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JURGEN: A COMEDY OF JUSTICE
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Inked name and date (1919) to front free end paper, rear hinge cracked, spine dulled, a very good copy in a good later dust jack
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1919. First edition. First printing measuring 2.8 cm across top of text block and with unbroken rule on page 144. Inked name and date (1919) to front free end paper, rear hinge cracked, spine dulled, a very good copy in a good later dust jacket with edge wear, tiny chips, and closed tears, loss at spine ends, tape repairs to verso. Rear panel of jacket has reviews of the book. A note from Cabell's second wife Margaret Freeman Cabell is laid in. (23126). Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-8] 9-368, original brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Book seven of the "Biography of the Life of Manuel." Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-67. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 322. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 174. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 96-115. Tymn, (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 58-9. Bleiler (1978), p. 37. Reginald 02402.
Synopsis
"Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice," an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. Cabell himself wrote: "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Jurgen was banned for decades because of its explicit content. It was, and remains, a groundbreaking early fantasy novel and a worthy addition to the Wildside Fantasy Classics line.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23126
- Title
- JURGEN: A COMEDY OF JUSTICE
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name and date (1919) to front free end paper, rear hinge cracked, spine dulled, a very good copy in a good later dust jack
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing measuring 2.8 cm across top of tex
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Fantasy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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