{"product_id":"1925-figures-of-earth-comedy-of-appearances-by-j-cabell-antique-illustrated","title":"1925 FIGURES of EARTH COMEDY of APPEARANCES by J.CABELL antique ILLUSTRATED","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"\u003eFIGURES of EARTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA COMEDY of APPEARANCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby JAMES BRANCH CABELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Frank C. Pape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York: Robert M. Bride \u0026amp; Company; 1925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(American first illustrated edition of Cabell’s classic satirical fantasy novel)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal blind ruled cloth boards decorated in gilt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edecorative endpapers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFore edge and lower edge are untrimmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent interior condition, minor shelf wear of binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003esize : 6 1\/3 by 9 3\/4\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eText in English\u003cbr\u003e======================\u003cbr\u003eJames Branch Cabell ( 1879 –  1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. \u003cbr\u003eHis works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when they were most popular.\u003cbr\u003eFor Cabell, veracity was \"the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against human welfare\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough escapist, Cabell's works are ironic and satirical. Mencken disputed Cabell's claim to romanticism and characterized him as \"really the most acidulous of all the anti-romantics. His gaudy heroes ... chase dragons precisely as stockbrokers play golf.\"\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Louis D. Rubin, Cabell saw art as an escape from life, but found that, once the artist creates his ideal world, it is made up of the same elements that make the real one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterest in Cabell declined in the 1930s, a decline that has been attributed in part to his failure to move out of his fantasy niche despite the onset of World War II. \u003cbr\u003eAlfred Kazin said that \"Cabell and Hitler did not inhabit the same universe\".\u003cbr\u003e======================\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Motka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52572034269486,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/8017\/0286\/files\/207550-007jpg.jpg?v=1788645701","url":"https:\/\/motka.store\/products\/1925-figures-of-earth-comedy-of-appearances-by-j-cabell-antique-illustrated","provider":"Motka","version":"1.0","type":"link"}