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THE BLIND BOW-BOY
_The first edition of_ +THE BLIND BOW-BOY+ _consists of
thirty-six hundred and fifteen copies as follows: fifteen on Borzoi all
rag paper signed by the author and numbered A to O; one hundred copies
on Borzoi all rag paper signed by the author and numbered 1 to 100; and
thirty-five hundred copies on English featherweight paper_.
_This is Number_ 36
[Illustration: frontis]
[Illustration: title-page]
THE BLIND
BOW-BOY
_Carl Van Vechten_
_With a decoration by
Robert E. Locher_
[Illustration: logo]
New York Alfred · A · Knopf
MCMXXIII
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
_To
ALFRED A. KNOPF
My publisher and my friend_
_La vie est un jour de Mi-Carême. Quelques-uns se
masquent; moi je ris._
CATULLE MENDÈS
CONTENTS.
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Chapter I 1