James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
HAMLET HAD AN UNCLE: A Comedy of Honor
Hall Code |
Description |
HHU-A1 |
First Printing |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: HAMLET HAD AN | UNCLE | [in italic] A Comedy of Honor | by | BRANCH CABELL | "Even with the very comment of thy soul | Observe my uncle." | [decoration] | DECORATED BY CHARLES CHILD | FARRAR & RINEHART, INC. | NEW YORK TORONTO (see image above).
Title page verso: [publisher's emblem] COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY JAMES BRANCH CABELL | PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | BY FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (see image above).
Publication:
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940
Collation:
Crown octavo [21 cm. (8¼ in.) x 14.6 cm. (5¾ in.)]; xxiv+272; (i) half-title; (ii) books by Mr. Cabell; (iii) title page; (iv) publication data; (v) dedication (verso blank); (vii) quotation from Paul Du Chaillu (verso blank); (ix) fly-title PREFACE; (x) quotation; (xi-xvii) preface (verso blank); (xix-xx) PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS; (xxi-xxiv) CONTENTS; (1) fly-title; (2) quotation; 3-(270) text; (271) colophon (verso blank).
Binding:
red cloth; black lettering and gilt decorations on front cover and spine; all edges trimmed, tops stained red. Spine: [rule] HAMLET | [in italic] Had An | Uncle | [triangle device] | BRANCH | CABELL | [rule] | FARRAR & | RINEHART. Front cover [Kalki device in upper center] (see image above).
Dedication:
[in italic] For | THE FORGOTTEN MAN | [6-line acrostic poem spelling "HAMLET"] (see image above).
Dust jacket:
Blue background and white text on spine and front panel, rear panel and flaps black tect on white ground (see image above).
Spine: HAMLET | [in italic] had an | uncle | BRANCH | CABELL | FARRAR & RINEHART
Front panel: HAMLET | [in italic] had an | uncle | a novel by | BRANCH | CABELL | [illustration in color by Charles Child]
Rear panel: [diced red rule] IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS | [blurbs for four novels published by Farrar] | [diced red rule] | FARRAR & RINEHART, Inc. | New York Toronto
Front flap: Net $2.50 | [diced red rule] | HAMLET HAD AN | UNCLE | [in italic] A Comedy of Honor | by BRANCH CABELL | [25 line blurb] | [in italic] (Continued on back flap) | [diced red rule] | FARRAR & RINEHART, Inc. | New York Toronto
Rear flap: [diced red rule] | [in italic] (Continued from front flap) | [30 line blurb] | [diced red rule] | FARRAR & RINEHART, Inc. | New York Toronto
