Straws and Prayer-Books Dizain Des Diversions

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. 1924. First Edition. NF, front board lightly rubbed, rear board slightly more rubbed, bottom rear corner very slightly bumped, corners slightly rubbed, light wear head/foot of spine. Overall a tight solid sound copy with bright unmarked pages. Protected in mylar. ; Tall 8vo, black cloth, gilt illus. Bottom right… Read more about this item

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, trade issue. Gilt stamping on front cover is slightly dull, else a near fine copy in very good dust or better jacket, lightly faded on spine and with a few small chips, else quite bright. A work in James Branch Cabell's 'Biography of the… Read more about this item

London: John Lane, 1926 first UK edition, purple cloth lightly soiled and lightly rubbed to edge, top and fore closed edges soiled, some light foxing, tidy but aged copy, 302pp + 10pp adverts, includes Cabell on literary censorship, essays on the art of writing etc includes discussion of Jurgen, which was considered obscene at the time, and was based on… Read more about this item

Robert M. McBride & Co., New York: 1924., 1924 pp. 302. Tall 8vo. 240 mm. Original full black cloth binding, with some wear and soiling (slight loss at the binding corners). "This large paper edition of Straws and Prayer-Books consists of 330 signed and numbered copies of which 300 are for sale." This is copy number 13, signed by Cabell.… Read more about this item

CABELL, James Branch. Straws and Prayer-Books. Dizain des Diversions. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1924. First edition. Bruccoli and Clark II, p. 70. A fine copy.

UsedGood. Stated first edition, 1924. Brown cloth boards, no jacket. Light scuffing and shelfwear with age, gilt titles on spine starting to fade but still plainly legible. Spine cracked, all pages intact. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Mild yellowing to page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good copy overall.

Robert M. McBride & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York NY: Robert M. Mcbride & Co.. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine is faded wear at edges and spine .