James Branch Cabell : An Illustrated Bibliography
CHIVALRY
Hall Code |
Description |
Chiv-A1b |
First Printing, Third 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".
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:
Maroon cloth (this cloth is noticeably coarser than the 1st state, but not of the same texture as the second state); blind-stamped (with the same pattern as the first and second states) on the front cover, but not on the spine; gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Top edge trimmed, otherwise untrimmed. Spine: CHIVALRY | [device] | CABELL | HARPERS (The typeface of the ‘Harpers’ on the spine has reverted to that of the first state, differing from the second.) Front Cover: CHIVALRY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL (see image above).
The design of the binding is almost uniform with the third state of Gallantry (1907). Both are blind stamped with the same pattern as the first and second states on the front cover. The spine of the third state of Gallantry, however, is also blind stamped to match the earlier states, while as noted above the spine of the Chivalry issue is plain.
Note: Hall's description of the 3rd state of Chivalry does not specifically note the plain spine, but The Silver Stallion has not seen a copy in maroon cloth with a blnd stamped spine.
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 third state perhaps was issued with a plain (or minimally printed) paper wrapper, 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.
