Cabell, James Branch.
THE WAY OF ECBEN: A COMEDIETTA INVOLVING A GENTLEMAN.
New York:
Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929.
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [1-10] 11-209 [210: blank] [211: tail piece] [212-214: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original cloth-backed marbled boards, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained black, other edges untrimmed.
First edition, first impression. The trade issue.
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 paper slipcase (shelf worn at edges with several tape mends to top edge). (#9793)









