Cabell, James Branch ; Introduction by Lin Carter.

Figures of Earth [Fantasy, Life of Manuel #1]

New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. Cover Art by Robert Pepper; Interior illustrations Franck C. Pape. First Printing, Thus. Illustrated Wraps.

Modest shelf handling; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, age-toning is the only flaw to note; heavy spine crease. Used bookstore stamps.

Set in the fictional French province of Poictesme this Fantasy Romance novel is the early 13th century. The story traces the life of Dom Manuel the Redeemer, from his humble beginnings as a swineherd to his rise as Count of Poictesme, and ultimately, his death. It is the first in the Biography of the Life of Manuel series.

James Branch Cabell's aristocratic, whimsical, profane fantasies were a success de scandal in the 1920s.

Item #19157

Price: $14.95