Excerpt: ...'This, Anaïtis, I perceive to be an outmoded weapon. There is no weapon like words, n...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may conta...

Preface to the Past

An entry in Cabell's fantastic 'Poictesme' series.

'His name was Jose Gasparilla, and he was the self-proclaimed King of Pirates. He terrorized the ...

An entry in Cabell's fantastic 'Poictesme' series.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may conta...

Chivalry

'[Cabell's] most substantial post-Biography fantasy was 'The Nightmare Has Triplets,' a sequence ...

James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including...

_The King Was In His Counting House_ might best be described as history-as-fantasy. It is set in ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may conta...