James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
THERE WERE TWO PIRATES; a Comedy of Division
IL Y AVAIT DEUX PIRATES
Hall Code |
Description |
TWTP-Fr1 |
French Edition 1951 |
COMPILATION
Title page [page (41)]:
IL Y AVAIT DEUX PIRATES | RÉCIT | par James Branch CABELL | [in italic] Traducion de Marguerite-Yerta MELERA | [zig-zag rule] | [in italic] [20-line introduction in three paragraphs] | [4-line verse] | NOTE DE L'AUTEUR | [beginning of author's note]
Publication:
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1951.
Collation:
PP. 320; (1) half-title; (2) advertisement; (3)-39 text of first story; (40)-118 text of Il Y Avait Deux Pirates; (119)-318 text of following stories; (319) TABLE DES MATIÈRES | (320) Colophon
Binding:
White wraps, black and green lettering and decorations (see image above).
Spine: [in black] [in italic] Les | Œuvres | Libres | Août 1951. | No 63 | [double wavy line] | [list of authors and titles] | [double wavy line] | LIBRAIRIE | FAYARD | PARIS.
Front panel: Nlle. gle, No 63 (289) Prix : 150 fr. AOUT 1951 | [in decorative script, initial letters in green] Les œuvres Libres | REVUE MENSUELLE NE PUBLIANT QUE DE L'INÉDIT | [thick green wavy rule] | [list of seven titles] | [green rule] | [in green script] Toutes ces œuvres sont completes dans ce numéro | [green rule] | LIBRAIRIE | ARTHEME FAYARD | PARIS
Rear panel: Advertisement for Yalacta.
Note: Yalacta was and still is a manufacturer of yogurt, yogurt products, and home yogurt making kits.
Notes:
Somewhat surprisingly, this was the first translation of any of Mr. Cabell's novels into French.
