Search Results: straws and prayer books dizain des diversions by cabell james branch

Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. Stated first edition, 1924. Brown cloth boards, no jacket. Light scuffing and shelfwear with age, gilt titles on spine starting to fade but still plainly legible. Spine cracked, all pages intact. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Mild yellowing to page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good copy overall.

Robert M McBride, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Robert M McBride, 1924. Book. Very Good. 1st Edition. Kalki binding, third trade printing, no jacket. Very good. Binding is clean, tight, square, sharp-cornered. Some loss of gilt on boards but titles and Kalki symbol and still legible. Some foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's penciled notes on rear pastedown and a few pencil ticks in the margins of the text, which is otherwise clean. Contains mostly essays and criticism by Cabell, but also two stories connected with The Silver Stallion: The Thin Queen of Elfhame, and The Delta of Radegonde..

Robert M. Mcbride & Company, 1924. Hard Cover - VG - No dust jacket if issued - Book is clean and tight with light wear - 302 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Robert M McBride & Co., 1924. Owner's flamboyant ink signature on front free end paper; Aged textblock overall clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner worn and scuffed; Spine titling faded; Lacks dust jacket; 302p.. Third Edition. Brown Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6 " 7 " Tall. Hardcover.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good/Missing. Robert M. McBride & Co., 1924; stated Second Edition, no additional printings indicated; 302pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of brown cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good throughout. Missing the scarce jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. Third Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very light soiling. Lightly bumped corners. Light edgewear.

GB: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

CABELL, James Branch. Straws and Prayer-Books. Dizain des Diversions. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1924. First edition. Bruccoli and Clark II, p. 70. A fine copy.

New York NY: Robert M. Mcbride & Co.. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine is faded wear at edges and spine .

London: John Lane (1926). (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 302pp. (Fiction).

London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1926 cr.8vo 302pp + adds, 1926 VG+ original lilac cloth, very clean throughout.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 302 pages. An about very good copy in an about good dust jacket with a large chip to the top of the spine, smaller chips to the edges and corners and bottom of the spine, some tears and soiling as well. Still, a nice copy.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, trade issue. Gilt stamping on front cover is slightly dull, else a near fine copy in very good dust or better jacket, lightly faded on spine and with a few small chips, else quite bright. A work in James Branch Cabell's 'Biography of the Life of Manuel' series of novels, essays and poetry, which trace the fictional life of Dom Manuel, Count of Poictesme, including generations of imaginary descendants.

London: John Lane, 1926 first UK edition, purple cloth lightly soiled and lightly rubbed to edge, top and fore closed edges soiled, some light foxing, tidy but aged copy, 302pp + 10pp adverts, includes Cabell on literary censorship, essays on the art of writing etc includes discussion of Jurgen, which was considered obscene at the time, and was based on Crowley's Gnostic Mass. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Robert M. McBride & Co., New York: 1924., 1924 pp. 302. Tall 8vo. 240 mm. Original full black cloth binding, with some wear and soiling (slight loss at the binding corners). "This large paper edition of Straws and Prayer-Books consists of 330 signed and numbered copies of which 300 are for sale." This is copy number 13, signed by Cabell. First printing. Chiefly a collection of literary essays and reminiscences, with a couple of allegorical tales, this little-known book makes interesting reading. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) was a Virginia born author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres, who enjoyed great popularity in the 1920's. Large Paper Limited Edition, Signed by the Author. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN-PRESS/W32 Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. 1924. First Edition. NF, front board lightly rubbed, rear board slightly more rubbed, bottom rear corner very slightly bumped, corners slightly rubbed, light wear head/foot of spine. Overall a tight solid sound copy with bright unmarked pages. Protected in mylar. ; Tall 8vo, black cloth, gilt illus. Bottom right front board, gilt lettering spine, top edge pages tinted red, marbled eps, 302pp. This large paper edition of Straws and Prayer-Books consists of 330 SIGNED and NUMBERED copies of which 300 are for sale. This is copy number 236. .