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These Restless Heads: Available Copies

G+ in cloth/boards (sh tear/head of spine; sl rub/bds). 8vo xiv+253+[2] Dec orative illustrations by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Type: Hardback Second Printing Before Publication. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. Decorative illustrations by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. Binding of black quarter cloth with faded gold titles on spine, decorative black/white patterned cloth-wrapped boards, clean and unmarked. Corners lightly scuffed, spine head cloth has two tears on the edge. rear spine hinge has a one inch slit. Sewn binding tight & solid. Paste-down with residue from a small circular tag. Frontis black and white illustration. Pages are quite clean and unmarked, toned. Rough cut on fore edge and lower edge. Some of chapter first letters are illustrated. James Branch Cabell (1879- 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction. Although escapist literature, his works are ironic and satirical. All of Cabell's works before 1930 were assembled into the grand "Biography of the Life of Manuel", the redeemer of the imaginary land of Poictesme. These are tales of Poictesme where chilvary and gallantry are alive and well; the series follows Manuel and his descendents. In this work, the author's name is truncated to distinguish it from the volumes that make up this Biography of the Life of Manuel. 253 pages. 5.6 x 8.25 inches. The Literary Guild, New York, 1932.

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Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. ; Decorations; 253 pages

2 volumes. Near Fine condition, in the original slipcase.

mild amount of wear along the edges of the cover of the book, light wear on the top and bottom of the spine of the book

, , 2 near fine books in a very good slipcase

Hardcover. Slipcover shows moderate wear. No dust jacket. minor cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information

1932. The statement of edition is "Second Printing Before Publication," but this was a publisher's error and it is actually the First Trade Edition. About Very Good hardcover with age-darkened spine, decorative paper over boards; w/o dustwrapper. Frontispiece and chapter decorations by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. Reginald lists this as fantasy because of the inclusion of the heroic fantasy novelette "True Thomas by Moonlight." The rest is reflective Romantist essays. Cabell defined it as part of a three-book set with the overall title "Their Lives and Letters" consisting of "These Restless Heads," "Special Delivery," and "Ladies and Gentlemen."

Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Literary Guild, New York, NY 1932. 2nd Printing. 253 + 89 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Has bookplate. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Books on Books::Books on Authors 6160

THESE RESTLESS HEADS, McBride, 1932, first edition (trade issue), a vg/vg+ copy. No dust-wrapper.

First Trade edition [second printing before publication] (first printing was a signed limited version) in black cloth boards titled on spine in silver foil, decorated cover in white and silver, illustrated cover, frontispiece and chapter heads by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company (1932). 253 pps. A Fine copy but with some tiny mildew spots in a unclipped ($2.50) jacket that has chips and tears along edges and corners.

A Trilogy of Romantics. Decorative illustrations by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. NY (Literary Guild) 1932. [with] Carl VAN DOREN - James Branch Cabell. 2 volumes, in slipcase, together with "Wings" for February 1932 which contains Mencken's 3-pp essay on Cabell. Fine copies.

1st edition thus. Good condition, spine yellowed. Signed limited edition 170/410. With worn silver foil slipcase. Illustrated by Samuel Bernard Schaffer.

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B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set in a cardboard slipcase. The books are in Very Good+ condition and were issued without dust jackets. The books are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The spines and spine joints of the book covers have light fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is in Very Good- condition and has some lightish rubbing and wear to the corners and edges. "James Branch Cabell (/'kæb? L/; April 14, 1879 May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular. For Cabell, veracity was "the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare". Although escapist, Cabell's works are ironic and satirical. Mencken disputed Cabell's claim to romanticism and characterized him as "really the most acidulous of all the anti-romantics. His gaudy heroes . Chase dragons precisely as stockbrockers play golf." According to Louis D. Rubin, Cabell saw art as an escape from life, but found that, once the artist creates his ideal world, it is made up of the same elements that make the real one. " (from Wikipedia)

6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Tipped-in slip reads "The regular trade edition of These Restless Heads by Branch Cabell, bearing the words 'second printing before publication' is the first edition issued by us in small format. Robert M. McBride & Co." Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, minimal wear. Binding tight. Endpapers foxed, text clean. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean, spine toned, edges chipped. Fic. Stax. Second printing before publication/ first edition in small format.

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Octavo, hardcover, VG in good, slightly edgeworn with taped tear, silver, white and black pictorial dj. First edition, 2nd printing before publication. The art-deco style DJ has price intact. 253 deckled pages. Author's first book. A biographical book giving this southern gentleman's thoughts on a spring morning, a summer day, an autumn afternoon and a wintry night.

8vo. 253pp. Black publisher's cloth with silver and white decoration, in unclipped dust-jacket designed by Samuel Bernard Schaeffer. Jacket is chipped at extremities with a few very small losses; now in protective sleeve. Stated second printing before publication; a tipped in slip from the publisher on dedication page clarifies that "the regular trade edition.bearing the words 'Second Printing before Publication' is the first edition issued by us in small format". Top edge of front board is slightly dented, otherwise fine.

6 x 9 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, minimal wear. Bindings tight. Both have bookplates on front pastedowns. Slipcase is very good, some edge wear, no splits.

VG. No dustjacket as issued. Two volumes, consisting of "These Retless Heads" by Cabell and "James Branch Cabell" by Van Doren. "Second printing before publication." Black and gray patterned paper over boards, black cloth spines. Two volumes in slipcase. Matching slipcase houses both volumes.

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New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000