Cabell, James Branch. THE WAY OF ECBEN: A COMEDIETTA INVOLVING A GENTLEMAN. New York: Robert McBride & Company, 1929. Large octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-vi] vii-viii [1-10] 11-209 [210: blank] [211: tail piece] [212-214: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks; limitation leaf is an insert], decorations by Frank C. Pape, original Japan vellum-backed decorated blue boards, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, second impression. The limited issue. One of 850 numbered large paper copies signed by Cabell. . Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 329. Bleiler (1978), p. 37. Reginald 02419. Bruccoli 48 (noting that the first impression of the trade issue preceded the 850-copy large paper issue). A fine copy in publisher's paper slipcase (several tape reinforcements; back panel split). (#22137)