James Branch Cabell Papers (IV) 1909 and 1921

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James Branch Cabell Papers (IV) 1909 and 1921

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192075183

Galley proofs of the first edition of James Branch Cabell's Chivalry, annotated by Cabell for the second edition (1921).

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...