James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography

BEYOND LIFE: Dizain des Demiurges

Hall Code
Description
BL-A4 (K)
Fourth Printing 1921

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COMPILATION

Full Title:

Title page recto: BEYOND | LIFE | [rule] | [in italic] Dizain des Démiurges | [rule] BY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [in italic] "Many a man lives a burden to the earth: | but a good book is the precious life-blood of a | master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on pur- | pose to a life beyond life." | NEWYORK | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | 1921 (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright 1919 | By | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY | [rule] | [in italic] Printed in the United States of America | Second Printing, March, 1919. | Third Printing, August, 1920 | Fourth Printing, May, 1921 | [rule] | Published January, 1919. (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., May, 1921.

Collation:

Crown octavo [19.6 cm. (7¾ in.) x 13.3 cm. (5¼ in.)]; pp. 1 blank leaf not counted in pagination + (viii) + 372 + 1 blank leaf not counted in pagination; (i) half title; (ii) Books by Mr. Cabell; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); (vii) Contents (verso blank); (1) -358 text. Pp. 359-372 Some Other Books by Mr. Cabell (With Tributes of the Press); 1 blank leaf not counted in pagination. Pp. (320) and (368) are blank. Pp. (1), (21), (53), (83), (125), (161), (201), (241), (275), and (321) are fly-titles.

Binding:

Kalki binding: brick red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and front cover; top edge trimmed, else untrimmed. Spine: BEYOND | LIFE | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE; Front cover: [Kalki device in lower right corner] (see image above).

Dedication:

[double rule] | To | GUY HOLT | [6 line acrostic verse] | [double rule] (see image above).

Dust jacket:

White paper with black lettering and decorations (see image above).E

Spine: BEYOND | LIFE | [rule] | JAMES | BRANCH | CABELL | [McBride Liberty Bell device] | McBRIDE

Front panel: BEYOND | L [diamond device] I [diamond device] F [diamond device] E | [in italic] By James Branch Cabell | [20-line blurb in two paragraphs by H. L. Mencken, from The Smart Set] | [double rule] | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | [in italic] SEVEN WEST SIXTEENTH STREET :-: :-: NEW YORK

Rear panel: JAMES BRANCH CABELL : [in italic] Certain Opinions | [9 quotes from Cabell reviews] | [double rule] | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | PUBLISHERS :-: :-: NEW YORK

Front flap:  [at left device of man in chair] [at right in italic] Price $2.50 Net | Are You Interested | In Book News? | [9-line advertisement followed by mail-in coupon]

Rear flap: :: The Books of :: James Branch Cabell | [double rule] | [list of thirteen titles published in the Kalki edition]