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Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper and Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: EX-LIBRARY BOOK. The book has a fair amount of overall shelf wear, the text block and pages are browning, the binding is slightly loose, the covers have dulled the pastedown hinge is coming off, the previous owner's name is on the endpage, and there are several library stamps through out.otherwise in readable condition.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
James Branch Cabell. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Binding cracked after t.p., title page partially detache, remainder of binding is solid. Spine cover is torn at top. Covers have edge wear, scuffs. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
Seller: Booksavers of Virginia, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; pp 290; Good; green spine with gilt text; cloth has modest wear to exterior; minor rubbing to corners; strong boards; text block shows slight age toning to exterior edges; head edge gilt; illustrated endpapers; some foxing to first few pages; frontispiece with tissue guard; interior clean; deckled edges; 1322714. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York City NY, 1905.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Howard Pyle illustrations. Covers are rubbed with light wear at spine ends. Spine faded. Owner gift note. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 290 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light rubbing to cloth. Hinges are sound.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
CABELL, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good Book rubbed at spine ends and cover. Front endpaper missing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper, NY, 1905.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Olive green binding with gilt lettering and decorative entwining around cover edges. 9 color illus by Pyle. top edge gilt. Scrape to front cover illus.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. A clean copy with mild cover wear. Illustrated by Howard Pyle! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. A clean copy with mild cover wear, some foxing to the text. Illustrated by Howard Pyle! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. THE LINE OF LOVE .. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1905.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xi [xii] [1-2] 3 [4] 5-290 [291] [292: blank], ten inserted plates with color reproductions of paintings by Howard Pyle, title page printed in orange and black, original decorated olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white and gold, pictorial paper onlay on front panel, decorated endpapers, t.e.g. First edition. The author's second book. Book eight of "Biography of the Life of Manuel." Reginald 02403. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Brewer 8. 1905 Christmas gift inscription on recto of frontispiece. Several small spots to cloth, short tear in gutter margin of frontispiece, endpapers a bit foxed with some transfer on blind side of frontispiece and verso of last leaf of text, a solid, good copy. (#160036)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch ; Illustrated by Howard Pyle.. The Line of Love. Harper and Brothers, NY, 1905.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth, white decoration, titles in gilt; top edge gilt. Light wear at edges and corners. ; 8.9 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 291 pages
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
CABELL, James Branch.. Line of Love.. Harper & Brothers,, NY:, 1905.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ten color plates. First edition. Light shelf wear, else very good in green cloth with gilt lettering and white design, color illustration on front board, top edge gilt, else very good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid.; 290 pages B006017XYO
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harper and Brothers January 1905 Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. first edition book, mild amount of wear along the edges of the cover of the book, light creasing on the top and bottom of the spine
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch (ill Howard Pyle). The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10 striking tipped-in plates by Howard Pyle. Lovely decorated cover with minimal wear except for wrinkle on spine and a little soiling but probably is missing original cover paste-on. 291
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper and Brothers, New York and London, 1905.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Olive green cloth, elaborately lettered/decorated in white and gilt, with color pastedown illus. on front cover, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt, decorated endpapers, decorated borders throughout text block. x,291 pp., illus. w. 10 plates by Pyle, very reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Mild shelf wear, a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities, spine panel lettering/decoration somewhat dulled by age, cloth lightly soiled along bottom rear edge. Firm binding, clean interior. Former owner's illus. book plate mounted on front pastedown. Nicely preserved copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch & Howard Pyle. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1905.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Howard Pyle. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First Edition, Published September 1905. 8vo. [xii],291 pages. Olive green cloth, letters in gilt, elaborate Art Nouveau design in light green, top edges gilt, oval color-paste-on to front cover. Front cover bright, very slight wear to edges, spine slightly dulled and imprint rubbed, very good plus condition, no owner's name, one page has irregular edge (not carefully opened). 10 color plates including frontis, entire text within light orange ornamental frame. Lacking rare box. ; 10 color plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
CABELL, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harpers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: Bound in green cloth with gold and cream stamps. Illustration of woman with long blonde hair on the front panel. Missing dust wrapper. Prev. owner signature and date on ffep. Color frontispiece with wax paper guard. Includes ten color illustrations. Scarce in this protected condition.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Color illustrations by Howard Pyle. Cabell's second book. Green cloth with gold titles. Ships same or next business day. Previous owner gift inscription dated 1905 on front free endpaper. Gilting on head edge of pages. Binding beginning to loosen at bottom. Book has normal edge wear, small bumps on corners and spine ends, text block starting to pull away from spine ends, tail end of full title page torn, lightly tanned on edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
James Branch Cabell. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Original green cloth, white floral design, gilt lettering a small oval pictorial plate to cover. Top edge gilt, other edge rough cut. Floral patterned endpapers. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece illustration plate, and 9 more color plates. Book Condition: Good to Very Good: Slightly shaken, front hinge starting, otherwise firm with rubbing and slight discoloration to the cloth and the small illustration plate to the cover. Several uncut pages, bright cover and top edge gilt, brilliant color interior plates.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, 291pp A historical novel of medieval England, partly based on Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff character from Henry IV part 1.
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. First Edition With Lightly Shaken Covers, Some Fading To Spine Lettering. Uncut Paper Edges Are Yellowed From Light Foxing. Light To Moderate Cloth Wear, Soiling To Corners And Spine Ends. Still A Nice Copy, Including 10 Full-Plate Illustrations By Pyle. Neat Ink Name Fep. Pictorial Label On Cover. Not Xlib. No Dj.
Seller: Gilboe Books, Fountain Hills, AZ, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harpers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very handsome copy of his second novel. The oval portrait on the book's front is bright and unworn. The first edition, published by Harpers in 1905. Near fine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition decorated American trade binding, illustrated in color by Howard Pyle. Clean green cloth boards with white decoration on cover surrounding an unworn color oval portrait of a young woman with long blonde hair. Unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine, white decoration on spine. No bumping or fraying; A little light surface wear to spine edges, rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top page edges. Clean decorated endpapers. Neatly penned previous owner name on back of frontispiece. Decorated title page, with full color frontispiece by Pyle with tissue guard. Nine additional full page color illustrations by Howard Pyle. All pages have decorative border. 289 pages.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A touch of rubbing to the corners and top and bottom of spine. ; Book is in pristine condition - exception noted. Top edge gilt. Deckled pages - last two pages uncut. Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. He was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
James Branch Cabell, Howard Pyle. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine darkened else VG
Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
James Branch Cabell. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. 23cm x 15cm. Olive green cloth with color pictorial oval paste-on to front cover.Gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. Ten color illustrations (with tissue guards) by Howard Pyle. Some wear at spine and light scratches to oval image on front cover. Ghost tape mark on front free endpaper.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Top edges gilt, rest deckled. Some smudges to cover. Light wear to cover and spine edges. Mull/hinge visible and started separating on endpapers, but binding is tight and the book is structurally sound. Could break upon further damage. No markings or other noteworthy defects. ; Color Illustrations; 291 pages
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HC/DJ IN MYLAR PROTECTIVE WRAPS - GREEN CLOTH BOARDS WITH ELOQUENT COLOR PASTEDOWN iLLUS. AND GILT TITLING TO COVER/SPINE AND WHITE DECOR. Prev. owners name ffep. Color Frontis with tissue guard. Slight joint crack at copyright page/3rd flyleaf, otherwise tight binding. Color decor throughout. Deckled edges. 8vo. Clean Interior. No markings. 290pp + Envoi. Decorated endpages. BEAUTIFUL COPY! --B.R. Box 39
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line Of Love. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905, 1905.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated in color by Howard Pyle. Very Good + (fr. hnge v. sl. loose, minor wear, o/w a very nice clean tight copy). 291pp.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. Line of Love, The. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1905.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated in color by Howard Pyle. Decorated green cloth, pictoral label on front. Bumps to corners. Slight wear to spine edges, water spots to back cloth. Otherwise VG Record # 100350
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1905.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering and oval pastedown illustration of a young woman. Ten beautiful color plates by Howard Pyle. Decorative endpapers and borders of all pages. Top edge gilt. Near fine with minimal wear.
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch; Pyle, Howard. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated by Pyle and printed in the Victorian style with a floral border in soft orange on each page. A very handsome copy of Cabell's second book. Light shelf wear, touch of rubbing and tiny nick in onlay, barest hint of foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, cream ink decorative elements, color pictorial onlay, decorative endpages, frontispiece, tissueguards, teg. 8vo. 290pp. Illus. (color plates).
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Pyle, Howard. First edition. 10 full-page color illustrations by Howard Pyle, decorative border around text. 291pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bolton "American Book Illustrators" p. 146; Merle Johnson p. 87; Brussel 2 Green cloth, stamped in gold, t.e.g. Soiled, shaken edges browned, internally good 10 full-page color illustrations by Howard Pyle, decorative border around text. 291pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York. 1905, 1905.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, later state of binding (green lettering). Color illustrations. Color illustration affixed to front cover. Decorations on front cover and spine. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Contents include: The Episode Called Adhelmar at Puysange; The Episode Called Love-Letters of Falstaff; The Episode Called In Ursula's Garden; etc.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. Line of Love, The. Harper & Brothers, 1905, 1905.
Price: US$78.00 + shipping
Description: HB--Good, pea-green cloth cover, engraved; a slight pulling away from the spine in front; corners slightly bent, an owner stamp on inside front cover. contains short stories, poems, illustrations. Very unique;
Seller: First Choice Books, coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Description: 10 color plates by Edward Pyle; xii and 291 pp. Large 8vo, green cloth, front cover with intricate tree design stamped in white, pictorial paper label (minor chipping) and gilt lettering; some wear to extremities of spine and over corners; t.e.g. First Edition of the author's second book. Brussel 2
Seller: Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch.. The Line of Love.. New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1905.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, 291, 10 color plates by Howard Pyle, decorated endpapers, pastel floral border on the text sheets. Original gilt & white decorated light green cloth, small oval color plate on front, top edge gilt. Near fine very but for faded streak on back cover and some wear to the top edge gilt, sheets fresh & clean, decoration & gilt bright. H3565
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
CABELL, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Green cloth gilt titles. 290pp. Illustrated with color plates. About near fine with some bumping on the corners. An attractive copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch & Pyle, Howard. THE LINE OF LOVE. Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$104.40 + shipping
Description: THE LINE OF LOVE, Harper & Brothers, 1905, first edition, f.e.p. missing, else a bright near fine copy in the publishers original highly decorated binding. Illustrated with full page, full color plates by Howard Pyle. The authors second book. Formerly the copy of most famous science fiction writer, E. E. "Doc" Smith.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
CABELL, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrations by Howard Pyle. 8vo. Olive green with white and gilt decorative stamping and oval die-cut color plate tipped to front board. xi, 291pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, 9 full-page color plates, decorative endpapers, border margins. Very good. Almost a "Near fine," for it's tight and bright, with just the slightest bit of faint edgewear. First edition, first state, with lovely color Pyle plates.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. THE LINE OF LOVE .. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1905.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xi [xii] [1-2] 3 [4] 5-290 [291] [292: blank], ten inserted plates with color reproductions of paintings by Howard Pyle, title page printed in orange and black, original decorated olive-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white and gold, pictorial paper onlay on front panel, decorated endpapers, t.e.g. First edition. The author's second book. Book eight of "Biography of the Life of Manuel." Reginald 02403. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Brewer 8. A fine copy. (#22128)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. LINE OF LOVE, THE. Harper & Brothers, NY: 1905, 1905.
Price: US$129.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing, illustrated by Howard Pyle, 291 pp. Publisher's original green cloth, gilt lettering and decoratons plus pictorial paste-down. Some edgewear slight rubbing of paste-down.
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TITLE: THE LINE OF LOVE By JAMES BRANCH CABELL 1905 Illustrated by HOWARD PYLE AUTHOR: JAMES BRANCH CABELL PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: HARPER & BROTHERS, NY 1905 EDITION: First Edition with 'Published September, 1905' on the copyright page ISBN: None CATEGORY: Rare, First Edition, Famous Illustrators BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Green with paste on label SIZE: 6 x 9 (approximately) PAGES: 290 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; there is a red like stain ((possible ink) to the front board on the title. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Illustrated throughout. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! We offer free gift wrapping year round on all our products regardless of item's cost. REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: RSTC 009319 We support FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY nationwide with donations and purchases.
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
Cabell, James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$195.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth boards with color on-lay, white design and gilt lettering. Illustrated with colour plates 291 by Howard pyle.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Cabell, James B.. The Line of Love.. N.Y:Harper Brothers. 1905. Hardcover., 1905.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. 8vo, pp. xii, 291, 10 color plates by Howard Pyle fine. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
James Branch Cabell. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, 1905.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copy in Decorative Green Cloth.Illustrated by Howard Pyle.Beautiful Copy.Ink name on Paste Down. Gorgeous Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Cabell James Branch. The Line of Love. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1905.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light green HB with gold lettering and illustration on front and gold lettering on spine/slightly worn and soiled/loose frontis-; 8 vo; 291 pages; Piece/hinge weak, webbing shows, but book intact/very rare copy/book contains several Pyle color illustrations
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$282.72 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 21.2cm, First Edition, xi,[1],291p., with 10 colour plate illustrations by Howard Pyle, text printed within ornamental floral borders & with decorative initials letters, bound in stiff orange/red cloth, spine titles and cover stamped in black, dust worn, spine colour slightly faded, decorated endpapers, text slightly toned, the plates are fine, A variant issue, very good, rare (ho3.2). Not indicated but probably a "publisher's dummy" or less likely a remainder issue. ~ James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958), an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. He was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular, this is his second book. The book contains a series of episodes which are adaptations from medieval legends and tales, all carrying the theme of love, which Cabell considers to be "no trifle". He argues in his Epistle Dedicatory that "literature, mimicking life at a respectful distance, may very. reasonably.be permitted an occasional reference to the corner-stone of all that exists". Howard Pyle's coloured illustrations depict the chivalristic stories very well.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada