Cranwell John Philips James Cover (18 results)

Good plus or better, light general wear, soiled. Hardcover Pages lightly browned. #224 of 865-copy limited edition.

HC. 140pp Limited to 865 copies - light edgewear. good, white cloth spine, decorated boards (hardcover).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Corners and spine ends rubbed. #318 of 865. 140 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of first edition. Number 293 of 865 copies. About Very Good/no dust jacket. A clean, tight, unmarked copy with some browning to endpapers and leaves. Nickel-sized area of paper loss on front board and sunning to spine.

A clean, sharp example of the limited 1929 numbered edition of Notes on Figures of Earth by John Philips Cranwell and James P. Cover, published by Robert M. McBride & Company. One of eight hundred and sixty five copies printed, with eight hundred and thirty one offered for sale, this is hand numbered No. 200. Patterned boards, tan cloth spine, and deckle fore-edges give this edition a distinctive and elegant presswork look characteristic of McBride's late 1920s output. Interior pages are clean with no writing, no bookplates, and no staining. Binding remains tight. Light wear to the spine head and foot, typical gentle rubbing to boards, otherwise a well-preserved copy approaching a century in age. A collectible study of James Branch Cabell's novel Figures of Earth, produced for readers, scholars, and Cabell devotees who valued privately printed critical works during the period. Attractive, solid, and increasingly uncommon in this condition. Author: John Philips Cranwell and James P. Cover Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York Year 1929 Special attributes: Limited numbered edition, No. 200 of 865, deckle edges, patterned boards, cloth spine, first edition Topic: Literary criticism Subject: James Branch Cabell, early twentieth century literature Keywords: Cabell, Figures of Earth, Cranwell, McBride, numbered edition, limited printing, 1920s literature Condition: Very good, clean interior with no writing, tight binding, light wear at spine ends, patterned boards bright, edges crisp.

Limited/Numbered. An analysis of James Branch Cabells book - "Figures of Earth". Limited Edition - Number 523 of 865 on page facing title page. First edition. 140 pages. Laid paper. sm4to. Page edges untrimmed. Paper on boards with beautiful geometric design. Spine sunned a little. A little wear at corners of cover. A very short tear at the top of several pages. Clean. Tight and bright. no jacket. Very good condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First edition. 8vo. [xi], 140 pp. No. 515 of 865 copies. Quarter bound paper covered boards, gilt lettering, good copy. (80886).

Condition: VG. NY 1929 first edition. McBridge. Hardcover. Copy #533 of 865 printed. 140p. Analysis of James Branch Cavell novel. VG slight wear on extreme cover tips. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; no owner marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing (Copy #381 of 865). Published by Robert McBride, 1929. Octavo. White cloth over geometric patterned boards stamped in gold. Book is like new with a few light scratches to spine. Interior is clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. A scarce copy of this guide to the characters and places that inhabit the world of Poictesme in the fictional works of James Branch Cabell. 140 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

One of 831 copies. Uncut and unopened. Quarter parchment with spine stamped in gilt and paper boards with a pattern of gold, silver and black. Slipcase worn and split, book is in fine condition.

(CABELL) CRANWELL, John Philips, and James P. Cover. NOTES ON FIGURES OF EARTH. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. 8vo. Boards. xi, 140 pages. First edition One of 865 copies. Spine darkened and lightly chipped. Name in ink on front free endpaper.

First edition. Notes on the symbolism in Cabell's FIGURES OF EARTH. One of 865 numbered copies. Mild smudge on spine still fine in original glassine dust jacket. Lacking slipcase.

(CABELL) CRANWELL, John Philips, and James P. Cover. NOTES OF FIGURES OF EARTH. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. 8vo. Boards. xi, 140 pages. First edition One of 865 copies. Spine darkened. Name in ink on front pastedown endpaper.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NODJ Issued, September 1929,stated 1st Limited edition,865 copies, #759/865, bookplate, Beautiful decorated Cover with Gold Gilt on Spine, parchment backed patterned boards, Minor rub & wear Cover m ainly on corners, VG-, interior, back blank endpaper owner sticker & few blue pencil lines, underlining & small notes on index pgs & on pgs, xi, 13, 45, 50- 52, 59, 90,91,103,104 few drawn lines or sm all mrks in blue pencil,on pg 47, 81, 84,93 small blue pencil note, bibliography notes & appendices, VG- , AS-IS, NODJ.

First edition. Number 712 of 865 numbered copies. Notes on the symbolism in Cabell's fantasy novel FIGURES OF EARTH: A Comedy of Appearances. INSCRIBED on title page, "And first to make it/ formally a presentation/ copy -/ John Philips Cranwell/ 5/25/36 or/ if you are English/ 25/5/36." ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED on dedication page, where the printed dedication has been x'ed out: "FOR & TO BRENDA [x'ed out printed dedication] BECAUSE OF/" followed by a list of places visited and meals eaten "and for any number of other reasons which she will/ know and remember without a reminder" (etc., etc.). Tall 8vo imitation vellum backed patterned paper boards stamped in gilt on spine; 140 pages including index. Good or better with spine unevenly toned, lightly stained, and creased where bumped at top right corner. In tattered but complete slipcase.

(CABELL) CRANWELL, John Philips, and James P. Cover. NOTES ON FIGURES OF EARTH. New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. 8vo. Boards. xi, 140 pages. First edition One of 865 copies. Very good in glassine wrapper. Bookplate.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #730/865. Octavo, 140 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is brown with gilt lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities, mild splitting and bumping to fore corners, mild surface tearing along spine head and tail, and severe age-toning along spine. Textblock head and tail edges have moderate scuffing; endpapers have mild age-toning, staining from author's signature on title page. Signed flat on publisher's limitation page (half-title verso) by John Philips Cranwell. Shelved Room C. 1400585. Special Collections.

Hardcover. First Edition. Edition limited to 865 copies. 140pp. Signed, inscribed and dated by Cranwell on the half-title page to Captain Hugh H. Hartley. Small scar to front cover, toning to spine. A very good+ copy lacking slipcase.; Octavo; Signed by Author.