Full Title:

Title page recto: [in decorative script] Figures | [within lower part of "g"] of | Earth | [in italic] A Comedy of Appearances | By | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [in italic] "Cascun se mir el jove Manuel, | Qu'era del mon lo plus valens dels pros." | [rule] | NEW YORK | ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO. | 1924 (see image above).

Title page verso: Copyright, 1921, by | JAMES BRANCH CABELL | [rule] | [rule] | [in italic] Second Printing, February, 1921 | Third Printing, April, 1921 | Fourth Printing, April, 1923 | Fifth Printing, March, 1924 | [in italic] Printed in the | United States of America | [rule] Published, February, 1921 (see image above).

Publication:

New York: Robert M. McBride, March, 1924.

Collation:

Crown octavo [19 cm. (7 9/16 in.) x 13.2 cm. (5 3/16 in.)]; all edges trimmed; 2 blank leaves, pp. xvi + 364; p. (i) Half-title; p. (ii) Books by Mr. Cabell; p. (iii) Title page; p. (iv) publication data; p. (v) dedication, verso blank; p. vii-viii Contents; p. (ix) Fly-title, verso blank; pp. xi-xvi A Foreward; pp. (1)-356, text; pp. (357-364) are blank; pp. (1), (85), (141), (211), and (287) are Fly-titles; pp. (84), (140), and (210) are blank.

Binding:

Kalki-style binding (but without the Kalki logo): Brick-red cloth, slightly more red than most Kalki bindings; gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Spine: FIGURES | OF | EARTH | [rule] | CABELL | McBRIDE. Front cover: blank (see image above).

Dedication:

[rule] TO SIX MOST GALLANT CHAMPIONS IS DEDICATED | THIS HISTORY OF A CHAMPION: LESS TO REPAY | THAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE LARGE DEBTS TO EACH | OF THEM, COLLECTIVELY AT OUTSET, AS THERE- | AFTER SERIATIM. | [rule] (see image above).

There are additional dedications for each of the six books on the Fly-titles.

Notes:

Text is unchanged from the 1921 first printing. The binding of this printing is unusual in several ways. Most noticeably, the Kalki logo is missing from the front cover. In addition, the cloth, while still BAL type B, is a slightly different shade than usual. All edges are trimmed, where most Kalkis have the top edge only trimmed. This makes the binding slightly shorter than usual. Finally, this binding has a rounded back, unusual for a 20th century American binding, and different from the usual Kalki.