The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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El Cajon, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1927 Beautiful photogravures, well executed dark fantasy illustrations. Bottom of spine bumped, visible into the interior. Some fraying at the top of spine and less so at the corners. Gilt decorated front cover with rope pattern lettering. Spine moderately sunned with a creases at the bottom where it was bumped and a small nick at the hinge.. First Illustrated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pape, Frank C. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Cream of the Jest: A Comedy of Evasions
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Illustrator
- Pape, Frank C.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Illustrated
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Literature; Fantasy Art; Fantasy;
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