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 [21.5 cm. (8 ½ in.) x 11.5 cm. (5.3 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 over thin, flexible cardboard backing. All edges trimmed.  Decoration and lettering in black, in the same typeface used for the first state.  Spine: Line | Chivalry | [device] | Cabell | Harpers | Line.   Front Cover: [all enclosed in single line black border] [enclosed in ornate border] CHIVALRY | JAMES BRANCH CABELL (see image above).

Frontispiece:

Color plate by Howard Pyle, 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).

Notes:

The exact nature of the flexible binding of Chivalry (and of The Line of Love) is not known. It has been suggested that these are remainder bindings, but it seems more likely that they were advance copies, as the binding and presentation more resembles an in-house reading or review copy than an issue for general sale.  Not being bound in boards, and with all edges trimmed, the size is about 1-cm (0.4 in) shorter and the same amount narrower than the 1st, 2nd and 3rd states. It's also worth noting that copies of this issue are not uniform in size - examples have been noted with front cover dimensions varying from 211 x 138-mm to 214 x 142-mm.

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.