Gerald Musgrave. Sonnets from Antan. The Fountain Press, New York, 1929.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: with an editorial note by James Branch Cabell; printed by Grabhorn Press in as #310 of 718 copies; some toning on paste downs & flyleafs; Zeitlin Books sticker on rear paste down
Seller: Manning's Books & Prints, ABAA, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Quarter cream coloured cloth over patterned paper boards. Paper spine label. Corners worn and bumped, spine head lightly bumped, top of board sunned, with a few scratches to the front board, clean throughout. Edition of 718 copies, printed at The Grabhorn Press. This is copy 354, signed by Cabell on the half-title.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sonnets from Antan. Cabell, James Branch. Fountain Press, New York, 1929.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition hardcover has minor wear thus very good plus. Number 455/718 copies signed by Cabell and printed by Grabhorn Press.
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 718 numbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Signed by Cabell. Thin octavo. Pp. [vi, 34]. Printed in orange and black. Headpiece portrait by William H. Cotton. Handset Lutetia type. Gray decorated boards, gray cloth spine, gray spine label printed in black. A fine copy. Distributed in America by Random House to commemorate Cabell's 50th birthday, this collection of sonnets was most likely paraphrased by Gerald Musgrave, an obscure Victorian poet. Cabell edited this work, providing an introduction and lengthy annotations. One of the Fifty Book of the Year. [Grabhorn: 118].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Copy 229 of 718 copies printed, signed by the author. Portrait by William H. Cotton from a painting by Meissner. 1 vols. 8vo. Heller and Magee, Grabhorn Bibliography, 118 Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on spine. Some light wear, else very good Portrait by William H. Cotton from a painting by Meissner. 1 vols. 8vo Copy 229 of 718 copies printed, signed by the author.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, No. 25 of 718 numbered copies, signed by Cabell. With a portrait of the putative poet Gerald Musgrave., Esq., being crowned by his muse (actually a burlesque portrait of Cabell). 1 vols. 8vo. An Elegant Spoof. A droll volume, one of the Fifty Books of the Year, and, at 34 pages, one of the thinnest to receive this distinction, notwithstanding its gem-like typography, its pages hand-set in roman and italic Lutetia and printed in black and several colors. Heller and Magee, Grabhorn Bibliography, 118 Original decorated paper boards, gray cloth spine with paper label, spine faintly soiled, else fine With a portrait of the putative poet Gerald Musgrave., Esq., being crowned by his muse (actually a burlesque portrait of Cabell). 1 vols. 8vo First Edition, No. 25 of 718 numbered copies, signed by Cabell.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One Of 718 Copies, Of Which 676 Were For Sale, Printed By The Grabhorn Press For The Fountain Press, New York, In 1929. Beige Cloth Spine With Printed Spine Label. A Rare Variant With Two Slightly Different Colophon Pages Bound In, Identical Except One Reads In Part "Four Hundred Copies Are For America, Distributed By Random House. Distributed In Great Britain." The Other Reads "Distributed In America By Random House And In Great Britain." Both Colophons Are Not Numbered. Signed By The Author On The Half Title Page.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.