First illustrated edition. A fabulous Papé-illustrated edition of Cabell's cult fantasy satire, which follows a humble swineherd as he decieves his community into believing he is deserving of his sudden drastic rise to fame. Illustrated with glorious, gothic black and white scenes by an underrated master of the Golden Age.
This copy is in very good plus condition with lightly knocked corners, the odd very faint scratch, and a small inscription to the forward blanks. Generally neat and square with clean pages, firmly bound in black cloth with gilt-stamped titles and motifs to the front board and spine, illustrated endpapers, top edge sprayed red. 24.5 x 16 cm.
