Front matter
Reading edition
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
THE BLIND BOW-BOY
Carl Van Vechten
With a decoration by Robert E. Locher
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.
Chapter I ..... ....1
Chapter II ..... ..20
Chapter III ..... ..32
Chapter IV ..... ..56
Chapter V ..... ..92
Chapter VI ..... 106
Chapter VII ..... 123
Chapter VIII ..... 152
Chapter IX ..... 182
Chapter X ..... 202
Chapter XI ..... 214
Chapter XII ..... 225
Chapter XIII ..... 241
Chapter XIV ..... 250