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)