The White Robe: A Saint's Summary
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Robert M. McBride & Company, 1928. First Edition. Leather Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (thin). Exceptionally nice copy. Bound in half brown calf over light brown wood-patterned boards, gilt-stamped spine, plain endpapers, all edges untrimmed, in publisher's matching wood-patterned heavy stock cardboard slipcase (slight sunning to spine; slipcase has slight wear and a hint of cracking). [95] pages (including plates; unpaginated). Story of the 'blessed Odo', who progresses from the secular state of a shepherd through various stages of sanctity prior to his consecration as a bishop. One of 3290 copies (the entire edition, of which 3250 were for sale; this copy is unnumbered), designed by William Dana Orcutt, printed on Italian handmade Fabriano Mills paper, with typography, presswork and binding by the Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts, October, 1928, under Orcutt's supervision. Locher, Robert E. (illustrator); 8 b/w illustrations; Decorative title Page (red/black).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0484190
- Title
- The White Robe: A Saint's Summary
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Cabell, James Branch American Literature 20th Century American Fiction Fantasy Medieval Western Religion Christianity Sainthood Limited Binding Orcutt, William Dana Plimpton Press, , , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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