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[FINE PRESS]. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. CABELL, James Branch...
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[FINE PRESS]. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. CABELL, James Branch (1879-1958). Jurgen. A Comedy of Justice. with Wood Engravings by John Buckland Wright. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, [1949]. Large 8vo. Illustrated by Wright. [ii], [1]-[350], [iv, blank] pp. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the publisher in deluxe binding of full red levant morocco, gilt purple morocco labels inlaid on boards, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut, brown cloth slipcase (spine lightly sunned and soiled). Fine. #66/100 COPIES IN PUBLISHER?S SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES SIGNED BY BUCKLAND WRIGHT. Jurgen is a fantasy novel, which was banned for a time due to ?obscenity? (the main character seduces various women, including the Devil?s wife).
