. Glassine jacket somewhat sunned with light wear along edges, small chips and two half inch closed tears. Binding with very light wear along edges. Interior near fine.

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. First, Limited Edition. One of 831 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.524. Octavo (24.5cm); blue paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; [ii],[9],10-41,[5]pp; typography and decorations designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Light wear to extremities, especially the corner tips, resulting in some minor board exposure; Near Fine, lacking the original dustjacket.