First edition, first issue with publisher's monogram design on verso of title and other points. Decorations by Allan McNab. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original blue cloth, dust jacket. Spine spotted, jacket toned and chipped at head of spine with some loss to title. Provenance: Henry Lewis Batterman Jr. (bookplate; presentation inscription).

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Inscribed at length on the front free endpaper: "Autographed for H.L. Batterman, Jr with cordial regards. My dear Mr. Batterman: It may interest you to know that some of the New Orleans sections of this book are [?] to Lafcadio Hearn's descriptions of that city & also some remarks on Gothic architecture connected with the Cathedral of Burgos. This just by the way. Hervey Allen"