The High Place

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James Branch Cabell

A COMEDY OF DISENCHANTMENT
BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY
FRANK C. PAPÉleaves

“Build on high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and for horned Ashtoreth, the abomination of Zidon, and for Moloch, the abomination of the children of Ammon.”

Man with shadow

ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY
NEW YORK: 1923leaves

Copyright, 1923, by
James Branch Cabell

Printed in the
United States of America

This First Edition of THE
HIGH PLACE is limited to
two thousand numbered copies,
of which this is

Copy Number 1825

Published, 1923

To
Robert Gamble Cabell III

this book, where so much more is due.