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Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G+ hardcover; brown spine, faded gold text; boards have protective plastic sleeve and are very clean, minus rubbing around head and tail edges and along spine, fading of text and cocking of spine; textblock has edgewear, age toning, bookseller sticker on back pastedown, front endpaper missing, half title page beginning to separate but still intact, text clean; pp 368; FLP Collection.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases next to Ephemera section. 1284140. FP New Rockville Stock.
Synopsis
"Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice," an entry in the Poictesme series, is an epic fantasy voyage as well as an erotic fable. Cabell himself wrote: "This fable is, as the world itself, a book wherein each man will find what his nature enables him to see; which gives us back each his own image; and which teaches us each the lesson that each of us desires to learn." Jurgen was banned for decades because of its explicit content. It was, and remains, a groundbreaking early fantasy novel and a worthy addition to the Wildside Fantasy Classics line.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1284140
- Title
- Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Title Page
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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