CABELL JAMES BRANCH

The Cords of Vanity: A Comedy of Shirking

London, Bodley Head. 1925, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. navy cloth with light blue decorative titling, rubbed to edges and joints, spine ends frayed, internally clean but shows mild age browning to paper stock, xvi 332pp + 4pp adverts. Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006012

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Fiction Literature Modern First Edition Allegorical Occult

BRANCH CABELL, JAMES.

Figures of Earth. A Comedy of Appearances. (Illustrated by Frank C.Papé).

New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1925. First US Illustrated edition. "Figures of Earth tells the story of Manuel the swineherd, a morally ambiguous protagonist who rises to conquer a realm by playing on others' expectations —his motto Mundus Vult Decipi, meaning "the world wishes to be deceived". "(wiki). Pp.xxii/274, frontispiece + 11 further full page illustrations by Frank C Papé, beautiful double page illustrated endpapers + illustrated part title pages, historated capitals to chapters and tailpiece chapter illustrations. Owner's details to half-title page, small bookseller's label (Brentano's, New York) and ownership label to inside rear board. Black cloth with gilt title and silhouette illustration to front board, title to spine dulled, edge wear and wear to corner tips and top and tail of spine. G+.

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Book number: 43391

Catalogue: Illustrated Fiction

Keywords: James Branch Cabell Figures of Earth Comedy Appearances Frank C Pape Papé Illustrated Humour Satire 44668 Illustrated Fiction

CABELL JAMES BRANCH

Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice ( Includes the Gnostic Mass )

London, Bodley Head. 1949, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. papered boards, yellow stiff paper dust jacket handling soiled, unclipped, 16th impression, author knew Aleister Crowley and there is a depiction of a form of the Thelemic Gnostic Mass in this work, 325pp, light foxing to closed edges, minor dust soiling. Very Good/Very Good.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 007044

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Fiction Literature Modern First Edition Allegorical Occult Aleister Crowley Thelemic Gnostic Mass Depicted

Branch Cabell, James

The silver stallion

Tandem, 1971. paperback, reprint, 256 pp, . Wij berekenen binnen Nederland 3,95 euro verzendkosten ongeachte gewicht of omvang van de bestelling.

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Book number: litp006

Catalogue: English literature

Keywords: English literature

CABELL JAMES BRANCH

Something About Eve, a Comedy of Fig-Leaves

London, John Lane. 1927, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. first UK trade edition (not illustrated), top and fore closed edges age toned, some faint foxing, tidy copy, 364pp + 8pp adverts, unclipped dust jacket has some short tears and also handling soiling, chipped to corners etc. Very Good/Good.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 012256

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Fiction Novel Literature Aleister Crowley Cabell British Edition

CABELL JAMES BRANCH

Straws and Prayer-books, Dizain Des Diversions

London, John Lane. 1926, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. 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 Crowley's Gnostic Mass. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 003848

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Essays Litearary Jurgen Aleister Crowley Cabell British Edition

Cabell, James Branch.

Ballades from the Hidden Way

Crosby Gaige 1928, Reprint, Hardcover. . Limited #576 of 831. Ornamental blue/gilt boards, black spine. Binding tight and straight, Inner pages crisp and clean. Very Good with no dust jacket.

Books On The BoulevardProfessional seller

Book number: 56189

Catalogue: Poetry

Cabell, James Branch

Beyond Life Dizain Des Demiurges

New York NY: Robert Mcbride, 1921. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket; Spine faded. Spine weak and cracked. Front endpaper is loose. Edgewear; 358 pages.

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Book number: 3579

Catalogue: Fiction::Southern US

Keywords: Cabell, James Biography History Southern Fiction

Cabell, James Branch

Beyond Life; Dizain Des Démiurges

New York, Modern Library, c1919. 8th printing. Hardcover. 250 p. Very good condition, brown limp leatherette .

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Book number: 46505

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

Cabell, James Branch; Edited By Inge, M. Thomas; Macdonald, Edgar E.,

Centennial Essays (Southern Literary Studies Series).

Baton Rouge, la., Louisiana State Univ Press, 1983. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Dj in Mylar Wrap. Pages: 186.

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Book number: MASTER314058I

Catalogue: Literature

CABELL JAMES BRANCH

THE CERTAIN HOUR

McBride, 1923. 3rd edition. Lyrical, historical, romantic,intriguing, unpredictable, vivid and delightful. The second best of Cabells works I've read to date. "Hardback. very good hardcover, there's a split to the rear cover/spine join and some frayi9ng to spine ends.

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Book number: FM20.259"

CABELL JAMES BRANCH

CHIVALRY

McBride, 1921. 1st revised and enlarged edition. ‘Chivalry’ is an early work by Cabell, a slender collection of short tales, that are officially part of the Don Manuel cycle. "Hardback. very good hardcover, there's some pulling tom the head of the spine.

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Book number: FM20.260"

Cabell, James Branch

Chivalry. Dizain des Reines

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. A good copy internally with some minor foxing, and some scuffing to eps. Black cloth cover with damp marks at fore edges. Spine top torn approx 0.5". Immediate despatch from the UK. Fair.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 90019901

Keywords: FICTION C

James Branch Cabell

Chivalry

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of stories from American fantasy author, James Branch Cabell. First edition. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of short stories including: The Story of the Sestina, The Story of the Rat-Trap, The Story of the Housewife, The Story of the Scabbard, and The Story of the Fox-Brush. Written by James Branch Cabell, an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Previously held in the library of Eileen Marjorie Dowell Henderson, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Vivian Leonard Henderson MC, a British army officer and Conservative Party politician who was elected to the House of Commons three times, for three different constituencies. In the original decorated red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Minor fraying to the head of the spine. Light fading to the spine and the odd very small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 886T12

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Chivalry Cabell Henderson Cabell Not Stated

CABELL, James Branch

The cords of vanity

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1925. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) 1st ed.. 1st edition, 1925. Spine browned, with bumping at head and foot; some scattered loss of colour to cloth. "A comedy of shirking", with an introduction by Wilson Follett. Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS031399I