James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) American, (3) Books. These three books were written by James Branch Cabell, an American novelist who gained fame in the 1920’s for his fantasy and escapist themes. The first book is Jurgen, published in 1921, then The Silver Stallion, published in 1928, and Something About Eve, published in 1929. 

Size: (each) 9 9/16 X 6 9/16 in. 

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James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920’s, and he still had a touch of irony and satire in his novels. Born in Virginia to a well-to-do family, he worked as a newspaper reporter in New York City and Richmond, and he supposedly was involved in the murder of John Scott, who was romantically linked to Cabell’s mother. He contributed to magazines like Harper’s Monthly and the Saturday Evening Post, and he published fifty-two books in his lifetime. 

Jurgen is a limited edition, with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover, it was illustrated by  Frank C. Pape, then beautiful decorated endpapers, blank endpapers with “Jurgen” on the front flyleaf, “this edition is limited to 3000 copies” on the next blank endpaper, followed by a beautiful mounted frontispiece of Dorothy la Desiree with a protective tissue guard, then the title page which says Jurgen, A Comedy Of Justice, with Illustrations & Decorations by Frank C. Pape and an Introduction by Hugh Walpole, the book was published by John Lane at The Bodley Head in London in MCMXXI (1921), the next page says it was printed by Richard Clay in Bungay, Suffolk, then the Introduction by Walpole, two pages of Contents (ix - x), a List of Plates on xi, a three-page Foreword (xv - xvii), 325 pages of text, an extract about Cabell, two pages of ads, the beautiful decorated endpapers repeated at the rear, and a red topstain applied by the printer. 

Jurgen measures 9 9/16 x 6 9/16 (as do the other two books) and is in very good condition, with a tight binding and clean pages and text, and just light bumps on the heel and crown, a tad of wear at the tips, and one tip is slightly bowed in. 

The Silver Stallion has Cabell’s name and “Illustrated By Frank C. Pape” on the front cover, with gilt lettering on the spine and an elaborate gilt-decorated design on the front cover, a two- page colored map for the front and rear endpapers, a list of Books By Mr. Cabell, then a black- and-white frontis of Lords from medieval times with a protective tissue guard, the the title page, which has “The Silver Stallion, A Comedy of Redemption" for the full title and the book was published in New York by Robert M. McBride, the copyright page says the book was first published in April 1928 and the Illustrated Edition was published in October 1928, and it adds [First Impression] below the October date, the book is dedicated to Carl Van Doren, then a two-page description of the Lords of Poictesme (xi - xii), a Note about Poictesme (xiii - xx), three pages of Contents (xxi - xiii), a list of Illustrations (xxv), 359 pages of text, and the red topstain applied by the printer. 

The book is in very good condition, with a tight binding, clean pages and text, and the gilt on the front cover is bright. 

Something About Eve also has Cabell’s name and “Illustrated By Frank C. Pape” on the front cover, with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt lettering and a gilt-decorated design on the front cover, decorated endpapers by Frank Pape, a half-title, a list of Books By Mr. Cabell, a black- and-white frontis with a protective tissue guard, the title page says “Something about Eve, A Comedy of Fig-leaves” and the book was published in New York in 1929 by Robert McBride, the copyright page also says First Published in September 1927 and the Illustrated Edition was published in September 1929, and it adds [First Impression] below the September date, it was dedicated to Ellen Glasgow and it says “this book which commemorates the intelligence of women” - Cabell was friends with Ellen Glasgow, a good author in her own right - then “A Little More About Eve” from vii - xvi, three pages of Contents (xvii - xix), a one page list of Illustrations (xxi), 376 pages of text, and the red topstain applied by the printer. 

The book is in very good condition, with a tight binding, clean pages and text, and the bright gilt on the front cover.