James Branch Cabell The Cream of the Jest 1927 1st Illustrated Ed Frank C. Pape

Description: FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION WITH 12 FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS BY FRANK C. PAPE, AS WELL AS MANY SMALLER ILLUSTRATIONS AT THE END OF CHAPTERS. - EXTERIOR HAS SCUFFS AND IRREGULAR BLACK FINISH TO FRONT AND REAR BOARDS. (PHOTO 2,3 , 24) - SPINE COVER HAS FADING TO THE BLACK COLOR AND TO THE GILT PRINTING. (PHOTO 21, 22, 24) - SOME SOILING TO EXPOSED PAGE EDGES EXPECIALLY FADED RED PAINTED TOP PAGE EDGES. (PHOTO 21, 22, 23) - FRONT END PAPER HAS ERASED PENCIL PRICING THAT ALSO ERASED SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF THE GREY COLORING OF THE PAPER. (PHOTO 19 & 20) - INTERIOR IS OTHERWISE EXCEPTIONAL AND IN GENERALLY FINE CONDITION WITH ONE EXCEPTION. MANY OF THE PAGES REMAIN UNCUT/UNSEPARATED AT THE BOTTOM EDGE (PHOTO 18). IF YOU INTEND TO READ THE BOOK, YOU WILL NEED A SHARP BLADE TO SEPARATE THE PAGES. THIS DOES MEAN THAT THE BOOK WAS NEVER READ. - OTHER THAN ERASED PENCIL MARKS TO FRONT END PAPER, THE ONLY DAMAGE FOUND ON INTERIOR IS CREASING TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FRONTISPIECE (PHOTO 3- BOTTOM). - IT APPEARS THAT THE PAGES WERE SEPARATED UNTIL PAGE 97. I FOUND A TOTAL OF THIRTEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE BOTTOM OF ADJACENT LEAVES WERE NOT YET SEPARATED, THOUGH SEVERAL OF THOSE WERE PARTIALLY SEPARATED. I have left them to support the assertion that the book was never read and to allow you to do it properly. PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. All international shipping is handled by ebay and I do not have any input on cost. =

Price: 60 USD

Location: East Norwich, New York

End Time: 2025-01-25T03:50:49.000Z

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