The Eagle's Shadow

Overview:

  • Title: The Eagle's Shadow
  • Author: James Branch Cabell
  • Year: 1904
  • Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
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  • Pages: xi+256
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Eagle's Shadow
  • Notes: Third state of the 1st edition per Hall's James Branch Cabell: A Complete Bibliography. The frontispiece, of a standing girl, differs from that in earlier states. It can be further identified by green endpapers and the cover lettered in gilt with the central design in gilt and white. -- "illustrated by Will GrefĂ© ; decorated by Blanche Ostertag" -- endpapers and front material decorated, printed in green ink Copyright page states -- (c) 1904 The Curtis Publishing Company; (c) 1904 Doubleday, Page & Company; Published, October, 1904 -- "An abridged version of this story appeared serially in The Saturday Evening Post during the summer of 1904. The novel is here given in its entirety as originally conceived by the author." The Hathi Trust copy (below) is missing the plates facing pages 60 and 174. Hall does not mention the removal of any of the plates and it is assumed that they are ordinarily present. LCCN links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL)