A Round-Table in Poictesme: A Symposium BY DON BREGENZER AND SAMUEL LOVEMAN, EDITORS (JAMES BRANCH CABELL) (H.L. MENCKEN) signed by James Branch Cabell Total edition of 774 numbered copies, this is no. 252 Cleveland, OH, Privately Printed by Members of the Colophon Club, 1924. First edition. Hardcover . Octavo, brown cloth. pp (2), (xii), 126, (4). Gilt spine lettering is light, else a VG+ clean and jacketless copy, bookplate inside cover. Contributions by Cabell, Ernest Boyd, the editors, Christopher Morley, H.L. Mencken, Burton Rascoe, and others. Samuel Loveman (1887-1976), a great-grandson of Jakob Liebman, progenitor of the Cleveland Lovemans, was an American poet, critic, dramatist and dealer known less for his own work than for his literary associations. He numbered among his close friends Hart Crane, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith. Born in Cleveland, Sam became, at age 21, a protégé of Ambrose Bierce, to whom he sent some poetry for criticism. The latter predicted Sam would have “more than a fighting chance of eventual recognition.” Sam soon found employment as a clerk at a Cleveland bookstore, and it was probably through this job that he met Hart Crane. By the early 1920s he had become a member of Crane's Cleveland "salon," and he followed the author to New York in 1923, taking a room in the same Brooklyn Heights building in which Crane was living. In 1924, he edited A Round-Table in Poictesme: A Symposium, a tribute to James Branch Cabell. Contributors included H. L. Mencken. MY GRADING SYSTEM FOR BOOKS I try to be fair and honest in my grading, and make every attempt to mention significant defects. FINE: in exceptional condition; not perfect, but very high grade. VERY GOOD+: still nice, but showing its age; some overall wear. VERY GOOD: the average used book, etc.; not too heavily worn, but shows an accumulation of wear, creases, etc.. GOOD: complete, but well-used with worn edges and a greater accumulation of creases and other wear. On Mar-28-12 at 16:24:08 PDT, seller added the following information: Every buyer gets a MyStoreRewards invitation for cash back On Sep-25-12 at 15:55:30 PDT, seller added the following information: Add a map to your own listings. FREE Trial !