James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
CHIVALRY
Hall Code |
Description |
Chiv-A1a |
First Printing, Second State |
COMPILATION
Full Title:
Title page recto: [decorative border on top and sides] [all enclosed in a double line box, that enclosed in a red single line box] [in red] Chivalry | [in black] By | James Branch Cabell | “And I, according to my copy, and | after the simple cunning that God hath | sent to me, have down set this in print, | to the intent that noble men may see and | learn the noble acts of chivalry.” | Illustrated | Harper device in red | New York and London | [in red] Harper & Brothers Publishers | [in black] 1909 (see image above).
Title page verso: [all enclosed in a single line box] Copyright 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS. | [line] | [in italic] All rights reserved. | Published October, 1909 (see image above).
Publication:
New York and London: Harper & Brothers. “Published October, 1909” (see image above).
Collation:
Demy 8vo [22.5 cm. (8 7/8 in.) x 14.5 cm. (5 ¾ in.)], xii+223 with 12 tipped-in color plates. Blank leaf followed by color frontispiece; (i) title page (see above); (ii) copyright page (see above); (iii) dedication (verso blank); v-(vii), Precautional (verso blank); (ix) Contents (verso blank); (xi) list of Illustrations (verso blank); 1-224 text; color plates facing pp. 14, 50, 64, 78, 102, 132, 148, 170, 186, 198, & 222; blank pages at 74, 144, 152, 194, 225-226.
Binding:
Red cloth, a bit coarser than the cloth of the first state; with ornate green and white stamped decorations, and black lettering on the spine and front cover where the first state had gilt. Top edge trimmed but plain, not gilt as the first state. Otherwise untrimmed. Spine: CHIVALRY | CABELL | Harpers ("Harpers" on the spine is in italic, with a capital H and the rest in lower case, where the first state had “HARPERS” in all capitals in an upright serifed typeface.) Front Cover: CHIVALRY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL (see images above). The design of the binding is uniform with the second state of Gallantry (1907).
Frontispiece:
Color plate by Howard Pyle with tissue-guard, subscribed ‘I sing of death’ (see image above).
Dedication:
To | Anne Branch Cabell| [device] | “ainsi à vous, madame, à ma très haulte et | très noble dame, à qui j’ayme à devoir | attachment et obéissance, | j’envoye ce livret.” | [device] (see image above).
Endpapers:
Rose and white variegated paper (see image above).
Dust jacket:
The decorated box of the first state does not seem to have been provided for the second or later states. The second state probably was issued with a plain (or minimally printed) paper wrapper, as were the later states of The Line of Love, but we have not seen any surviving examples.
Notes:
The frontispiece and eight of the color plates are by Howard Pyle; two are by William Hurd Lawrence; and one is by Elizabeth Shippen Green.
