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The Shame of Motley

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Illustrator C. Roy Morse (1913-)

The Shame of Motley

It was to obtain revenge for his father's death that the noble Lazarro Biancomonte took on the shameful motley of the jester of Pesaro, "fool of the Golden Mouth,"  he was called, and when he came before the great Borgia, Duke and Cardinal of Valencia, with a message from his sister Lucrezia, it was in this garb.  But Borgia trusted him, and he, too, bore a grievance against the Lord of Pesaro.  So Boccadora, as the fool was sometimes called, set out on a perilous mission ...

The Shame of Motley - Editions & Formats

 

US First Edition

Houghton-Mifflin - [1924]

Note: preceded by the UK 1st Edition published by Hutchinson in 1908.

 

Binding:

Black Cloth Binding with Orange Lettering on front and spine.

 

Pages:

446 numbered pages.

 

Dustjacket:

FF:  Summary [$2.00]

RF:  "Rafael Sabatini The Modern Dumas" [8]

RP:  Landscape Dustjacket Artwork

 

Rear Ads:

None

 

 

US Reprint Editions

Grosset & Dunlap - [1925]

 

Binding:

Light Blue Cloth Binding with Navy Blue Lettering on front and spine.

 

Pages:

446 numbered pages.

 

Dustjacket:

FF:  Summary

RF:  G&D Announcement

RP:  Landscape Dustjacket Artwork

 

Rear Ads:

None